Medical Malpractice

In medical malpractice actions in Michigan, attorneys must hire qualified medical practitioners to serve as expert witnesses. Because medical malpractice cases usually involve complicated health and medical issues, medical malpractice experts are asked to testify on the patient’s behalf to provide insight and answers about medical procedures, diagnoses, the standard of care, causation, and...

Doctor fatigue is a work-related syndrome. Research by the Stanford University School of Medicine showed that more than half of all American physicians suffer from doctor fatigue. Because of this, they are more than twice as likely to commit a serious medical mistake. The study found that almost 6,700 hospital and clinic physicians who...

Michigan Medicine (also known as University of Michigan Health System), is providing a resource that all hospital systems should use to help prevent medical malpractice. Michigan Medicine now offers the COMPASS Peer Support Network The U of M’s Compassionate Peers and Stress Support (COMPASS) Network will be offered to all University faculty, staff, and...

Comedians, pop stars, and “regular joes” have the same types of legal problems. Some may involve estate planning, and others may concern taxes. Another problem that isn’t limited to just your “average joe” is injury from medical errors and the negligence of healthcare professionals. Medical malpractice can affect just about anyone. Let’s look at...

Recently, the Michigan Supreme Court heard a medical malpractice case in which the issue concerned the discovery rule, which extends the time a plaintiff has to file a lawsuit. Background Kelly Bowman and her husband brought a negligence action based on medical malpractice in the Macomb Circuit Court against St. John Hospital, Ascension Medical...