Medical Malpractice

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, December 12, 2011 In our Dec. 6 blog post, we discussed a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a St. Louis County in-patient psychiatric clinic. The plaintiff in the suit is accusing Castlewood Treatment Center’s psychologist of brainwashing her into believing that she once belonged to a satanic cult and was sexually abused…

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 A Missouri man who serves in the U.S. Army has settled his medical malpractice suit against the government over treatment his wife received at the hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The man’s lawsuit alleged that his wife may have survived her bout with rectal cancer had doctors at the…

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Workers’ Compensation on Thursday, June 30, 2011 A New Jersey court of appeals decision could have consequences in future cases where a worker at a desk job is sickened or even killed due to the sedentary nature of the work. The board found that the widower of a woman who died of a blood clot in…

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Every surgery is inherently risky. Even relatively non-invasive operations such as cosmetic surgery involve anesthesia, cutting into the body and other things that can go wrong and harm the patient if the surgical staff makes a mistake. Any instance of medical malpractice in the operating room can lead to…

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. on Friday, May 21, 2010 The leading types of malpractice claims include: Wrongful death Birth defects or injuries Hospital, physician, and nursing negligence Misdiagnosis Nursing home injuries and elder abuse Pharmaceutical errors If you suspect that you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice and negligence, time is of the essence. Missouri medical malpractice…

On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. on Friday, May 14, 2010 Missouri medical malpractice cases are filed when an individual or several individuals seek to recover damages against health service providers, such as doctors, dentists, chiropractors, nurses, or other medical professionals, whom they believe caused injuries based on error in diagnosis, improper treatment, lack of treatment, or delay in treatment. Over the past several…