November 21, 2024 - While medical malpractice cases typically require proof of a breach of care on the part of medical providers, the circumstances of certain cases may allow for a loosened burden of ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

When an unexplained injury occurs in an area remote from the operative field while a patient is anesthetized, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur may support an inference and will be considered in ...

Last month, a tumor was discovered in my niece's brain, which necessitated her undergoing brain surgery. During the operation, she suffered hypothermia. Consequently, the designated anesthesiologist ...

Plaintiff alleged that due to the negligence of a surgeon, anesthesiologists, and nurse anesthetists, she sustained injury to her bilateral median nerves during surgery. Plaintiff pled multiple ...

Lawyers, in some cases, rely upon a rule of evidence called res ipsa loquitor to win litigations. Translated to English, this Latin term is “the thing speaks for itself”. In its simplistic application ...