Articles Posted in Nursing Home Abuse

There are various types of losses a Texas personal injury attorney can recover for an injured claimant. In San Antonio wrongful death cases , for example, medical, funeral, and burial expenses can be recovered in a survival action brought by the executor of the estate. Medical and funeral expenses are also recoverable in wrongful death…

Most Texas medical malpractice cases require experts to prove causation. There are exceptions where a jury does not need an expert to decide causation. Those medical malpractice cases are limited to those cases where a jury can use its own experience and common sense to determine causation. For example, a jury will not need an…

In 2009, there were several seminal cases in the area of Texas medical malpractice and Texas nursing home abuse litigation . In Dallas, the patient brought an action against both the physician and the physician’s assistant (PA) for their failure to follow up on a mass detected on a mammogram. It is important to note…

There have been several San Antonio nursing home personal injuries which merit comment. The executrix of the estate of a San Antonio nursing home resident sued 2 doctors and the nursing home for medical malpractice. The alleged victim was a 72 year old woman who developed a staph infection and sepsis after her back surgery.…

In the late 1990s, the Texas Supreme Court indicated that the substance of an expert’s testimony must be considered, specifically the data the expert relies on to form his/her opinion. If the foundational data upon which the expert bases his opinion is unreliable, then the expert’s opinion will be considered unreliable. Very often, in Texas…

Texas and the greater Southwest region has witnessed a spate of egregious nursing home neglect cases. Nursing homes know that the age of the victim will scare away many attorneys and they blatantly put dollars ahead of the well-being of the powerless. A San Antonio Texas nursing home negligence attorney looks for certain key elements…