Medical malpractice cases typically involve claims for wrongful death and serious personal injuries. The experienced medical malpractice attorneys at Murphy & Landon have successfully tried and settled malpractice claims throughout Delaware. Delaware law allows a jury to award punitive damages in a medical malpractice case if: The medical provider’s misconduct is reckless (also described as wilful
When a person dies or is injured while receiving medical care, most patients and their families are looking for answers. They want to know what happened and why. In many cases, they cannot get satisfactory answers from their medical providers. They are told that they suffered a “known complication,” or their outcome was not “optimal”
Elder abuse and neglect is a growing public health problem throughout the United States. Cases of elder abuse and neglect have grave consequences, including wrongful death and serious, permanent personal and psychological injuries. According to National Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS) data, within the year 2014, 14,258 (7.6%) of approximately 188,599 complaints reported to Ombudsman programs to
Studies estimate that medical errors are a leading cause of wrongful death in the United States. Estimates of the number of patients who die each year due to medical malpractice vary, with one study reporting about 45,000 to 98,000 deaths annually in the United States, while another study reported a much higher estimate of 200,000
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