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Obstetrical and Birth Trauma Cases

Gene Moen April 24, 2013

Cases relating to obstetrical malpractice are often the most complex and costly cases a lawyer will handle. Part of the reason is that the injuries are often so catastrophic: a child may be born with cerebral palsy or brain damage that will result in huge care costs for the child’s lifetime. Those care costs can amount to many millions of dollars. And, of course, the impact of a disabled child on the parents can be life-long and devastating to their family.

Subrogation Claims

Gene Moen April 22, 2013

In almost every medical malpractice claim, there are related medical expenses that were paid by health insurance or by a government program, such as Medicare or Medicaid. What most people don’t realize is that, when there is a settlement of a malpractice claim, the health insurance company or the government program usually has a right to be repaid all or part of the amounts it paid for medical care caused by the malpractice.

Surgery Mistakes Can Be Difficult to Prove

Gene Moen April 17, 2013

All medical negligence attorneys deal with cases in which a surgical error or mistake caused great injury or even death. The difficulty is in proving that the surgeon was negligent. The mere fact of a bad outcome does not establish negligence, and the burden is on the claimant to present expert testimony that the surgeon was negligent in causing the injury.

Big Hospitals Become Bigger

Gene Moen April 15, 2013

A recent trend in Washington is changing the face of hospital medical care. Hospitals are merging, acquiring other hospitals, or otherwise entering into arrangements for some kind of operating control or joint practice. Examples include Swedish Medical Center, which has taken over the former Stevens Hospital (now called Swedish Edmonds). Swedish, in turn, is now in a partnership arrangement with the Providence hospital group in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.

Hospital Transparency is a good thing for patients

Tyler Goldberg-Hoss March 27, 2013

The issue of transparency in hospitals is not a new one, particularly when errors occur. On the one hand, hospitals prefer not to disclose information that might open them up to liability due to an error that resulted in injury to a patient. Hospitals also argue that allowing it to have a degree of privacy makes patients safer, because they can have internal discussions about what went wrong and fix the problem so that it hopefully will not happen again.

The Importance of Causation

Gene Moen March 25, 2013

Many potential clients who contact us about a case emphasize that, in their case, the medical negligence was clear or egregious. Of course, proving that a medical provider was negligent is the first step in a case. But the second step – proving causation – is often the more difficult burden to meet.

Why We Do The Work

Tyler Goldberg-Hoss March 15, 2013

Pat Greenstreet discusses a case that vividly demonstrates why CMG focuses on medical negligence cases. Pat describes how medical mistakes resulted in a baby suffering a profound brain injury due to prolonged labor. It is challenging and heartbreaking cases like Anthony’s that keep CMG working toward being “a trusted voice for victims of negligence.”

83% of radiologists fail to spot Dancing Gorilla on CT

Tyler Goldberg-Hoss March 12, 2013

A new study will be published soon that found that 20 of 24 credentialed radiologists did not see a dancing gorilla placed on one of five scans they were asked to look at. In fact, half of the 24 radiologists looked directly at the gorilla, and missed it.

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Obstetrical and Birth Trauma Cases

Subrogation Claims

Surgery Mistakes Can Be Difficult to Prove

Big Hospitals Become Bigger

Hospital Transparency is a good thing for patients

The Importance of Causation

Why We Do The Work

83% of radiologists fail to spot Dancing Gorilla on CT

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