The Briggs Law Firm Blog

More women are taking legal action against the Sunnyvale, California, company that manufactures the assisted surgery system known as the da Vinci. Intuitive Surgical has been named in numerous personal injury lawsuits by patients claiming that their hysterectomies...

If you are pregnant, chances are that you don't expect to need any surgeries that are not a possible Cesarean-section delivery of your little bundle of joy. But sadly, there are conditions that develop during a woman's pregnancy that are not related to the condition,...

Most people have probably heard of a wrongful death lawsuit, but few are likely familiar with litigation for wrongful birth.A wrongful birth action may be brought by the parents of a baby born with severe medical conditions against a medical facility or individual...

No medical outcomes can ever be guaranteed. It is a fact of life that people cannot always be saved by medical interventions, even by the most skilled surgeons and diagnosticians.When a person is treated by a physician or other health care professional, the one...

One of the factors to be considered when deciding whether a woman will need to deliver her baby via Caesarean section is the size of the baby.Recent research indicates that predicting the size of a baby at birth is imprecise at best. Findings published last month in...

Not everyone is prepared to care for their elderly parents or other loved ones in their own home. Many times job and familial obligations preclude doing so, or they require a level of care that can only be rendered by professionals.Placing a beloved relative in a...

Patients have the right to expect their doctors to have a certain level of skill and competence when they are rendering medical care. No doctor is capable of healing every malady, but their treatment must rise to the level of proficiency that meets a standard of care....

One activity that has some doctors on the defensive is their patients' requests to record the audio of their examinations and consultations. Many physicians flat out refuse these requests, while others may consent but warily. They wonder if they aren't setting...

Just three years ago at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, researchers from the Mayo Clinic reported their findings regarding the increasing incidence of bacterial infections from Clostridium difficile in elderly and young patients in...

Your physician does not have to do anything intentionally against your wishes to be accused of medical malpractice in Florida. All that he or she has to do is to be clearly negligent, leading to your injuries. Negligence comes in many forms, such as failing to take...