Category: Medical Malpractice

August 11 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Most Common Claims of Emergency Room Doctor Malpractice

Emergency physicians are often at the frontline to provide acute care to patients who present without an appointment. The unplanned…

August 11 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Any medical treatment has its risks. The Institute of Medicine estimates that up to 98,000 people die each year as…

August 11 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Dozens of patients filed suit against three cardiologists at an Indiana hospital for performing unnecessary procedures that amount to medical…

August 11 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Each year nearly 12 million adults are misdiagnosed during outpatient care. In half of those cases, the misdiagnosis potentially results…

June 3 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Medical Malpractice, sometimes referred to as medical negligence, occurs when a health care provider treats a patient in a manner…

January 22 2015 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

News of Joan Rivers’ tragic death after an in-office medical procedure shocked and frightened many Americans. While the full story…

October 28 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

“Pain management” has become a common practice among doctors, some of whom even specialize in it. Patients are routinely asked…

October 28 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

Ever since the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of generic drugs in 1984, the controversy over…

October 28 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

It sounds like the plot of a horror film or a nightmare. You are scheduled for surgery, and the anesthesiologist…

September 16 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath

The Daytona Beach Health and Rehabilitation Center has again been cited for a medication error, this time for a giving…