Justia Ask A Lawyer is our free forum where consumers can seek real answers to basic legal questions directly from licensed attorneys! The platform connects individuals with legal questions… Read More

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication: The widow of a hospital ICU patient who was given medication intended for another ICU patient has filed a Maine medical ma… Read More

Maine’s Governor Janet Mills allowed a new law to take effect on July 6, 2023 without her signature that changes Maine’s Wrongful Death Statute by increasing the cap on damages i… Read More

Jury Awards $5 Million For Walk-In Clinic Negligence: In September 2022, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a now 32-year-old man $7 million, which the jury then reduced to $5 million… Read More

AUGUSTA — Frustrated patients joined with consumer advocates and health insurers on Thursday to support legislation to strictly limit – and in some cases ban – so-called … Read More

Did you know that where you live can affect the compensation you might receive for your malpractice suit? Check out the latest data for medical malpractice payouts by state here. Your state… Read More

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In the context of legal proceedings related to personal injuries, a statute of limitations is the maximum amount of time that can elapse after an injury before filing a claim. For example, i… Read More

Table of ContentsFiling an Insurance Claim vs. Filing a LawsuitHow Long You Have to File an Accident Claim with InsuranceStatute of LimitationsWhy You Should Start Your Insurance Claim as So… Read More

It has been reported that the federal government has agreed to settle the claims of a Maine mother who alleged that a federally-funded medical clinic in Maine failed to report the suspected… Read More

Multi-million dollar medical malpractice verdicts aren’t common, but they do happen—and 2019 saw courts in several states award such large recoveries to plaintiffs injured by med… Read More

As mentioned in our posts from the first and second quarters of 2021, Justia Ask A Lawyer is our free platform where users can anonymously submit legal questions and attorneys can offer basi… Read More

AARP reports: “Nearly a third of the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes recently reported a shortage of nurses or aides, according to a new AARP analysis of government… Read More

There are many reasons we might need legal advice from lawyers like for criminal proceedings, civil cases, legal notice from the business partner, etc. Nowadays, it becomes a bit expensive t… Read More

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a report on May 19, 2021 entitled “COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: Most Homes Had Multiple Outbreaks and Weeks… Read More

If you sustain injuries in an accident, you have the right to sue the person whose negligence or wrongdoing caused it. Generally, this holds true even if your own negligence played a factor… Read More

Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and get American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification credit when you complete any JAMA Network journal article CME activit… Read More

If you have been injured — either in a car accident, by medical malpractice, or in a slip and fall at a place of business — you might be considering filing a lawsuit, and may won… Read More

We just finished refreshing our Expert Witness Fee Calculator with the latest data from thousands of expert witness engagements across all specialties gathered over the course of 2018. Now t… Read More

On October 31, 2017, The Leapfrog Group, which describes itself as a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system, issued its Fall… Read More

A recent analysis ranks the 50 U. S. states and the District of Columbia with regard to their working environments for physicians. Although the analysis was not undertaken by a well-kno… Read More

THE WORLD OF DENTAL TOURISM Author: Roberta DeFrisco,  International Living Like millions of Americans, Ken has no dental insurance coverage and so was willing to join the rapidly growi… Read More