Painter Law Firm

Colon and rectal cancer screening and misdiagnosis medical malpractice attorney/lawyer

March 2018 is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Altus Baytown Hospital medical malpractice attorney/lawyer

For 2017-2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services penalized Altus Baytown Hospital for quality of care concerns

Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders increase likelihood of ICU death, less overall care

Doctors may mistake a DNR order to mean a patient wants no additional care under any circumstances

Valley Medical Center Brownsville, Texas medical malpractice attorney/lawyer

Medicare/Medicaid cited the hospital with two violations in 1/2017, and penalized the hospital for 2017-18 for being in the bottom 25% of hospitals under Medicare performance measures

For Texas emergency medical malpractice, it matters where the care began

Emergency medicine malpractice is complicated and twisted under Texas law, but our experienced medical malpractice attorneys can help you sort it out

Houston appellate court issues opinion protecting future medical expenses in birth injury malpractice case

Economic damages, including medical bills, are not subject to the Texas tort reform medical malpractice caps

High school senior dies after doctors botch diagnosis and treatment of acute disseminated encephalomalacia (ADEM)

Read about the symptoms and life-saving treatment that this young person should have received

The danger of misdiagnosis of mesenteric ischemia

Delaying diagnosis and treatment can lead to dead or necrotic stomach or bowel, and even death

Surgeon accused of unnecessary surgeries

Before consenting to surgery, make sure to ask about other treatment options first

Important steps doctors should use to find the cause for syncope (fainting)

Medical experts have developed a step-by-step approach that takes time, but improves patient safety