If your surgery or medical treatment outcome isn’t what you expected, you may wonder what legal options you have. Sometimes, doctors and other healthcare professionals will be unable to fix the issue or “make it right.” In some situations, it’s possible for a victim...
Month: May 2022
The psychological impact of restraint use in nursing homes
A nursing home staff will often rely on restraints to prevent an elderly resident from wandering, falling or unintentionally injuring themselves. These restraints can either be physical such as straps and wheelchair locks or chemical such as sedatives and psychotropic...
McKeen & Associates Garners $1 Million Settlement for Woman Injured in Cancer Surgery
McKeen & Associates attorneys Brian McKeen and Kenneth Lee recently obtained a $1 million settlement on behalf of a woman who had been diagnosed with endometrial cancer and sought treatment from a gynecologic oncologist whose surgery resulted in injury that caused...
Could you have been prematurely discharged from medical care?
You may have recently gone to the hospital or a clinic because of a strange bump. A doctor looked at it and told you it was a benign lump and to ignore it. They didn’t bother doing any further testing besides a quick look. You later find out the lump was cancerous and...