2024

A lien is the right of another party besides the original owner to specific property as security for a debt. In personal injury cases, other parties may possess this right to some of your lawsuit proceeds. This may include those who provided you with medical treatment or initially paid for it, such as medical...

The National Vital Statistics Report defines birth injury as "an impairment of the neonate's body function or structure due to an adverse event that occurred at birth." These injuries include a wide range of minor to major injuries as a result of a number of mechanical forces during labor and delivery. Birth injuries are...

What is the NMMAA? The National Medical Malpractice Advocacy (NMMAA) is an advocate for social justice that empowers the community through education and activism. With active patient advocates throughout the United States, the NMMAA helps to educate citizens. Informed citizens organize and protest injustices, raise awareness, educate, and build coalitions. What Does the NMMAA...

The Michigan Supreme Court recently restated the standard of care requirements for expert medical witnesses under MCL 600.2169, as interpreted in a 2006 case (Woodard v. Custer). In Stokes v. Swofford (July 25, 2024), the Supreme Court held that the earlier decision was wrongly decided in part and must be overruled in part. That’s’ because...

When you’re stuck in the hospital  recovering from injury from a medical malpractice or auto accident injury, it can get a bit boring after a day or two. You’ll get to know the routines of the doctors, nurses, and staff checking on you, which provides a little break from the monotony. But besides any...