Medical Malpractice

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...

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...

Legal terminology can be confusing—even for some lawyers. Many of these “words of art” come from Latin, and few of us are fluent in that language. For example, “ex parte” means on behalf of” and “donatio mortis causa” is Latin for a deathbed gift. We won’t try to teach a course on Latin, but...

Michigan Supreme Court recently ruled that Court of Appeals erred by failing to apply the framework of an earlier case since that decision was never clearly superseded by the Legislature or overruled by the Supreme Court. The holding in Baker v. Slack (1948) that damages for lost earning capacity are not available under the...