medical errors

Charlotte Injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “An adjuster for the at-fault driver’s insurance company has contacted me and has offered to settle my claim. Should I do this?”

When you or a loved one visits the doctor or enters the hospital you expect to feel better than you did before. You trust doctors and other medical professionals to take care of your needs and keep you safe from harm. Unfortunately, that does not always happen. Medical errors are more common than many people imagine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mistakes are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, only behind heart disease, cancer, and COVID-19. If you are the victim of a medical error, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Do I have to sign a release allowing the insurance company to get my medical records?”

Everyone has heard horror stories of what can go wrong in surgeries. These tales often involve scalpels or bandages left behind inside a patient’s body or amputation of the wrong appendage. Though these mistakes are gruesome and terrible, they’re also fairly rare occurrences. Though medication errors may not be nearly as attention getting as some of the more extreme examples of medical malpractice, experts say they present a far greater danger to patients, occurring with alarming regularity and potentially causing serious damage when the mistakes do occur.

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