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Breast cancer malpractice lawsuits are common because of advances in modern technology: we can beat breast cancer in the vast majority of cases if we can catch it early.  If breast cancer is detected on or before the Stage II, the 5-year survival rate is generally over 80 percent and even higher for otherwise healthy people.   

Conversely, if breast cancer is not detected until it has reached stage III, the 5-year survival rate drops to roughly 54%.   Even at Stage III, most woman are going to survive and thrive.  In the minority of these Stage III cases with unsuccessful outcomes,  tere are so challenges because of some problematic ruling by the Maryland high court in loss of chancer wrongful death cases.  

The "best" cases - and it feels awful writing that - are Stage IV cases that should have been caught at Stage I or Stage II.  For Stage IV breast cancer, the 5-year survival rate is approximately 20%.

It is unbelievably important to remember when you are looking at breast cancer statistics that they are just that, statistics.  Everyone is different and this is a disease - at every stage - that a lot of women beat.

According to USLaw, the average settlement in a cut bile duct gallbladder medical malpractice case is $250,000.

The Maryland Malpractice Lawyer Blog has a post on hospital infection lawsuits in Maryland.The summary: the notion that "infections just happen" in the absence of negligence is a dying theory because hospitals that have set their mind to becoming infection free have - as this post illustrates - stunningly better data on hospital infections.If you are looking for a lawyer for your Maryland staph infection claim, call 800-553-8082 or click her for a free consultation via the Internet

U.S. Pharmacopeia released a report last year analyzing medical records from 1998-2005/  The report found that patients who undergo surgery have the highest risk of a medication mistake.  The report found over 11,000 medical errors before surgery.  Most of these errors - 95% of the medication errors, according to the study - were harmless.  But many of the remaining errors caused serious injury.

Notably, children suffered the highest risk of a medication error with injury.  Nearly 12% medication mistakes in kids cause injury.  

Most of the reported errors involved the use of antibiotics and pain medications. The most commonly reported medication mistakes involved giving the wrong amount of medication, giving the medication at the wrong time, omitting a dose of medication, or administration of the medication incorrectly.