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On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. As Louisiana readers may know, the lead singer for the band Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, was found dead in his hotel room after an apparent suicide. The death took place months ago, and now his widow is moving forward with a medical malpractice claim against the doctor that prescribed him certain types of medication. Cornell had a medical history that includes addiction and relapses. According to the claim filed by the grieving widow, the doctor should have known that the drug prescribed could have caused him harm, and he allegedly failed to warn Cornell about it potentially causing......

JACKSON, Mississippi. The New York Times recently reported on a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine that found that minimally-invasive surgery for cervical cancer comes with a higher risk of reoccurrence than the older, more invasive method. In fact, partway through the study, the study had to be halted because too many women who were receiving the minimally invasive procedure were dying. Doctors could not continue the research ethically, without informing patients about the risk. Doctors in the study stopped it to tell patients who were considering the minimally invasive surgery to go with open surgery instead. As more cancer specialists learn about the new data, many are changing the way they treat cancer surgically. While less-invasive......

By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, November 5, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Medical malpractice claims can often provide a recovery to cover a family member’s personal injury resulting from medical errors. This money can cover additional medical care that may be needed, nursing care, or rehabilitation expenses. Wrongful death claims can also provide families with additional compensation for funeral expenses. But what happens when hospice staff make a mistake? What happens when a family loses a loved one sooner than expected or if a loved one suffers when a funeral is already being planned? Do families have the right to sue when a loved one is hurt due to negligent hospice care?......