Doctor Errors

Lately, there have been more news reports of police officers using excessive force. There is public outcry for transparency on the part of law enforcement. Using body cameras and dash cams to record officers while they work has been a proposed solution. Proponents of...

When someone becomes ill, friends and family members turn to the best available doctor in town for that person's treatment. However, if the doctor commits an error while diagnosing the illness, the consequences can be severe. The consequences may be even worse if that...

Historically, doctors have avoided disclosing the majority of medical errors to their patients out of fear of being sued for medical malpractice and because they were uncomfortable with the disclosure process. However, increasing numbers of doctors, including some in...

Cases of doctor negligence are not new in Oklahoma. In a recent case, a woman is suing her doctors in court claiming in her lawsuit that her doctors failed to conduct necessary genetic testing and therefore were negligent in providing her with proper medical...

A heartbreaking story about a surgery gone wrong -- and the failures of doctors, though one in particular takes the cake, to monitor the patient -- exemplifies one of the issues in the medical field today. We start the story with a simple procedure: an appendectomy,...