What Are Some Examples of Kentucky Medical Malpractice Cases?
II. Medical Malpractice
Q. What are some examples of medical malpractice cases in Kentucky?
A. Medical malpractice cases in Kentucky include birth trauma cases such as the failure to timely deliver a baby during fetal distress, birth injuries such as cerebral palsy, erb's palsy or shoulder distotia, the failure to timely diagnose cancer, failure to timely diagnose heart attack, failure to timely diagnose stroke, gastric bypass malpractice, laboratory errors, medication errors, missed diagnosis, prescription drug errors, failure to recognize pulmonary embolism, failure to recognize surgical complications, surgical mistakes, radiology errors, retained foreign objects (such as retained sponges), failure to diagnose aneurisms and anesthesia errors, to name a few.
