by Bell Law | Sep 14, 2022 | Advice for Patients, Injury
In 2017, 11 days after undergoing heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, actor Bill Paxton died from a stroke. He was 61. In 2018, Mr. Paxton’s family sued the heart surgeon and the Hospital, alleging that the surgeon had performed a risky,... by Bell Law | Mar 31, 2022 | Advice for Patients, Injury, Law, Malpractice
A lawsuit we filed recently highlights the dangers of not obtaining a patient’s informed consent. There, after a small procedure had already proved successful in removing a cancerous tumor from the patient’s rectum, the surgeon convinced the patient to undergo an...
