Medical Malpractice

There’s nothing more life-affirming than the joy of a healthy newborn child. The nine months of anticipation is replaced with the happy reality that you now have a brand-new baby; the apple of his or her grandparents’ eyes. This happiness can be destroyed when something goes wrong during the delivery or in a neonatal intensive…

Cancer: it is a word no one wants to hear. If a cancer diagnosis is to be made, however, it is best to receive the news as soon as possible. Any delay in diagnosis can significantly alter the patient’s prognosis. These delays do happen, at times because a physician fails to appreciate the significance of…

In recent years, there have been outbreaks of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections among patients at certain hospitals in South Carolina. McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC has represented patients in each of these outbreaks and are now investigating a fourth such outbreak. Our firm has reason to believe another outbreak has begun at the Medical…

Over the past two years, the global public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed an enormous amount of pressure on healthcare workers. Nurses, in particular, have felt this strain. Between the high volume of patients in need of extensive, round-the-clock care, and staff shortages due to illness and those leaving the profession,…

McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC has filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client, “John Doe,” against the “Blonde Doc” Kim Hawkes for non-medical malpractice. The lawsuit alleges that Hawkes shared Mr. Doe’s private, confidential patient information with her lover, and ignored the proper boundaries of doctors and patients. The lawsuit names Hawkes as…

When people think about medical malpractice claims, they usually assume the victim is an adult. All medical experts – even pediatricians – are capable of medical malpractice and of inflicting severe harm on children. In these cases, the effects may be even more severe. One of the most common types of medical malpractice claims involving…

Anesthesia is an essential part of many medical procedures. It prevents the patient from feeling pain, from localized numbing to complete unconsciousness. However, the administering of anesthesia comes with serious risk, just like any procedure, and it is essential your anesthesiologist is trained and responsible. When a medical professional is negligent in this area and…

The country’s healthcare system is unequal and unjust for women, especially Black women. Physician bias is compounded by foundational racism, making it difficult – if not impossible, in some cases – for Black women and Women of Color to get the care they need, when they need it. A popular fashion blogger, Chanté Burkett, was…

The issue of racial equity in healthcare is becoming more and more prevalent. Much of the way medical care is handled in the United States is to the detriment of Black patients, who not only face the threat of physician bias, but also the systematic bias built in to the very foundations of medicine –…

A new study out of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that physicians who follow recommendations from AI software may be found less liable for medical malpractice by a jury. In the past, research indicated that the general public is resistant to artificial intelligence, but this study found that jurors may not be opposed to…