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Q: How can I pursue legal action for a broken epidural causing pain in California?
In February 2026, while I was in labor at a hospital in Roseville, California, a nurse inadvertently broke my epidural, which resulted in severe, ongoing pain from my shoulder to my feet on the left side. Her response to my distress was dismissive, encouraging me to use pain medication that... View More 
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Your records are the right place to start, and the strongest version of this case will be built from them rather than from the complaints you filed with hospital leadership. Those internal complaints are worth keeping copies of, but they do not preserve a legal claim or stop any... View More
Q: How do I file a lawsuit against The Los Angeles Music Center after a slip and fall and rescind a verbal settlement?
I had a slip and fall incident at The Los Angeles Music Center, and a verbal settlement of $8,000 was proposed by my previous attorney, which I did not accept. I have contacted them to express my wish to rescind this settlement. As the time for my case approaches, I would like to know how I can... View More
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If you never agreed to the $8,000, there may be nothing to rescind. A settlement is a contract, and it needs your acceptance. Your former lawyer cannot settle your case without your clear authorization, and in California a settlement that a court will enforce under Code of Civil Procedure section... View More
Q: What legal recourse for misdiagnosed tibial plateau fracture in Texas?
I am a 34-year-old female who experienced a tibial plateau fracture that was initially misdiagnosed as a knee sprain about 36 days ago. At that time, I had existing hardware in my knee and femur. The misdiagnosis delayed the correct treatment, and after a CT scan finally provided the right... View More
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In a missed fracture case, the question that decides everything is not whether the first provider got it wrong. It is whether the 36 day delay actually changed your outcome. Texas law lets you recover only for the harm the delay caused, not for the harm the fracture itself would have caused even... View More
Q: Do I have a legal case for pancreatitis due to Ozempic use?
I have been using Ozempic for approximately 6 to 7 years. On August 9, 2026, I was hospitalized and diagnosed with pancreatitis, at which point I was immediately advised to stop taking Ozempic. Given this situation, do I have grounds to pursue a legal case?
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Possibly, but pancreatitis is a harder Ozempic claim than most people expect, because acute pancreatitis has been listed in the drug's warnings since it was approved. In California, a drug injury case usually turns on failure to warn, and under the learned intermediary rule the... View More
Q: Could I have a medical malpractice case after surgery complications and a stent left without notice?
I went to the hospital in Washington for a spider bite and unexpectedly woke up after surgery for kidney stones. The doctors left a stent rolled up under my bladder without informing me, which I discovered after becoming seriously ill over two years. During a follow-up visit to the same hospital,... View More
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A ureteral stent placed during kidney stone surgery is meant to come out within weeks, so a stent left inside you for two years with no one telling you it was there is the kind of fact pattern Washington malpractice lawyers take seriously. The legal question under RCW 7.70.040 is whether the... View More
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