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3 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: The doctor left a metal clip inside my mother after surgery in 2018 she can barely walk now, can she sue?

She had a hernia surgery in 2018 since then her health has progressively gotten worse to the point that 8 had to quit my job to take care of her. She has been in excruciating pain and finally they just did an xray and saw a metal foreign object blocking the hip xray likely left there from her... View More

T. Augustus Claus
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answered on Nov 29, 2023

Yes, your mother may have a case for medical malpractice against the doctor who performed her hernia surgery. Leaving a foreign object in a patient's body is a serious medical error that can cause significant pain and suffering.

To establish a medical malpractice claim, your mother...
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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Libel & Slander for Idaho on
Q: several sites are posting my name information and charging for it shouldent i be getting a royalty and worse the lies

there are several sites that have my name on them and they collect money for information shouldent i have a say in this or get part of the royalties on this. Im pretty popular on facebook and there are cites with my name telling lies that fuel the sites that are charging money which makes me loose... View More

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answered on Nov 12, 2023

If websites are publishing false information about you, this may constitute defamation, especially if it causes harm to your reputation or financial loss. In the United States, defamation laws vary by state, but generally, for a statement to be defamatory, it must be false and have been made to... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: reverse shoulder replacement.

I had a reverse shoulder replacement right shoulder and right before surgery they were to give me a nerve block. A tall blond with a young boy They were using a sonogram to find the nerve in my neck. She had the boy pushing the plunger. I kept telling them I did not feel any difference in my arm.... View More

Joel Gary Selik
Joel Gary Selik
answered on Mar 20, 2024

What a horrible experience. I am so sorry.

While this may be malpractice, if you are fine now, the harm does not likely warrant a lawsuit.

But, Consult with experienced malpractice attorneys in the state where this occurred.

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: I have a questionable medical diagnosis and the testing process may have missed a liver cancer diagnosis.

I have had multiple tests done in the last year that I feel the positive diagnosis was missed in the biopsy.

Joel Gary Selik
Joel Gary Selik
answered on Mar 23, 2023

Medical malpractice means that a doctor violated the standard of care. A bad outcome is not enough. Another doctor would be needed to evaluate what the doctors did.

Gather your medical records and discuss your case with an experienced medical malpractice attorney.

1 Answer | Asked in Consumer Law, Contracts, Libel & Slander and Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: I would like to file a complaint against a judge

I believe my rights were violated judge would not take evidence into consideration

Kevin M Rogers
Kevin M Rogers
answered on Sep 23, 2020

Without knowing a few things it would be difficult to give you proper guidance. I would like to know 1) what the evidence was that you tried to get in; 2) what the objection was to it's admission? 3) what point was the evidence sought to be introduced? Did the case make it to trial? Was... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury, Health Care Law and Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: Can i sue an obgyn for telling me "It looks like nobody's home." When i miscarried?
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Mar 5, 2020

An Idaho attorney could advise best, but your post remains open for a week. I'm very sorry for your trauma. Although what was said to you would deemed by many as insensitive and heartless, it could difficult for an attorney to move forward with it as a case based on intentional infliction of... View More

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Q: How to find a true Medical Malpractice attorney for injury in Nevada by dr, I moved out of state.
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Sep 25, 2019

You could go to the Find-a-Lawyer tab above and look through attorneys on this site, you could conduct independent searches of your own, or you could try the resources of the State Bar of Nevada. Good luck

Tim Akpinar

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: Purchased a teething drops, Camilia by Boiron, and it came with eyes drop in the package. Can anything be done about it?

We purchased a teething medicine called Camilia manufactured by Boiron. When we were about to put the drops in the baby mouth he pushed it away, and we noticed it was an eyes drop put inside the teething drop called Optique1 made by the same company. Luckily my wife noticed it before the child... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Jul 13, 2019

Based on what you describe, it does not seem that there were damages. That's very fortunate and I'm glad your baby was unharmed. You could bring the matter to the attention of the manufacturer because it could be indicative of a possible quality assurance issue in their production... View More

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Q: What kinds of damages (money awards) are available to the plainitff in a medical malpractice lawsuit?
J. Grady Hepworth
J. Grady Hepworth
answered on Dec 10, 2018

As a general matter, Plaintiffs in a medical malpractice can recover damages for past medical expenses, future medical expenses, lost income (if applicable) and general damages for pain and suffering.

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Q: Do pharmaceutical errors fall under medical malpractice law?
J. Grady Hepworth
J. Grady Hepworth
answered on Oct 8, 2018

In Idaho there are very specific statutes related to "Medical Malpractice" that only apply to "physicians" "surgeons" and "licensed acute care general hospitals" as those terms are defined under Idaho law. Typically, most pharmaceutical errors fall are... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death for Idaho on
Q: Here is a real case. . A surgeon promised a patient that she had a “0% chance of death” prior to surgery in relation

to the exact procedure he was going to perform, not the general inherent risk of death with all surgery, and the patient died. Then right after the surgery, while the patient was still bleeding to death in the operating room the surgeon admitted to the family that he “never should have done the... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Mar 5, 2018

The case should be reviewed by a member of the Idaho Assn for Justice who handles medical cases--they give free consults.

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law and Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: I tried to get my child inpatient mental health help. She doesn't think it's helping, wants to come home. I was told she

will be probably be put on a hold if we try to take her home now. And that could last for days until the courts work it out. I want my child and think it is illegal for them to hold her against my consent. We live in Idaho. If we agree to a safety plan is it illegal for the facility to hold her... View More

J. Charles Hepworth
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J. Charles Hepworth
answered on Jan 12, 2018

These situations are incredibly difficult. Although it is marked as a medical malpractice question it really is not that. I am sorry I cannot give you a legal evaluation of your question

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Idaho on
Q: Is it illegal for a dr to use a non fda approved breast implant?

My implants were removed and they were found to be implants that were made in china and were not fda approved in the United States. I have filed suit but this seems to be stagnant. I am concerned about my health along with future surgeries that I must have for reconstruction. The dr. also used... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Sep 28, 2016

Be glad you have an attorney. These cases aren't easy to bring and are expensive. A lot depends on what medical proof there is that any of this did you actual, provable harm. You don't get money just because an item was not as should be --though in this case,because it went inside your... View More

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