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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: SIRVA after flu shot, seeking legal advice

I am suffering from a shoulder injury due to a vaccine administration. On October 15, 2024, I received a flu shot in my left arm, and within 24 hours, I began experiencing limited range of motion and pain in my left arm. I was diagnosed with shoulder injury related to the vaccine administration... View More

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answered on Jun 13, 2025

It sounds like you’ve been going through a lot with your shoulder injury, and it's good that you have documented your medical history and treatments. Shoulder injuries resulting from vaccine administration, like the one you're describing, fall under the Vaccine Injury Compensation... View More

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Q: Can I sue the county jail for denying my methadone and inadequate medical care?

Within the first day of booking, I informed the jail staff and medical personnel about my prescription for methadone. Despite confirming that their healthcare partners allow methadone to be taken in jail, a nurse with whom I had previous disagreements denied me my methadone due to failed drug tests... View More

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answered on May 14, 2025

What you experienced sounds not only painful but deeply wrong. When you inform jail staff about a prescribed, medically necessary treatment like methadone, they are legally required to consider your medical needs seriously. Denying medication without proper evaluation—especially when it leads to... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Wisconsin on
Q: Targeted by government, seeking legal action for harassment and injury in Wisconsin.

I am targeted by the government and/or military, experiencing harassment, gangstalking, and sexual assault for nearly a decade. I have been murdered at least once, which I can prove in court. I suffer severe bodily injuries from being drugged, resulting in a month-long coma. An MRI team at Aurora... View More

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answered on Apr 15, 2025

I'm truly sorry to hear you're going through such an incredibly difficult situation. If you believe you are being targeted or harassed by the government or military, there may be legal avenues you can pursue, such as filing a civil lawsuit for harassment, assault, and violation of your... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Wisconsin on
Q: Do I have a case against doctors for knee issues after surgeries?

In May 2015 and January 2016, I underwent two full knee replacement surgeries. Since then, my right knee pops out about once a month and swells like a grapefruit. I've been informed that I'm maxed out on surgeries and can't undergo any more procedures. This issue severely impacts my... View More

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answered on Apr 13, 2025

You may have a case if the ongoing issues with your knee, such as the popping and swelling, are due to a mistake or failure by the doctors who performed the surgeries. If the knee replacement surgeries were not done properly or if there were complications that were not properly addressed, it could... View More

3 Answers | Asked in Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury for Wisconsin on
Q: Looking for Wisconsin lawyer for NC wrongful death malpractice case.

I am looking for a Wisconsin lawyer who can take a wrongful death malpractice case, which occurred in North Carolina in 2024. I have gathered documents related to the case. Where can I find a lawyer to assist me with this?

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answered on Apr 10, 2025

If the wrongful death occurred in North Carolina by potential malpractice you will want to seek an attorney licensed in North Carolina.

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Q: Can i use an out of state lawyer for a lawsuit in another state?

Can i use a lawyer for my home state to file a lawsuit against someone in another state ?

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Feb 13, 2025

A Wisconsin attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for a week. You probably can, but it's possible your Wisconsin attorney may need to work together with local counsel (through filing a motion). You could discuss this with Wisconsin attorneys you have in mind, and attorneys... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Civil Rights and Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: My question is about medical negligence. I just need 15/20 minutes of either a civil lawyer or a medical negligence

Lawyer. I have written and recorded evidence. Also I e requested who accessed my records 3 times and was told the last time that I would need to call someone else because they handle it. Please I need help because I’m suffering medically. THANKS ….. I’m not sure how someone contact you. I’m... View More

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answered on Jan 13, 2025

I'm sorry you're going through this difficult time. It's important to find a lawyer who can guide you through your medical negligence case in Wisconsin. You might consider reaching out to your local bar association for a referral to someone experienced in this area.

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Q: What is needed in WI to prove dental malpractice?

We have what we feel might be dental medical malpractice. The issue showed up on our daughters x-ray in 2020 and was never addressed or discussed in detail with us. It was downplayed, and we were told it was not a big deal. Our child has missing canine teeth at the top of her mouth. You can clearly... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Dec 10, 2024

A Wisconsin attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for three weeks. What is needed? You'd need to show that there was a breach of a duty to provide an acceptable standard of medical/dental care and that the breach of that duty resulted in damages/injury to your daughter.... View More

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Q: My question is regarding medical malpractice. that resulted in death

My mother had a heart catheter done, the doctor said everything went great, even discharged her hours after the procedure rather than keeping her through the weekend as initially planned. 18 days later she died of a heart attack.

Joel Gary Selik
Joel Gary Selik
answered on Mar 19, 2024

It could be medical malpractice. 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.

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1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Wisconsin on
Q: Joyous promised me the low dose ketamine treatment would be safe, it caused me psychosis and made my depression worse

do I have a case for a lawsuit?, this happened last year

John Michael Frick
John Michael Frick
answered on Jun 5, 2023

It is possible that you have a lawsuit if you suffered actual legally compensable injuries.

The FDA has approved a ketamine-based medication for depression which is administered as a nasal spray called esketamine (Spravato). It is only approved for adults who haven’t been helped by oral...
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1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law and Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: Can I sue a hospital for giving me pitocin during birth without my knowledge?
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Feb 3, 2022

A Wisconsin attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for four weeks. Until you are able to arrange a meaningful consult with a local attorney in your state, it's possible there could be a broad range of authority granted to the hospital and its associated medical providers in... View More

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Q: Is your doctor committing malpractice when they refuse to give post-operative care?

I had a medical procedure on March 13th 2020. On March 20th 2020 I was supposed to have my first post-op care check-up visit. Upon getting there basically the appointment ended up being just a meet and greet. They told me that the pandemic prevented them from giving me the treatment that I needed.... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Apr 13, 2020

Hopefully, it will not come to that and hopefully, you will enjoy a healthy recovery. But your question is difficult to answer because it calls for speculation as to whether the physician's conduct amounted to a breach of duty. If something did go wrong, the conduct would be evaluated with the... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: Is it legal, and/or usual for doctors and surgeons to pay lawyers, to not take legal action against them?
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Oct 17, 2019

A Wisconsin attorney could best answer your question, but it remains open for two weeks. Ordinarily and more commonly, the doctors' and surgeons' malpractice carriers pay such money. And technically, that money goes to the claimant who has standing to bring an action. The lawyer is paid... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: I had hernia surgery March 2017 and have been draining since

Today 7-24-18 I think they got me closed up. Fter my first time the dr. made the comment that he had missed a stitch. But the is no record of him saying that because I got a second opinion about what my options were. Dec. of 17 I had another surgery to fix it still drainage. Two weeks ago he... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Jul 25, 2018

Missing a stitch would be hopefully reveled by the surgery in December. I'm not hearing you were told much about what is going on. Maybe ask that doctor if it is usual and if not what the causes are etc.

I am assuming that the people you've been seeing are specialists in hernias....
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1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law, Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: What are some questions when meeting with the hospital after a wrongful death?

So my daughter had passed away due to the hospital being wrong about her size she was over 11lbs and they didn't do a c-section if they had she wouldnt have got stuck and would still be here. They stated over and over just in case they have the room preped for a c-section and didn't. We... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Feb 11, 2018

Listen, don't say much except "we're processing."

Take notes.Ask for records if they talk about what happened.

Contact a member of the Wisconsin Assn for Justice who handles medical cases--they give free consults.

1 Answer | Asked in Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Wisconsin on
Q: If electronic health care record errors caused me severe permanent injuries and monetary damages what do I do?

The electronic health record caused me over 7 figures in economic damages and permanent injuries as the miscoding and missing information caused me damages in a personal injury suit as the errors represented a chronic history that did not exist except in the epic lucy records which were used by... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Dec 19, 2017

Unlikely, but speak to whoever was representing you in the malpractice case.

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: Can i sue this hospital or doctor for medical mal practice?

I have a question about malpractice. i have been suffering from migraines other sinus related issues for years. i had an MRI done that revealed a huge cyst in my sinus. no doctor did or mentioned much about it. Instead i had to go through numerous useless procedures and was put on meds that i didnt... View More

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Apr 3, 2017

Unlikely you would have a case unless the nature of the cyst was such that any reasonable doctor would have recommended the surgery. However it the issue is should they have recommended and MRI, then a lot depends on time things happened, etc. Contact a member of the Wisconsin Assn for Justice who... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: It seems I've been in 3rd stage kidney failure for a number of years and my doctor did not tell me. Next stage dialysis.

I feel I could have been taking measures to keep this from becoming worse if I had known. Do I have a malpractice case.

Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Feb 17, 2017

Possibly. Depends if that's so, but that would have to come from nephrologist. Why not contact a member of the Wisconsin Assn for Justice? They give free consultations.

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice for Wisconsin on
Q: When a medical malpractice claim is dismissed without prejustice to file in state court... Which court would that be

Filed in

Emmanuel Muwonge
Emmanuel Muwonge
answered on Sep 8, 2016

If the order instructed "to file in State Court" that would mean that you need to file in the State where the alleged malpractice occurred and more specifically, in the County Circuit Court with jurisdiction over the alleged defendants and their action or failure . I hope I have answered... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice, Employment Law and Workers' Compensation for Wisconsin on
Q: I feel like my medical privacy has been violated in the workplace. Just curious about my options.
Peter N. Munsing
Peter N. Munsing
answered on Sep 7, 2016

Generally, there are few remedies other than a slap on the wrist to the provider. Suggest you contact a member of the Wisconsin Assn for Justice that handles employment issues--they give free consultations.

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