Category - Medical Negligence
Doyle’s Guide recently released its rankings in South Australia across its injury compensation law categories. We are absolutely thrilled to have ranked highly across all categories, with several of our lawyers being highly ranked, or ranked across multiple areas of law.
The individuals and firms recognised in Doyle’s Guide...
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This is a vital question and it's one of the first topics you should be raising with your lawyer. Before you start down the windy road of claiming compensation you should understand the estimated time frames involved.
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This blog sets out the options available to abused aged care residents and their relatives as to civil action that may be available against the facilities where abuse has occurred.
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When a global car manufacturer discovers a faulty part in one of their cars owners across the world are notified of the risk. A register is in place that keeps track of what parts are in which model of car. So why is it not the same for all Australian recipients of medical implants?
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Surgery is thought of as the last resort to fix our health problems, but recent reports suggest thousands of Australians are being advised to go under the knife unnecessarily.
TGB partner Mal Byrne is experienced in medical negligence matters and was invited on to Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise panel discussion with Australian...
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We go there to get better, but fresh evidence suggests patients suffer complications in hospital more commonly than widely assumed.
The think tank, the Grattan Institute, has found people who stay in hospital overnight have a one in four risk of some kind of a complication.
TGB partner Mal Byrne, an experienced medical negligence...
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Medical negligence is a highly complex area of the law and the misdiagnosis of your illness or condition does not automatically constitute negligence. For this reason it is recommended that you seek legal advice if you are concerned about the medical treatment or misdiagnosis that you, or someone close to you, have received.
In...
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Famous household brand Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay an astonishing A$525 million to a US woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum-powder-based products. The case is one of thousands of lawsuits brought across the US alleging the company failed to warn consumers of...
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The plastic surgery industry is booming as more and more people pursue the perfect body – but these so-called “standard” procedures are not without risk. What happens when your plastic surgery goes wrong? Can you sue for medical negligence? TGB partner Mal Byrne and senior lawyer Michael King discuss what options...
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