Blog Home Recent Posts in the Medical Malpractice Category Top 10 medication errors and hazards in 2020 Aug 17, 2021 The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) released its “Top 10” list of medication errors and hazards in 2020 in February 2021. ISMP is a ... Posted By Continue Reading Was Medical Negligence the Cause of Your Infant’s Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)? Aug 9, 2021 Medical negligence is an act or omission (failure to act) by a medical professional that deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. A birth ... Posted By Continue Reading Nurse Who Administered Wrong Medication Causing Death Loses License and is Criminally Indicted Jul 30, 2021 A Vanderbilt nurse was criminally indicted and stripped of her nursing license by the Tennessee Board of Nursing for negligently administering a fatal ... Posted By William Aldred Continue Reading Tennessee's Wrongful Death Statute Needs to be Changed! Apr 12, 2021 Tennessee law, as it is written now, provides families of decedents in wrongful death cases inadequate financial recovery. The law should provide ... Posted By William L. Aldred, Jr. Continue Reading Military Members May Now Sue Military Medical Providers for Medical Malpractice Feb 13, 2020 Active duty soldiers and military members are now permitted to file a medical malpractice claim against military medical providers. The law that ... Posted By Aldred Law Firm Continue Reading Federal Court Enters 15 Million Dollar Judgement Against Ft. Campbell Army Hospital Jan 31, 2020 Last week a Federal Court entered a Judgement against the Army Hospital at Fort Campbell for 15 million dollars for causing brain damage to a baby ... Posted By William L. Aldred, rj. Continue Reading Misdiagnosis in Active Bacterial Meningitis Cases Jan 23, 2020 The Meningitis Research Foundation has now confirmed what many of us have known for years. Often in cases of active bacterial meningitis, children are ... Posted By William L. Aldred, Jr. Continue Reading Intubation Error Killed Victim of Waffle House Shooting Aug 23, 2019 According to the Tennessean Newspaper , a lawsuit was filed this week in Davidson County Court against Vanderbilt doctors by the mother of one of the ... Posted By Aldred Law Firm Continue Reading Page of 2