Emergency room negligence: missed strokes and heart attacks
What EMTALA requires of an emergency room, what it doesn’t cover, CDC’s warning signs, and which ER records to request after a missed stroke or heart attack.
Medical Malpractice Guides
Plain-language guides to medical and accounting malpractice.
Guides for people with questions about their medical care, a nursing home, or work an accountant or tax preparer did: what to do after a possible mistake, how to get your records, how attorneys look at these cases, and how deadlines work. Each guide cites its sources and shows when it was last checked. General information, not legal advice.
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How to write down what happened: a timeline worksheet
A four-part worksheet for writing down what happened during medical care, in date order, to keep for yourself and share only with your own attorney. -
Accounting malpractice deadlines: how the time limits work
How statutes of limitations work for claims against accountants, with Florida, Illinois and New York as examples, and why IRS deadlines are a separate clock. -
Can I sue my doctor for not listening to me?
When feeling dismissed becomes a standard-of-care question, how to be heard at your next visit, what to write down, and where to report concerns. -
What has to happen before a medical malpractice lawsuit is filed
The steps before a malpractice lawsuit: investigation, expert review, and, in some places, notice and screening, with Florida’s presuit process and Arizona’s expert affidavit as examples. -
How to report a tax preparer or CPA
Where to report a tax preparer or CPA: IRS Forms 14157 and 14157-A, ghost preparer letters, state boards of accountancy, and what reporting can and can’t do. -
Surgical complication vs. surgical error: what’s the difference?
How the law separates a known surgical risk from negligence, what informed consent requires, which events are treated as preventable, and which records help. -
What to bring to a first meeting with a malpractice attorney
A checklist of the records, papers, dates, and questions to bring to a first meeting with a medical malpractice attorney, and how to organize them. -
If your tax preparer makes a mistake, who pays?
Who the IRS holds responsible for tax, penalties and interest after a preparer’s mistake, when penalties can be removed, and getting costs back from the preparer. -
Can I sue my doctor for misdiagnosis?
Why a wrong diagnosis alone isn’t malpractice, the four things a claim usually needs, how causation and deadlines work, and what to do now. -
Questions to ask a medical malpractice lawyer before you hire
What to check and ask before hiring: license and discipline, experience with your kind of care, who does the work, communication, medical experts, timing, and what to ask if they decline. -
Can you sue your tax preparer or accountant?
When a tax preparer’s or accountant’s mistake can lead to a claim, who can bring one, what losses attorneys look at, and why the time limits are short.
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