Two File Medical Malpractice Claims
Posted on Jul 23, 2012 1:10pm PDT
Two men who have been inmates in the Anderson County, South Carolina area have reportedly filed medical malpractice lawsuits. According to reports, one man claims the medical staff at his detention center failed to properly treat him for a contagious skin ailment known as scabies. As a result, he claims he suffered from not being able to sleep. He is seeking $145,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Another man is filing a lawsuit claiming that medical personnel at his jail did not control his Type 1 diabetes.
You should be able to protect your rights when you are injured in a medical malpractice situation. When medical professionals do not operate properly and put your life in danger when they should be helping you, then you will want to pursue a medical malpractice case. Your life may be forever altered after malpractice, so the guilty party should be held responsible for the pain that they have caused you.
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