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Guides from Peter Anderson on the questions patients and families actually ask. Written for non-lawyers, drawn from 15+ years of trial experience.
The Lindsay Clancy Malpractice Lawsuits: Overmedication, a Missed Postpartum Diagnosis, and What Families Should Know
Lindsay Clancy and her former husband have each sued the psychiatrists, nurse practitioner, and hospitals who treated her before she killed her three children in 2023, alleging a 'disorganized, uncoordinated course of polypharmacy' and a failure to recognize postpartum psychosis. In October 2026 one of the hospitals denied the claims. Here is what the court filings show, what is still unproven, and what families who suspect psychiatric malpractice should do.
Ozone Gas Injections at Healing Hands of Virginia: What Patients of Dr. Jawad Bhatti Should Know
Federal prosecutors say a Richmond pain doctor, Jawad Bhatti, injected patients with a mix of ozone gas and lidocaine, a treatment the FDA calls a toxic gas with no accepted medical use, and that many patients were never told. He pleaded guilty to one count in February 2026, but a federal judge rejected the plea deal as too lenient in May. Here is what the public record shows and what former patients should do.
Potassium Injected Instead of Anesthetic: The Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Drug Mix-Up and What Injured Patients Should Know
State inspectors say a Nashville hospital pharmacy filled surgical syringes with a concentrated potassium electrolyte instead of anesthetic, and that the wrong drug was injected into the spines of four joint-replacement patients on August 14, 2026. Three were left paralyzed and one went on life support. Here is what the public record shows and what patients and families should do.
Medication Errors: Where They Happen and Who Is Responsible
A medication error can happen at any of five steps: prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring. Liability often involves multiple defendants: the prescribing physician, the dispensing pharmacy, the administering nurse. Here is how the chain breaks down.
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