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The Indiana Supreme Court split on whether a hospital was negligent in letting a woman with injuries possibly caused by domestic violence leave with her alleged abuser, who killed her on the way home after being discharged.
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Suffering hospital negligence can result in death or serious injury with large costs and suffering associated to it. If someone you love has been harmed by hospital malpractice, here is some important information that you should consider:
* In order to prevail in a hospital malpractice suit you have to prove that the hospital staff acted unreasonably and that the hospital staff conduct was a direct cause of injury. Unless both issues are proved, there is no case.
* A hospital staff is not negligent simply because his/her efforts were unsuccessful.
* The failure of a treatment is not negligence if it was an accepted treatment based on the information the doctor had or should have had when the choice of treatment was made.
Visit Clinical Negligence for more information.