Can I Still Recover Damages if I Signed a Consent Form?
Surgeries are performed on thousands of patients across the country every day. While many of these surgeries are successful, enabling the patient to live a more comfortable, productive life, there are times when the doctors and nurses in charge of these operations go outside of the accepted and appropriate methods and procedures for these surgeries, causing pain and suffering to their patients and curtailing their chances of a full recovery. While medical success is rarely guaranteed, going outside the established standards of procedure or beyond the consent given by the patient can cause unnecessary harm and risk to the patient and can give rise to a case of medical malpractice.
