When a woman is in labor, her body goes through a series of intense physical and chemical processes. The same is true of the infant inside her. Those changes can be dangerous, and for many centuries, childbirth was a leading cause of death among women.
Who is the defendant in a medical malpractice case?
Every day, patients are injured because of medical malpractice. Some of these patients and their families wonder who will be held responsible for the damage that was done. Some people automatically think that the doctor who was treating the patient should be held liable for what happened, but this isn't always true.
