Medical Malpractice

In the following video, Pat McWhirter discusses the different types of mistakes that result in medical malpractice. If you’ve been the victim of medical malpractice, you most likely have many questions regarding what happened. The attorneys at McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates have been fighting for the rights of medical malpractice victims throughout South Carolina for ...

As medical expenses rise, the costs of a botched operation or treatment make it all the more expensive to be a victim of medical malpractice. Lawsuits for malpractice are traditionally designed to help you recover these expenses. However, the state of South Carolina puts a cap on the amount of money you can receive from ...

The principle of informed consent in medical procedures is a major element of many medical malpractice lawsuits. Basically, this means that a doctor, before performing a procedure with known risks, must inform the patient about those risks before the patient gives permission for the procedure. If the doctor does not get this permission, or gets ...