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  • 1.8% Of Doctors Responsible For More Than Half Of Medical Malpractice Payouts In The U.S.

    CBS News recently reported that “1.8 percent of doctors are responsible for more than half of all malpractice payouts. Of that small group, “Only 1 in 7 have had action taken against them by any state [medical board].”” Source That… Read More

    • Posted in Health Care Facts and Statistics, Medical Malpractice Statistics
    • Tags: medical malpractice lawyers, medical malpractice payouts, medical malpractice statistics, NPDB
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  • $1.95M Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Buffalo VA Medical Center For Failure To Diagnosis Throat Cancer

    On December 28, 2020, a federal judge ruled against the U.S. and in favor of a 76-year-old former Marine who had served in Vietnam in his medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a CT scan of his neck performed at… Read More

    • Posted in Cancer Malpractice, Federal Medical Malpractice Claims, Hospital Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Verdict, Medical Misdiagnosis, New York Medical Malpractice
    • Tags: failure to diagnose throat cancer, misread CT scan, VA medical malpractice lawyers, VA medical malpractice verdict
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  • $526K Tennessee Nursing Home Arbitration Award For Resident’s Fall Leading To Death

    On October 30, 2020, a Tennessee nursing home claim arbitrator awarded $225,000 for the pain and suffering sustained by an 88-year-old nursing home resident who suffered a brain injury and died five days later as a result of a fall… Read More

    • Posted in Arbitration Agreements, Nursing Home Medical Malpractice, Tennessee Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death
    • Tags: nursing home arbitration award, nursing home death lawyers, Tennessee nursing home lawyers
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  • Private Autopsy Company Sued For Fraud, Owner Indicted

    National Autopsy Service, which is based in Topeka, Kansas and is owned by Shawn Parcells (“Parcells”), was sued in mid-December 2020 by the family of a 68-year-old man (“decedent’) who died in a hospital and whose death the family believes… Read More

    • Posted in Iowa Medical Malpractice, Kansas Medical Malpractice, Medical Fraud
    • Tags: Iowa medical malpractice lawyers, Kansas medical malpractice lawyers, National Autopsy Service, private autopsy companies
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  • North Carolina Appellate Court Overturns Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

    The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 15, 2020 in a medical malpractice case alleging that the defendants failed to provide appropriate follow-up care or refer the plaintiff to… Read More

    • Posted in Cancer Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Laws, Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations, North Carolina Medical Malpractice
    • Tags: failure to diagnose prostate cancer, find North Carolina medical malpractice lawyers, medical malpractice lawyers, medical malpractice statute of lmitations, motion to dismiss
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  • Georgia Trial Court Orders New Trial In Medical Malpractice Case For Inconsistent Verdict

    In a Georgia medical malpractice case that was remanded to the trial court because the jury awarded the plaintiff damages for her medical expenses but failed to award any amount for her pain and suffering, the trial court ordered a… Read More

    • Posted in Georgia Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Laws, Medical Malpractice Verdict
    • Tags: Georgia medical malpractice lawyers, Georgia medical malpractice new trial, inadequate verdict, inconsistent verdict
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  • Doctor Selling COVID-19 “Cure” Charged With Lying To U.S. Customs, Stealing Employee’s Identity

    The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of California announced on December 3, 2020 that Dr. Jennings Ryan Staley (“Staley”), previously charged with one count of mail fraud, was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 3, 2020 for additional… Read More

    • Posted in Medical Fraud
    • Tags: COVID-19 fraud, COVID-19 fraud lawyers, Hydroxychloroquine, sham COVID-19 cures
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  • West Virginia Patient Alleges Improper Payments Made To His Doctor To Prescribe IVIG Treatments

    The plaintiff in a West Virginia class-action lawsuit alleges that she, and putative class members, are individuals who were directed by Felix Brizuela, D.O. (“Brizuela”) to purchase immunogloblin (“IVIG”) from the defendants in Morgantown, West Virginia. IVIG is an intravenously… Read More

    • Posted in Medical Fraud, Medical Malpractice Laws, Medical Supply Company Negligence, West Virginia Medical Malpractice
    • Tags: improper payments to doctors, West Virginia medical malpractice laws, West Virginia medical malpractice lawyers
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  • New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Support Claim For Emotional Distress

    In its published opinion dated December 29, 2020, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held: “plaintiff alleges emotional distress caused by the professional negligence of a surgeon who failed to remove surgical washers from his… Read More

    • Posted in Is it Medical Malpractice?, Medical Malpractice Claims, Medical Malpractice Laws, New Jersey Medical Malpractice, Surgical Medical Malpractice
    • Tags: affidavit of merit, common knowledge doctrine, medical malpractice emotional distress, New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers, retained object
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  • Virginia Senate Bill Would Eliminate Current Limitations On Medical Malpractice Damages

    On January 13, 2021, Senate Bill 1107 was offered that is entitled “Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions,” which would eliminate the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act… Read More

    • Posted in Medical Malpractice Damages Cap, Medical Malpractice Reforms, Politicians and Their Views on Medical Malpractice, Virginia Medical Malpractice, Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawyers
    • Tags: caps on medical malpractice damages, efforts to eliminate medical malpractice caps, medical malpractice lawyers, Virginia's limitations on medical malpractice damages
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