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Arizona Doctor Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of Patients, Improperly Prescribing Pain Medications

August 30, 2015

An Arizona physician finds himself defending against numerous claims of improper professional conduct, including multiple claims that he sexually abused patients and many claims that he improperly prescribed large doses of powerful pain medications for patients who were not properly examined before [...]

Phoenix VA Medical Center Sued For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Suicide

May 18, 2015

A federal medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Phoenix VA Medical Center was filed on April 30, 2015 by the widow of an Army veteran who committed suicide three days after being advised that his colon cancer had metastasized to his lungs and that his condition was terminal. The da[...]

Arizona Appeals Court Discredits Learned Intermediary Doctrine In Drug Injury Case

February 11, 2015

On January 29, 2015, the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Court of Appeals”) stated that under Arizona’s system of comparative fault, when the manufacturer of a product furnishes false or misleading information to the consumer, that manufacturer should not be shielded from [...]

Arizona Agrees To Settle Prison Health Care Class-Action Lawsuit

October 21, 2014

The State of Arizona agreed to settle a pending class-action lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Corrections (“ADC”), pursuant to a stipulation of settlement filed on October 14, 2014 in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, involving prisoners in[...]

Phoenix VA Under Fire For Alleged Secret List For Delaying Veterans’ Care

May 3, 2014

The former clinic director of the Phoenix Veterans Health Care Center (“Phoenix VA”), who retired in December 2013 after twenty four years of service at the Phoenix VA, has reportedly accused the Phoenix VA of creating a secret list in February 2013 of about 1,400 veterans who were wai[...]

$7.2M Arizona Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Upheld

March 24, 2014

On March 11, 2014, the Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two upheld an Arizona medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $7,275,160, after an eleven-day trial. The evidence introduced by the plaintiff during the trial indicated that the plaintiff had suffe[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Defines “Specialist” In Medical Malpractice Context

April 9, 2013

On March 12, 2013, the Supreme Court of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) filed its opinion in a case that defined what a “specialist” is under Arizona law in the medical malpractice context. The definition of “specialist” is important because Arizona law (A.R.S[...]

Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Late-Diagnosed Perforated Bowel

December 14, 2012

On August 29, 2012, an Arizona medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.875 million in favor of the surviving family of a woman who died as a result of the late diagnosis of her bowel perforation. The woman had chronic Crohn’s disease (a form of inflammatory bowel dis[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Connecticut)

September 9, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and Connecticut: Florida 456.50 Repeated medical malpractice.— (1) (g) “Medical malpractice” means the failure to practice medicine in accordance with the[...]

Wrongful Birth Claims And Wrongful Life Claims

March 17, 2012

Wrongful birth claims and wrongful life claims are medical malpractice claims arising out of the allegation that the parents were negligently deprived of the opportunity to avoid a pregnancy or to terminate a pregnancy, usually involving a deformed fetus or a fetus with a severe medical conditio[...]

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