VA Medical Malpractice Statistics
August 18, 2014
The Veterans Health Administration is one of the largest health care providers in the United States, providing care to more than 8.6 million of the 22 million veterans through 152 VA hospitals and 817 community-based outpatient clinics (as of March 30, 2012). The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs[...]
Continue Reading
The Failure Of Wisconsin’s Medical Mediation Panels
August 15, 2014
The Wisconsin Legislature created Medical Mediation Panels in 1986 in an effort to provide “an informal, inexpensive and expedient means for resolving medical malpractice disputes without litigation,” providing an early neutral evaluation that may reduce litigation costs by identifyin[...]
Continue Reading
What Is California Proposition 46?
August 13, 2014
The so-called California Proposition 46 (“Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors Initiative”) is on the November 4, 2014 ballot in California after being certified on May 15, 2014 by the California Secretary of State. The proponents of California 46 had submitted ap[...]
Continue Reading
Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed By Kidney Donor
August 11, 2014
When a Texas grandmother needed a kidney transplant, her granddaughter was found to be an appropriate kidney donor. With the love between a grandmother and her granddaughter as the sole motivating factor, the kidney transplant surgery took place on February 1, 2012, with the granddaughter donat[...]
Continue Reading
Florida Nursing Home Malpractice Case Alleges Wrongful Death
August 9, 2014
A Florida nursing home negligence case that was filed in July 2014 alleges that the Florida nursing home, its management companies, and two former administrators of the nursing home are responsible for the poor care and the resulting death of the nursing home resident who had lived in the nursing [...]
Continue Reading
