Be Glad This Delaware Doctor Was Not Your Doctor
December 20, 2013
A 32-year-old Delaware gynecologist has made a total mess of her life and is facing a possible 20-year federal prison sentence after being indicted on December 12, 2013 by a federal grand jury in Wilmington, Delaware, for the alleged illegal distribution of a controlled substance. On December 13, 2[...]
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Massachusetts $2M Nursing Home Verdict For Sexual Assault
December 19, 2013
On December 17, 2013, a Middlesex Superior Court (Massachusetts) jury returned its $2,014,000 verdict in favor of an 87-year-old nursing home resident, who suffers from dementia and Huntington’s disease, for her alleged sexual assault that occurred in July 2011. The verdict was against the[...]
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Federal Medical Malpractice Cases (Part One)
December 18, 2013
Medical malpractice cases may be filed in the federal courts in the United States if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount in controversy is greater than $75,000.00, or if the case gives rise to a federal question (which depends upon who provided the medical care at[...]
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Maryland Federal Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
December 15, 2013
On November 22, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland rendered it verdict in favor of a Maryland neurosurgeon whom the plaintiff alleged had negligently performed spinal surgery on her. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on November 16, 2011 by the West Virginia plainti[...]
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FDA Issues AED Safety Communication
December 13, 2013
An AED (automated external defibrillator) is a device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm in victims of sudden cardiac arrest and delivers an electrical shock to restore its normal rhythm. AEDs help save lives of cardiac arrest victims when they are working properly and used correctly. Whe[...]
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