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Kaiser Sued Over Access To Mental Health Benefits

November 2, 2013

On October 3, 2013, a lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed against the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (“Kaiser”) in California by three plaintiffs who allege on their own behalf and on behalf of potentially thousands of other patients that Kaiser is failing to properly treat pa[...]

Study Finds Technology/Equipment Issues Involved In One-Quarter Of Operating Room Errors

November 1, 2013

A study published online on July 25, 2013 in BMJ Quality & Safety found that 1 in 4 operating room errors were due to technology or equipment issues. The researchers found that approximately 15 errors occur during a typical surgical procedure and that failure of equipment accounted for appro[...]

Study Finds That Defensive Medicine Does Not Affect Health Care Costs

October 31, 2013

One of the most noisy cries for medical malpractice tort reform in the United States is that medical providers engage in so-called defensive medicine in states where medical malpractice tort reform has not been enacted because they fear that if they do not practice defensive medicine, they will be [...]

New Hampshire Effort To Modify Unfair Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms

October 30, 2013

The New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee recently voted 9 to 7 to support changing New Hampshire’s “early offer” law in medical malpractice claims that health care lobbyists pushed through the New Hampshire Legislature in 2012. Despite the New Hampshire Governor’s veto[...]

New Study Finds New Doctors Are Discourteous

October 29, 2013

The results of an observational study conducted by Johns Hopkins investigators regarding new doctors (first year interns at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore) that was published this month online in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that t[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Patient Care Whistleblower Fired, Then Sues

October 28, 2013

A 13-year employee of a regional hospital in Pennsylvania, who at times worked as director of acute care services and quality project coordinator, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer on October 22, 2013, alleging that she was told to leave the hospital premises on October 26, 2012 a[...]

New York Supreme Court Holds Pharmacist Not Liable For Filling Prescription Precisely As Directed

October 27, 2013

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Supreme Court”) on October 4, 2013, the New York Supreme Court held that a pharmacist cannot be held liable for negligence in the absence of an allegation that he o[...]

Conflict Of Interest? Surgeons Who Profit From The Implanted Spinal Devices They Market

October 26, 2013

In a report issued earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, entitled, “Spinal Devices Supplied by Physician-Owned Distributors: Overview of Prevalence and Use,” the Inspector General sought to determine the extent to which s[...]

$7M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pediatrician Malpractice

October 25, 2013

On October 18, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in a sparsely populated Western Maryland county returned its verdict in the amount of more than $7 million in favor of the family of a newborn infant who allegedly suffered a severe brain injury because the infant’s pediatrician failed[...]

Georgia Pharmacy Malpractice Case Filed

October 24, 2013

A federal lawsuit seeking damages in the amount of $750,000 has been filed in Georgia on behalf of a now 9-year-old girl who allegedly suffered injuries as a result of a Georgia pharmacy’s labeling mistake regarding the dosage of the child’s medication, leading to the child being given [...]

Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Continue To Decline As Insurance Companies’ Profits Remain Strong

October 23, 2013

In a recently released survey of more than 35 medical malpractice insurance companies that represent about 75% of the medical malpractice insurance market for physicians in the United States, the results showed that medical malpractice insurance companies continue to enjoy huge profits, with premium[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Decides Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Was Timely Filed

October 22, 2013

On October 18, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”) held that the Legislature did not intend to define “wrongful act” so as to render a wrongful death claim contingent on the decedent’s ability to timely file a tort claim prior to death in a medic[...]

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