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Laser Hair Removal Injury Claims

October 21, 2013

The results of a study designed to identify the incidence of medical professional liability claims stemming from cutaneous laser surgery performed by nonphysician operators (“NPOs”) in the United States that was published online in the journal JAMA Dermatol on October 16, 2013 showed�[...]

Podiatrist Malpractice Lawsuit Filed In Texas

October 20, 2013

On September 20, 2013, an Arkansas woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Texas against her former podiatrist, claiming that he negligently performed surgery on her right foot that left her with painful and permanent injuries. The podiatry medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the podiatr[...]

Bed Bug Lawyers

October 19, 2013

Lawyers throughout the United States are becoming more knowledgeable about bed bug claims as more “bed bug lawyers” are representing traumatized and injured victims of bed bug bites. In recent years, bed bug infestations have become more prevalent and have reached epidemic propo[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Panel Says Juries May Decide What Is Emergency Medical Care

October 18, 2013

In a written opinion of a panel of the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Appellate Court”) dated October 9, 2013, the Appellate Court held that it may be a question of fact to be determined by the jury whether the medical malpractice claims of the plaintiff arose out of the provision of �[...]

Physician Addiction

October 17, 2013

No one wants or expects their treating physician to be addicted to drugs or alcohol. Addiction leads to mistakes and mistakes lead to unnecessary harms suffered by patients. The effects of drugs or alcohol can cloud a physician’s decision-making process and cause unintended injuries to patien[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Surgical Death

October 16, 2013

The family of a 67-year-old Louisiana woman who died following elective spine surgery has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital where the surgery was performed, claiming that the medical staff negligently failed to diagnose and treat post-surgical complications that led to the wo[...]

West Virginia Orthopedic Surgeon Faces Two Medical Malpractice Cases In 2013

October 15, 2013

A West Virginia orthopedic surgeon who was sued for medical malpractice in May 2013 was also subject to a medical malpractice judgment against him in another case on October 4, 2013. The malpractice lawsuit filed on May 1, 2013 in the Circuit Court for Mercer County, West Virginia was filed by a[...]

Electronic Health Records (EHR): Are Physicians Converting From Paper To Computer?

October 14, 2013

As we referenced in our December 15, 2012 blog entitled “Incentive Payments For Transition To Electronic Health Records: Is Medicare Being Defrauded?,” Congress enacted legislation in 2009 to provide incentives to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers to transition fr[...]

When Are Medical Malpractice Payments Required To Be Reported To The NPDB?

October 13, 2013

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) is a confidential information clearinghouse created by Congress with the primary goals of improving health care quality, protecting the public, and reducing health care fraud and abuse in the U.S. The NPDB is primarily an alert or flagging sy[...]

New Oregon Medical Malpractice Mediation Law May Hurt The Public

October 12, 2013

An Oregon medical malpractice reform initiative signed into law during March 2013 by the Governor of Oregon might end up harming the public throughout the United States by permitting bad doctors to hide their past medical mistakes. SB 483 allows negligent doctors and their injured patients�[...]

Harming Victims Of Medical Negligence

October 11, 2013

No one wants or expects to become the victim of medical malpractice. No one wants to live the rest of their life with unrelenting pain, devastating disabilities, and the lack of enjoyment of life solely because a medical provider made a mistake, caused an error, was careless, was inattentive, beca[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Ends In Hung Jury

October 10, 2013

On October 3, 2013, a Culpeper, Virginia medical malpractice jury advised the presiding judge that it was unable to agree on a verdict despite 11 hours of jury deliberations over two days. The jury of three men and three women handed the judge a note that stated, “We are all in agreement tha[...]

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