Dr. Spyros Panos: How Did One Surgeon Cause So Much Harm?
September 27, 2013
On September 2, 2013, 44-year-old former New York orthopedic surgeon Dr. Spyros Panos surrendered his medical license, closing the last chapter of his disgraced medical career that had ended with charges filed by the New York Office of Professional Medical Conduct that alleged that Dr. Panos ha[...]
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5 Behaviors To Be Avoided By Medical Malpractice Victims
September 26, 2013
When medical negligence causes serious injuries or other significant harms to patients, many of the victims of medical malpractice (and their families) seek to determine if they are entitled to be compensated for their losses under their state medical malpractice laws. The road ahead for medical [...]
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Fireworks During Maryland ACTOS Trial
September 25, 2013
The Maryland wrongful death jury trial against the manufacturer of the diabetes drug Actos that began on September 3, 2013 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (only the second state Actos case to go to trial in the United States) is expected to conclude late next week yet it has resulted in [...]
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5 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Medical Malpractice Lawyer
September 22, 2013
The hiring of a medical malpractice lawyer to investigate a possible medical malpractice claim is an extraordinarily important decision that will have a major effect on the financial and emotional lives of medical malpractice victims and their families. If you choose a medical malpractice lawyer[...]
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5 Common Mistakes Made By Medical Malpractice Victims
September 20, 2013
Medical malpractice victims in the United States are too often unpleasantly surprised when they discover that they made their own mistakes that could cause their medical malpractice claims to become unviable. Once the unintentional mistake is made, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to reme[...]
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5 Ways Medical Malpractice Victims Are Disadvantaged
September 19, 2013
With the constant drone of physicians who mournfully cry that ungrateful patients are filing “frivolous” medical malpractice claims against them which force them to practice costly defensive medicine (which some would argue to be pro-active, patient-oriented medicine), force the[...]
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Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled
September 18, 2013
A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]
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Medical Malpractice Payments To Veterans Hit 12-Year High
September 16, 2013
Medical malpractice payments to veterans made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) totaled $91.7 million in 2012 (an increase of 28% from 2011, when the VA paid approximately $72 million in medical malpractice payments), which was the highest amount in 12 years. F[...]
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