Crack-Smoking Doctor’s Medical License Suspended
July 18, 2013
There are not many things that scare us more than doctors high on drugs who treat patients when their professional judgment may be seriously clouded. On July 1, 2013, the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners summarily suspended the medical license of a Greenville, Tennessee medical doctor who ha[...]
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Missouri $6.4 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stroke
July 16, 2013
A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife $6.4 million on July 5, 2013 for a stroke the man suffered in 2007. The basis for the man’s medical malpractice lawsuit was his primary care physician’s failure to diagnosis and treat his bacterial infection that led to a str[...]
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New York State-Operated Hospital Killed Patient With Impunity
July 15, 2013
On March 7, 2013, a 41-year-old single mother of a mentally disabled teenage daughter died after her over two-year battle with lung cancer that was treatable and curable had a New York state-operated hospital not committed medical malpractice in 2010. When the woman arrived at the emergency roo[...]
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Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Trach Tube Error
July 13, 2013
On July 3, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $15.2 million in favor of a 23-year-old man who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when his doctor removed his breathing tube (tracheostomy tube) and failed to timely or adequately respond when he had problem[...]
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West Virginia Nursing Home Settles Wrongful Death Case
July 12, 2013
A West Virginia judge approved a settlement on May 15, 2013 in a malpractice lawsuit that had been filed against a West Virginia nursing home arising out of the death of one of its residents. The nursing home malpractice lawsuit alleged that an 85-year-old woman who had been a resident of the nursi[...]
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When Are Medical Malpractice Damage Caps Fair And Reasonable?
July 8, 2013
NEVER. Some U.S. states have enacted laws to limit the amount of damages that can be recovered by victims of medical malpractice from the negligent medical providers who were solely in the position to prevent the injuries they caused by simply providing the minimum level of care that their[...]
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