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Study Finds Medical Malpractice Litigation Leads To Patient Safety Improvements

May 20, 2013

In an op-ed opinion by a law professor appearing on May 16, 2013 in The New York Times, the law professor discussed her survey of more than 400 people who are responsible for hospital risk management, claims management, and quality improvement in health care centers throughout the United States.[...]

Arkansas $5.2 Million Nursing Home Verdict May Be Uncollectible

May 19, 2013

On May 16, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in Faulkner County, Arkansas returned a unanimous verdict against a local nursing home in the amount of $5.2 million after determining that the nursing home had been negligent in its care and treatment of an elderly female resident. The resident died at[...]

$38.5 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict (Plus “Strikes”)

May 18, 2013

On May 17, 2013, after a month-long trial before a medical malpractice jury in Broward County, Florida, the plaintiffs were awarded $38 million and the two medical malpractice defendant doctors were assessed “strikes.” The “strikes” were assessed by the medical malpractice ju[...]

Disciplined Maryland Physician Had Second Thoughts (But Too Late)

May 17, 2013

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, issued a decision on May 3, 2013 in a case where a physician who had consented to disciplinary terms imposed on her by the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board̶[...]

Psychiatrist Malpractice Involving “Spiritual Diagnosis”

May 16, 2013

By Consent Order dated May 8, 2013, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine indefinitely suspended the medical license of a Massachusetts Board-certified psychiatrist by “engaging in conduct that places into question the [psychiatrist’s] competence to practice medicine,̶[...]

Medicare Fraud Schemes Result In 89 Charged With $223 Million In False Billings

May 15, 2013

On May 14, 2013, the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that 89 people in eight U.S. cities were charged with participating in Medicare fraud schemes that resulted in about $223 million in fraudulent billings. T[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 14, 2013

On April 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) overturned a $1 million medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff, holding that the trial judge committed reversible error in instructing the jury that they could consid[...]

New York $1.6 Million Settlement For Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury

May 13, 2013

In April 2013, a $1.6 million New York medical malpractice settlement was reached with the medical malpractice defendant hospital and the hospital’s chief resident as a result of alleged medical negligence in properly recognizing and managing a baby’s shoulder dystocia during delivery[...]

Tennessee Court Of Appeals Upholds Pre-Suit Notice Requirement

May 12, 2013

On April 17, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee turned down a constitutional challenge and upheld Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-26-121, which requires a medical malpractice claimant to provide notice sixty days prior to filing suit, holding that section 29-26-121 is not an unconstitutio[...]

South Carolina Hospital Hit With $40 Million Verdict For Illegal Kickbacks

May 11, 2013

After four weeks of trial in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, on May 8, 2013 a South Carolina hospital was found to have paid illegal kickbacks to 19 doctors and wrongfully billed Medicare almost $40 million between 2005 and 2009 to have the doctors continue to[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too Late

May 10, 2013

In a May 9, 2013 decision by the Supreme Court of Tennessee (“Tennessee Supreme Court”), the Court held that the parents of a child who died allegedly as a result of medical negligence in a county hospital filed their medical malpractice case too late and therefore were precluded fr[...]

Colorado Nursing Home Hit With $3.7 Million Verdict For Resident’s Death

May 9, 2013

On May 6, 2013, a Pueblo, Colorado medical malpractice jury awarded the surviving daughter of a nursing home resident $3.7 million, which included $200,000 for compensatory damages and $3.5 million in punitive damages, for the alleged medical malpractice of the nursing home staff that resulted in [...]

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