Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict
January 19, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]
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Fecal Transplants?
January 18, 2013
What is a fecal transplant? The definition of fecal: “relating to or composed of feces.” The definition of feces: “the matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement.” So, what’s a “fecal transplant”? It’s a legitimate and effec[...]
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Medical Malpractice Case
January 14, 2013
It is very infrequent that the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) agrees to decide a medical malpractice case, and even rarer that it agrees to decide a case where the person seeking review is not represented by an attorney. But that is exactly what the Supreme Court has agree[...]
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Unnecessary Stent Claims
January 13, 2013
Stents are mesh tubes that hold blocked arteries open in order to improve blood flow. Stents are typically recommended for patients whose cardiac arteries are more than 50% or 70% blocked (U.S. guidelines state that an artery should be 50% blocked with cholesterol plaque before the disease is co[...]
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SMART Act Signed Into Law
January 11, 2013
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law the bipartisan SMART Act (Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act, H.R. 1845, Title II), which helps senior citizens and disabled persons obtain timely, clear, and definitive information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv[...]
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