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How Are Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts Similar To An Assault Weapons Ban?

December 27, 2012

How are medical malpractice reforms similar to efforts to ban assault weapons? There would seem to be no similarity, at first blush — whether you are “pro-gun rights” or “anti-gun,” you could not possibly be pro-medical malpractice, if you are rational. That’[...]

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Patient’s Confidentiality In Medical Malpractice Case

December 26, 2012

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Florida on December 20, 2012, the Florida Supreme Court decided the issue whether the Florida patient confidentiality statute prohibits a nonparty treating physician from having an ex parte meeting (without the medical malpractice plaintiff or her attorne[...]

Nurse’s Negligence Leads To Hospital Patient’s Paraplegia And Death

December 25, 2012

On the night of May 11, 2000, an insulin-dependent diabetic patient was admitted into a Louisiana hospital due to abdominal pain, back pain, and vomiting leading to his dehydration. His admitting physician diagnosed him with diabetic ketoacidosis (a condition that occurs in diabetics when the bo[...]

Does Medical Malpractice Causing Oxygen Deprivation At Birth Lead To ADHD Later In Life?

December 25, 2012

A not-too-uncommon basis for medical malpractice claims involving devastating injuries suffered by newborns alleges that the medical providers involved in the labor and delivery failed to timely diagnose and respond to medical problems with the mother and/or the fetus during childbirth or failed[...]

Medical Malpractice And Surgical “Never Events”

December 24, 2012

A “never event” is a medical error that is “unacceptable and eminently preventable” and therefore should never occur. The term was first used by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in 2001 and resulted in a list of “never events” that are clearly identifiable and m[...]

Minnesota Hospitals Take Steps To Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims

December 23, 2012

It was announced on December 18, 2012 that hospitals in Minnesota that are participating in the so-called Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network have prevented more than 3,200 re-admissions to the participating hospitals, have prevented 463 patients from experiencing a fall while i[...]

Kansas Inmate Medical Malpractice Settlement

December 22, 2012

On December 17, 2012, the Shawnee County, Kansas Commissioners approved a $150,000 settlement to the survivors of an inmate who died in November 2009 while imprisoned in its jail. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2012 by the prisoner’s aunt and mother against the [...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Discovery Rule Explained

December 21, 2012

In an appellate court decision rendered by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal of the State of Louisiana (“the Court”) on November 13, 2012, the Court interpreted LSA-R.S. 9:5628, which controls the prescriptive period for medical malpractice actions and states that an action for damages [...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse

December 20, 2012

On November 16, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division issued its opinion in an appeal of the August 13, 2010 orders dismissing medical malpractice claims of a minor against a hospital emergency room physician and the hospital itself. The medical malpractice lawsuit had alle[...]

Prison Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settled For $8 Million

December 19, 2012

A woman who was jailed in 1998 in Wayne County, Michigan went into labor while she was incarcerated. The jail had her transported to a local hospital but she was sent back to jail two hours later. Back in jail, her labor pains intensified, causing other inmates to yell for the guards to assist the [[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Claim For Stillborn Baby And Mother’s Death

December 18, 2012

A medical malpractice jury is in the midst of hearing and deciding a medical malpractice case in Missouri that began last week and is expected to end sometime this week. The medical malpractice claims arise from the delivery of a stillborn on December 6, 2006 and the death of the mother 31 days la[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Cancer Lawsuits Will Cost Taxpayers $120 Million Or More

December 17, 2012

Imagine bringing your child to a well-respected teaching hospital for necessary medical care for a life-threatening disease or illness. Imagine finding out later that the medical treatment provided was allegedly inadequate and inappropriate, leading to harms including the death of ill children.[...]

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