California Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 17 of 18

Today’s Blog Celebrates Two Years Of Consecutive Daily Blogging

March 4, 2013

Today we have reached the milestone of two years of consecutive daily blog postings. Tomorrow, we start our third year and we look forward to keeping our readers current with regard to medical malpractice issues and interesting relevant medical news. We have learned a lot while researching the t[...]

Johnson & Johnson’s Own Analysis: Nearly 40% Of Its A.S.R. Hip Implants To Fail Within Five Years

January 25, 2013

Documents provided by the giant medical products company Johnson & Johnson in a court case in which the trial is scheduled to begin on January 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California reportedly reveal that Johnson & Johnson anticipated that about 37% of its all-metal hip implants manufa[...]

Chiropractor Malpractice Statistics

September 27, 2012

Quoting from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chiropractors treat patients with health problems of the musculoskeletal system, which is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. They use spinal manipulation and other techniqu[...]

San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 18, 2012

On September 12, 2012, a San Francisco, California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $1,138,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs. The medical malpractice trial lasted one month in the Superior Court during which the medical malpractice jury heard testim[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

September 8, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Maryland MD. COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Code Ann. § 3-2A-02 (2012) § 3-2A-02. Exclusiveness of procedures(1) In any a[...]

Wrongful Disclosure Of Mental Health Records

August 23, 2012

On August 2, 2012, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for Riverside County that alleges the wrongful disclosure of a patient’s mental health records, in violation of federal and state laws. The lawsuit claims that the defendants in the present case were also the defenda[...]

Four Visits To Three ERs In Two Days Without Diagnosis Or Proper Treatment

August 21, 2012

On July 30, 2012, a woman and her husband filed a medical malpractice case in the Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County against various hospitals including two Kaiser Permanente hospitals, another hospital, and others for their alleged failures to timely diagnose and treat the wom[...]

Report Finds California Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse Are Rampant

July 20, 2012

In a report issued on July 17, 2012 involving a review of fourteen California nursing homes investigated by California’s Operation Guardians, it was reported that there were wide-spread problems involving residents having bed sores (pressure ulcers) that were under-reported and under-treat[...]

Dog X-Ray Is Downfall Of California Pill Mill Doctor

July 15, 2012

On July 12, 2012, a California doctor was arrested for allegedly running a pill mill (a medical clinic where prescription medications are readily and easily prescribed, available, and/or dispensed with little or no proper legitimate medical need). The doctor had been under investigation for about t[...]

Appeal Challenges California’s Medical Malpractice Cap On Noneconomic Damages

July 6, 2012

In 1975, California enacted a law known as The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (“MICRA”) that limits noneconomic damages (pain and suffering, mental anguish, etc.) for death due to medical malpractice to $250,000. MICRA also requires notification to possible medical malpractice d[...]

California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Obstetrical Malpractice

June 8, 2012

On April 20, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury awarded $74,525,000 to the family of a newborn who suffered a permanent, life-changing brain injury leading to the baby’s cerebral palsy in 2009. The majority of the jury’s award will go towards the payment of the medical expen[...]

Medical Malpractice In California Mental Hospitals

May 18, 2012

Five years ago, the federal government sued the State of California in order to force changes at four California state mental hospitals. The allegations included the overuse of patient restraints, the overuse of medications on patients, and poor patient safety. The lawsuit resulted in the federal [...]

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