Medical Malpractice Payments To Veterans Hit 12-Year High
September 16, 2013
Medical malpractice payments to veterans made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) totaled $91.7 million in 2012 (an increase of 28% from 2011, when the VA paid approximately $72 million in medical malpractice payments), which was the highest amount in 12 years. F[...]
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Colorado LASIK Malpractice Case Scheduled For Trial
April 16, 2013
Trial is scheduled to begin on April 29, 2013 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for a LASIK medical malpractice case filed against a LASIK surgery center known as 20/20 Institute, LLC and a LASIK surgeon in which the medical malpractice plaintiffs (a husband and wife) [...]
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A Supreme Court Win For Man Injured By A Navy Doctor
March 5, 2013
In a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) on March 4, 2013, the Supreme Court determined the issue whether the controlling provision of the Gonzalez Act, §1089(e), authorizes battery claims against the United States when military doctors operate without the patient�[...]
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VA Hospital In Virginia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
February 26, 2013
As a follow-up to our blog on November 16, 2012 entitled, “Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide,” we are satisfied to report that on February 19, 2013, the U.S. government settled the medical malpractice case involving the Hampton (Virginia) Veteran[...]
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