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$1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis

August 16, 2023

$1.5M For Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis: On February 21, 2023, during mediation, a Virginia medical malpractice case alleging that the defendant gastroenterologist breached the standard of care by delaying the scheduling of a colonoscopy for a patient with a medical history of ulcerative colitis an[...]

Fear Of Retaliation Forces Nursing Home Residents To Remain Silent

August 14, 2023

Retaliation Forces Nursing Home Residents To Remain Silent: The Long Term Care Community Coalition’s report issued in June 2023 entitled “They Make You Pay”: How Fear of Retaliation Silences Residents in America’s Nursing Homes” stated: “Fear of retaliation is a p[...]

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Medical Malpractice Statistics

July 31, 2023

Percutaneous Coronary And Peripheral Intervention Statistics: A recent study of medical malpractice claims involving percutaneous coronary and peripheral intervention analyzed 89 such cases and found that procedural errors and complications were the most common allegations; vessel perforation was th[...]

Study Finds Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis Of Disease

July 22, 2023

Nearly 800,000 Americans Are Permanently Disabled Or Die Annually From Misdiagnosis: A study entitled Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety in July 2023 reported: “An estimated 795 000 Americans become permanently d[...]

New York City Medical Malpractice Statistics For Fiscal Year 2022

July 19, 2023

New York City Medical Malpractice Statistics For Fiscal Year 2022: In FY 2022, 12,188 claims and lawsuits against New York City were resolved for $1.5 billion, the highest amount in the City’s history. For the last 10 fiscal years, the City has paid on average approximately $1 billion per fiscal y[...]

Study Finds Nursing Home Falls And Pressure Ulcers Underreported

July 12, 2023

Nursing Home Falls And Pressure Ulcers Underreported: A study published on May 23, 2023 in JAMA Network entitled “Underreporting of Quality Measures and Associated Facility Characteristics and Racial Disparities in US Nursing Home Ratings” investigated what extent are nursing home charac[...]

Report: Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic

July 7, 2023

Healthcare-Associated Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization founded by large employers and others in 2000 that drives a movement for giant leaps for patient safety, issued a report on May 3, 2023 entitled “New Leapfrog Hospital Saf[...]

$2M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery

July 2, 2023

$2M For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery: On March 22, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million for a man who lost his sight in one eye due to an infection he suffered after undergoing cataract surgery. According to reports, the cataract surgeon [...]

$800,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Botched Rotator Cuff Repair

June 29, 2023

$800,000 For Botched Rotator Cuff Repair: A Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that an orthopedic surgeon failed to properly perform a rotator cuff repair, acromioplasty, and distal clavicle excision and failed to properly provide post-operative management was settled before trial in Janu[...]

Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons

June 27, 2023

Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons: A study published on May 2, 2023 entitled “Critical Review of Oncologic Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopaedic Surgeons” was designed to determine the most common allegations for malpractice litigation brought against[...]

$1M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Gastric Leak Following Sleeve Gastrectomy

June 18, 2023

$1M Settlement For Gastric Leak Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Massachusetts woman had to have her entire stomach and duodenum removed as well as the left lower lobe of her lung as a result of a gastric leak that went untreated following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy that was performed in October[...]

Australia Filshie Clip Recall

June 12, 2023

Australia Filshie Clip Recall: The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Therapeutic Goods Administration states on its website that there was a recall commenced on July 1, 2020 for Filshie clips, inter alia, for “Product Defect Correction” for the following stated rea[...]

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