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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[...]

Physical Therapy Malpractice Caused Disabled Man To Nearly Drown

December 16, 2012

A 45-year-old man with a history of traumatic brain injury had limited use of his extremities and had contractures of his left elbow and left shoulder. He was receiving twice-weekly aquatic therapy from his physical therapist for six months to increase his range of motion and to improve his qua[...]

New York Court Of Appeals Says Doctor’s Sex With Patient Was Medical Malpractice

November 30, 2012

On November 29, 2012, the Court of Appeals of New York (New York’s highest appellate court) issued its written memorandum in a case we first blogged about on October 22, 2012 (“Doctor Had An Affair With His Patient: Is It Medical Malpractice?“). The Court of Appeals (“the Co[...]

Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide

November 16, 2012

A female Navy veteran who was discharged from active military service in 1997 and had been receiving medical care at the Hampton Veterans Medical Center in Virginia (“VA Medical Center”) since the 1990s, committed suicide on November 12, 2010 by ingesting her prescription medication Se[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Claim For Baby Decapitated During Birth

November 13, 2012

A Missouri couple has filed a medical malpractice claim against an obstetrician, claiming that he pulled too hard on the baby’s head while the baby was stuck in the birth canal during birth, thereby decapitating the baby. Adding to the horror is the allegation in the medical malpractice compl[...]

Dubai Doctor Files Appeal Of Medical Malpractice Finding Against Him Regarding Newborn’s Death

November 4, 2012

A doctor in Dubai who had been found to be responsible for the January, 2012 death of a newborn baby has appealed the decision of an investigative committee of the Clinical Governance Office (“CGO”) of the Dubai Healthcare Authority (“DHA”). An investigative committee for[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident’s Life Valued At $8,000

November 2, 2012

When a 64-year-old woman was admitted into an Iowa nursing home, the woman’s doctor ordered that her airway be suctioned when mucous formed in her throat. The nursing home knew that without an open airway, the woman would be unable to breath and that she would die. That is just what happen[...]

New Mexico Nursing Home Claim For Negligently Inserted Feeding Tube

November 1, 2012

In August, 2012, a medical malpractice claim was filed against a Santa Fe, New Mexico nursing home alleging that the staff of the nursing home negligently inserted a feeding tube in a 56-year-old resident that had been pulled out by the confused resident, by inserting the tube into her abdominal [...]

Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Claim For Failure To Deliver Oxygen To Patient’s Home

October 30, 2012

On October 24, 2012, a Pennsylvania man filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an oxygen supply company for its alleged failure to timely deliver sufficient oxygen to the home of his 57-year-old mother who had advance stage lung cancer. The woman’s son claims in his wrongful death lawsuit th[...]

FDA’S Disturbing Inspection Of The New England Compounding Center

October 29, 2012

The FDA issued a report on October 26, 2012 regarding its inspection of the facilities of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) that took place on October 1-2, 4-5, 9, 15, and 26, 2012, and the reported observations are disturbing. NECC is at the center of the recent fungal meningitis outbrea[...]

Three Oklahoma Drug Rehab Deaths Lead To Three Wrongful Death Lawsuits

October 27, 2012

The mother of a 32-year-old man who had entered inpatient drug rehabilitation at an Oklahoma rehab facility known as Narconon Arrowhead in Pittsburg County was hopeful that the drug rehab facility would help her son turn his life around. Little did she know that her son would die while receiving [...]

Are Fungal Meningitis Claims Medical Malpractice Or Product Liability Claims?

October 26, 2012

As the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 21, 2012 spreads to more people in more states, one issue that will need to be resolved, and which may be resolv[...]

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