VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Claim Settled For $500,000
January 8, 2013
The VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a widow for the death of her husband as a result of alleged medical malpractice for $500,000, which has been approved by a federal judge of the U.S. District Court in Akron, Ohio. The medical malpr[...]
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Medication Mistake Leads To Illinois Medical Malpractice Claim
January 5, 2013
On January 2, 2013, a medical malpractice claim was filed in Illinois against a nursing home in which it is alleged that medication mistakes led to a resident’s death. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the wrong dosage of medication and the improper combination of medications by two [...]
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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Claims
January 3, 2013
Many people are under the impression that Lyme disease is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States and that Lyme disease misdiagnosis cases are also of recent vintage. However, Lyme disease misdiagnosis claims have been around for over a decade and appear to us to be increasing in frequency,[...]
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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 [...]
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