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What Medical Malpractice Claims May Arise From The Coronavirus Pandemic?

March 19, 2020

At the time this is being written, the designation of the coronavirus outbreak as a world-wide pandemic is less than a week old. How the coronavirus pandemic will affect the world population, world economies, and the everyday lives of everyone, whether infected with the coronavirus or not, is a big [...]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) And Medical Malpractice – Part One

March 17, 2020

During these concerning times, when there is so much information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) that is unknown and unknowable, it is important to not overreact, to stay calm, to stay informed from reliable sources, to minimize our exposure, and to support each other in ways that can help us get t[...]

Study’s Authors Suggest Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Do Not Lead To Improved Quality of Care

February 18, 2020

An article appearing in JAMA Network on January 28, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review” concluded: “Although gaps in the evidence remain, the available findings suggested that greater tort liability, at least in its current form, was not associat[...]

Oklahoma Federal Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Compensation From Hospital For Reusing Needles

February 8, 2020

A class-action lawsuit filed on January 22, 2020 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma alleges: “Between January and April of 2018, a nurse employed by [the defendant hospital] violated protocols established by the National Centers for Disease Control and Pre[...]

Former California Cosmetic Surgeon Extradited From Israel To Begin Twenty-Year Sentence For Health Care Fraud

February 7, 2020

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced on January 24, 2020 that a dermatologist who became a cosmetic surgeon and oversaw a long-running health care fraud scheme that conned insurance companies into paying tens of millions of dollars for u[...]

What You Should Do (And Not Do) If You Suspect Medical Malpractice

February 2, 2020

If you suspect that you or a loved one have been harmed by medical malpractice, you should promptly find a medical malpractice lawyer near you who may gather the facts from you, obtain relevant medical records, and investigate the circumstances of your injuries. What you should not do is accuse the [...]

Kansas VA Seeks To Fire Urologist Accused Of Harming Patients While In Private Practice

January 24, 2020

The VA hospital in Wichita, Kansas is seeking to terminate a urologist on its staff after it became aware through a news story in a local newspaper in September 2019 that the 44-year-old urologist was reportedly disciplined by the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts (“BoardR[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For 18-Year-Old Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury During Breast Enhancement Surgery

January 11, 2020

The parents of an 18-year-old woman who chose to have breast enhancement surgery on August 1, 2019 following her graduation from high school in order to enhance her self-confidence have filed a Colorado medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon and the nurse anesthetist performing the procedur[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Against Anesthesiologists

January 4, 2020

The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, recently published a study of closed medical malpractice claims against anesthesiologists entitled, “Making Further Advancements in Anesthesia Care Safety,” in which it found: “the two most commo[...]

Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Radiologists

December 21, 2019

The Doctors Company, which is the largest medical malpractice insurer owned by physicians in the United States, has issued a report entitled “Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Closed Claims Study” in which it reports on the findings of its analysis of 596 claims (written demands fo[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendants Not Entitled To Summary Disposition For Electrocautery Burn Claim

December 18, 2019

On August 1, 2014, the Michigan medical malpractice plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder that was performed by the defendant surgeons. Electrocautery (the process of heating tissues with electricity to seal blood vessels and stop bleeding) was used during the surgery. Elect[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Patient’s Mental Health Records Not Relevant In Brain Injury Medical Malpractice Case

December 16, 2019

In its opinion filed on October 28, 2019, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) ruled: “the trial court erred in granting defendants’ motion to compel because plaintiff did not place Kiersten’s mental condition at issue by claiming brain da[...]

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