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Georgia Medical Malpractice Defendants Suffer Loss Of Defenses In Botched Circumcision Case

July 26, 2018

A Georgia judge has struck the defenses of some of the defendants in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendants negligently performed a circumcision on her 18-day-old son, because the defendants failed to preserve crutial evidence despite being on notice th[...]

Study Of Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Dural Tears During Spine Surgery

July 19, 2018

A study entitled “Medical Malpractice Claims Following Incidental Durotomy Due to Spinal Surgery” that was published on July 1, 2018 in the medical journal Spine analyzed 48 medical malpractice cases in which the patient suffered a dural tear during spinal surgery. The most frequently oc[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital On Vicarious Liability Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

June 17, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) in its May 16, 2018 Decision & Order reversed summary judment granted to the defendant hospital in a New York medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff conten[...]

98-Year-Old Florida Nursing Home Resident Died After Being Left Outside In The Sun

June 11, 2018

A 98-year-old Florida nursing home resident who was outside in the hot sun for an unknown period of time on May 27, 2018 was found unresponsive with a temperature of 103.2 degrees. She died two weeks later in the hospital from hyperthermia caused by exposure to the sun. An investigation by the Flori[...]

Medical Malpractice Claim Against VA For Loss Of Voice Following Botox Injections Into Veteran’s Vocal Cords

June 1, 2018

A Vietnam veteran went to the McGuire VA Medical Center in 2015, when he was 63-years-old, complaining of phlegm in his throat. A VA doctor recommended that the man have Botox injections into his vocal cords, explaining that a possible complication may be a temporary change in the pitch of his voice[...]

Four South Carolina Breast Surgery Patients File Lawsuits Against Hospital After Acquiring Same Infection

May 4, 2018

Earlier this month, four patients who had breast reconstruction surgery following treatment for breast cancer at a South Carolina hospital and acquired the same type infection filed their South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuits against the hospital, alleging that the hospital knew but failed to [...]

Two Sponges Left In Woman For At Least Six Years Following C-Section

March 20, 2018

An article appearing on February 22, 2018 in The New England Journal of Medicine discussed the case of a 42-year-old Japanese woman who had been experiencing lower abdominal bloating for three years. The woman went to her primary care provider for diagnosis where abdominal palpation found two nonten[...]

Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient

March 17, 2018

Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into the delicate operation, when the neurosurgeon was unable to [...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

March 1, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 9, 2018 in a Tennessee medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her claim on the basis of the expiration of the statute of limitations and the[...]

New Head Of Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure Faced 12 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

February 27, 2018

It has been reported that the newly hired Executive Director of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure (“Board”), which has jurisdiction over Medical Doctors (M.D.s), Osteopathic Physicians (D.O.s), Podiatrists (D.P.M.s), Physician Assistants (P.A.s), Radiology Assistants (R.A.[...]

Hospital Kept Surgeon On Staff Despite Allegations Of Raping Two Patients

January 20, 2018

The Cleveland Clinic allegedly kept a colorectal surgeon on its staff, treating patients, despite complaints from two of his patients that he raped them. The Cleveland Clinic reportedly settled one of the patient’s claims by paying a confidential settlement. The surgeon allegedly anally raped [...]

Failure Of Multiple Utah Medical Facilities To Report Nurse’s Sexual Assaults Over 10 Year Period Resulted In 12 Victims

January 15, 2018

A Utah nurse who has allegedly sexually assaulted at least 12 women at four different Utah medical facilities over the period of ten years could have been stopped if they had properly reported his misconduct to the appropriate authorities, according to one victim’s Utah medical malpractice law[...]

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