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Medical Malpractice Claims Paid On Behalf Of U.S. Physicians Declined By 55.7%

March 30, 2017

A study published online on March 27, 2017 in the respected medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that medical malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in the United States fell by 55.7% from 1992 to 2014. However, the mean compensation amounts paid for physician medical malpractice cl[...]

Former Texas Neurosurgeon Sentenced To Life In Prison For Intentionally Harming Patients

March 28, 2017

A former Texas neurosurgeon was sentenced to life in prison by a Dallas jury that deliberated his sentence for only one hour after he was found guilty on February 14, 2017 of intentionally causing serious bodily harm to an elderly patient on whom he performed spinal surgery in 2012 that left the [...]

New York Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In Episiotomy Case

March 23, 2017

On March 7, 2017, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (“Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment entered in favor of the New York medical malpractice defendants, finding that the New York medical malpractice plaintiffs had failed to meet their burden of pr[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Heparin Dosing Error Led To Death

March 4, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed on February 6, 2017 alleges that a woman’s medical providers in the local hospital in which she was treated relied on an outdated laboratory value when adjusting the dosage of her intravenous heparin, leading to her suffer a subar[...]

Neurosurgeon Sentenced To 235 Months In Prison For Health Care Fraud

February 3, 2017

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on January 10, 2017 that a Detroit-area neurosurgeon was sentenced to 235 months in prison for his role in a $2.8 million health care fraud scheme in which he caused serious bodily harm to patients by performing unnecessary invasive s[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Mental Health Malpractice Case To Proceed

February 1, 2017

In its decision filed on January 17, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s mental health medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff had sufficiently pled gross negligence in her Pennsylvania mental health malpractice co[...]

Detroit Medical Malpractice Claim For 9-Year-Old’s Death Following Tonsillectomy

January 8, 2017

The mother of a 9-year-old who died within three hours after being discharged from a Detroit-area hospital on December 8, 2016 following what was supposed to be a routine, 30-minute tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy has provided notice that she intends to file a Michigan medical malpractice claim agai[...]

$19.3M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

January 2, 2017

In December 2016, a Pennsylvania court approved a $19.3 million birth injury medical malpractice settlement that involved the alleged negligent delivery of a baby on December 13, 2012 at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that left the child with a profound and permanent brain injury t[...]

Virginia Jail Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Medication Withdrawal Leading To Death

December 16, 2016

The family of a Virginia jail inmate who died while in custody filed a federal jail medical malpractice lawsuit on December 1, 2016 against numerous defendants for the death of the 26-year-old man who had informed the jail medical personnel that he was addicted to Xanax but the staff wrote down on t[...]

Michigan Class Action Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Pediatric Neurologist Misdiagnosed Hundreds Of Children With Epilepsy

December 4, 2016

A class action medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Michigan alleges that a Michigan pediatric neurologist misdiagnosed hundreds of children with epilepsy in the mid-2000s. The pediatric neurologist was born in Egypt and attended medical school in Egypt in the 1970s. He obtained his medical license [...]

Guam Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Baby’s Death

December 3, 2016

The parents of a 5-week-old baby who died allegedly as a result of medical negligence have filed a federal medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in the District of Guam against a health center, a physician’s assistant, and other unnamed defendants after the physician’s assistant dia[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Doctor Fractured Patient’s Neck During Intubation

December 2, 2016

The family of a 62-year-old man who suffered a fractured neck during intubation that rendered him a paraplegic has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor, alleging that the intubation was unnecessary. When the man was advised that he was a paraplegic and that he would need to rely on[...]

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