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Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage During Surgery

April 8, 2012

On March 30, 2012, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.23 million in favor of the family of a 66 year old woman who suffered severe brain injury due to lack of oxygen to her brain during surgery in 2008. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against an ane[...]

A Study Of Defense Costs For Medical Malpractice Claims

April 7, 2012

An article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine on April 5, 2012 analyzed 26,853 medical malpractice claims that were closed between 1995 and 2005 (“closed claims” include medical malpractice claims that resulted in an indemnity payment (a payment made to a medical malprac[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Cap Upheld (Again)

April 6, 2012

In a decision issued on March 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Louisiana upheld as constitutional the Louisiana medical malpractice damage cap as applied to nurse practitioners (La.R.S. 40:1299.42(B) provides, in pertinent part: “(1) The total amount recoverable for all malpractice claims for i[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Cap Being Challenged

April 5, 2012

A 2005 Missouri law that placed caps on non-economic damages in the amount of $350,000 is presently being challenged as unconstitutional in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case involves a medical malpractice claim arising out of the birth of a baby in Missouri on November 1, 2006.[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Of Undocumented Immigrant

April 4, 2012

The surviving wife of an “undocumented” Mexican immigrant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government for the death of her husband while he was in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The federal lawsuit claims that the U.S. governmen[...]

Melanoma Rates For Young People Are Rising Rapidly

April 3, 2012

Cutaneous melanoma is the most serious and deadly form of skin cancer. Melanoma ranks as the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh most common cancer in women. However, among young adults (18 to 39), melanoma is the second most common invasive cancer (breast cancer is number one). While[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Infant’s Finger Severed In A Hospital

April 2, 2012

In October, 2011, a 15-year-old mother brought her then 3-month-old daughter to a local Florida hospital when her daughter spiked a fever and had bronchitis. The little girl was hospitalized for three days for treatment of her medical condition. An IV that had been placed in her hand for medical [...]

Two Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against California Nursing Home

April 1, 2012

A California nursing home in Northern California recently had two medical malpractice wrongful death cases filed against it for the deaths of two of its residents that occurred during 2011. Case No. 1 In the first case, a man was admitted into the hospital in January, 2011, for treatment of his k[...]

Autism Rates In U.S. Skyrocketed In Last 10 Years

March 31, 2012

What Is Autism? According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism is a group of developmental brain disorders, collectively called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), that includes a wide range of symptoms that may result in mild impairment to severe disability. There are five pervasive d[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Medicaid Recovery Law Unconstitutional

March 28, 2012

Sometimes when there is a medical malpractice settlement, the medical malpractice claimant’s medical bills related to the medical malpractice were paid by Medicaid. Under federal law, states participating in the Medicaid program are required (with some exceptions) to seek reimbursement for me[...]

U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Cap On Noneconomic Damages

March 27, 2012

On March 22, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5 that is entitled “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012” by a vote of 223 to 181, with 7 Democrats voting yes, 10 Republicans voting no, and 4 Republicans voting present. The AMA[...]

Sexual Abuse Of Nursing Home Resident Alleged In Minnesota

March 26, 2012

A disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a nursing home resident in Minnesota is even more egregious because the former nursing home staff member had been investigated for prior alleged incidences of sexual abuse in other nursing homes. Minnesota officials investigated the sexual abuse allegatio[...]

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