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Missouri $1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 21, 2012

Earlier this month, a Missouri medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case that alleged that an 88-year-old woman who was a resident of a Missouri nursing home was left unattended and standing alone in her room after an aide helped her with [...]

Report Finds California Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse Are Rampant

July 20, 2012

In a report issued on July 17, 2012 involving a review of fourteen California nursing homes investigated by California’s Operation Guardians, it was reported that there were wide-spread problems involving residents having bed sores (pressure ulcers) that were under-reported and under-treat[...]

Massive New York Medicaid Drug Fraud Alleged

July 19, 2012

Federal prosecutors have charged 48 people in a massive Medicaid drug fraud scheme that cost taxpayers upwards of $500 million. The fraud allegedly involved Medicaid recipients who were prescribed expensive medications who sold their drugs to third-parties for cash. The third-parties then sold th[...]

Tennessee Appeals Court Orders New Trial After Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case

July 18, 2012

On June 25, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee (“Appeals Court”) ordered a new trial for the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case involving a newborn born with severe brain injuries allegedly due to medical malpractice. The original medical malpractice jury had returned a verdi[...]

Dismissal Of Ohio Medical Malpractice Case Upheld

July 17, 2012

In an appeal of the dismissal of an Ohio medical malpractice case, the Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld the dismissal in its opinion filed on July 10, 2012. The trial court had dismissed the medical malpractice case because the medical malpractice plaintiff allegedly had failed to comply with an Oh[...]

Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!

July 16, 2012

Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground we have covered: we have discussed medical m[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Claim For Hearing Loss

July 14, 2012

A medical malpractice plaintiff in West Virginia filed his medical malpractice claim against a physician and the physician’s medical practice on June 18, 2012, alleging that the physician failed to timely and properly diagnosis the man’s complaints of hearing loss. The medical malpra[...]

Fosamax Claims

July 13, 2012

Fosamax (alendronate sodium) is a brand-name prescription drug manufactured by Merck that was first approved for use in the U.S. in 1995. Fosamax is in a class of medications called biphosphonates that increase bone density and prevent bone loss. It is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in wome[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments In 2011 At Lowest Level On Record

July 12, 2012

In a report entitled “Malpractice Payments Sunk to Record Low in 2011” that was just released by Public Citizen, it was found that “Medical malpractice payments were at their lowest level on record in 2011 by almost any measure. Specifically, both the number of malpractice payment[...]

Disturbing Medical Malpractice History Of California Malpractice Defendant

July 11, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of nearly $1.2 million in favor of the plaintiffs after a two-week trial (including $908,804 for medical expenses and pain and suffering of the medical malpractice victim and $267,500 to the patient’s husb[...]

Who Pays For And Receives Health Care In the United States?

July 10, 2012

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding as constitutional the federal health care overhaul law frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” we thought it appropriate to provide some recently released official statistics regarding health care services and the[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

July 9, 2012

In February, 2003, a woman’s physician ordered a chest x-ray for the woman in preparation for her back surgery. The physician received the x-ray report from the radiologist that noted a mass on the woman’s right lung but the physician never advised his patient about the finding or order[...]

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