$120 Million New York Medical Malpractice Verdict
May 29, 2012
On May 25, 2012, a Bronx, New York medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of approximately $120 million against three local hospitals and a neurologist (the jury found one hospital to be 50% liable, another hospital to be 40% liable, the third hospital to[...]
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Our Thoughts On Memorial Day 2012
May 28, 2012
On this Memorial Day 2012 in the United States, we wish to offer our sincere and ever-lasting thanks and appreciation to our men and women who have served, and continue to serve, our great country. Without the sacrifices, courage, passion, and dedication of our fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, b[...]
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Wisconsin Medical Malpractice In Nursing Homes
May 27, 2012
A recent article concerning medical malpractice in Wisconsin nursing homes and the fines that were imposed on some of the nursing homes due to medical malpractice incidents sheds some light on the kinds of medical malpractice that may occur in nursing homes. In the past, it has been difficult to o[...]
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Michigan Medical Malpractice Reform Proposal
May 26, 2012
Earlier this week, the Michigan Senate debated a medical malpractice reform proposal that would make it more difficult for the innocent victims of medical malpractice to recover damages from those who commit medical malpractice in Michigan. Senate Bill No. 1116 provides that a health care professi[...]
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New Recommendations Regarding Prostate Cancer Screening
May 23, 2012
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality website, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (“Task Force”) is an independent group of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the[...]
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Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Amputated Penis
May 22, 2012
A former Florida man filed a medical malpractice claim in Florida against an anesthesiologist, claiming that the anesthesiologist committed medical malpractice and that the medical negligence resulted in the man having to have his penis surgically amputated. The man claims in his medical malprac[...]
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