Man Enters Hospital For Circumcision, Leaves Without His Penis
July 28, 2014
Sounds like a bad joke, but it was horrifically serious for a man in Alabama. On July 22, 2014, the Alabama man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Alabama state court against a hospital and others for his injuries and damages resulting from the amputation of his penis during a circumcision [...]
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This Is Our 1,000th Consecutive Daily Blog
November 28, 2013
Today, we proudly celebrate our 1,000th consecutive daily blog — we began daily blogging on March 5, 2011. Along the way, we have attempted to provide information that educates, illustrates, and explains the varied issues involving medical malpractice and health care in the United States. [...]
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Four Connecticut Nursing Homes Fined For Serious Deficiencies
November 13, 2013
The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced last week that it had issued two citations and fined a Connecticut nursing home $2,250 for three separate incidents: a resident who had dementia fractured her hip as a result of a fall and subsequently died in the hospital (a nurse’s [...]
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Harming Victims Of Medical Negligence
October 11, 2013
No one wants or expects to become the victim of medical malpractice. No one wants to live the rest of their life with unrelenting pain, devastating disabilities, and the lack of enjoyment of life solely because a medical provider made a mistake, caused an error, was careless, was inattentive, beca[...]
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5 Behaviors To Be Avoided By Medical Malpractice Victims
September 26, 2013
When medical negligence causes serious injuries or other significant harms to patients, many of the victims of medical malpractice (and their families) seek to determine if they are entitled to be compensated for their losses under their state medical malpractice laws. The road ahead for medical [...]
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5 Common Mistakes Made By Medical Malpractice Victims
September 20, 2013
Medical malpractice victims in the United States are too often unpleasantly surprised when they discover that they made their own mistakes that could cause their medical malpractice claims to become unviable. Once the unintentional mistake is made, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to reme[...]
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5 Ways Medical Malpractice Victims Are Disadvantaged
September 19, 2013
With the constant drone of physicians who mournfully cry that ungrateful patients are filing “frivolous” medical malpractice claims against them which force them to practice costly defensive medicine (which some would argue to be pro-active, patient-oriented medicine), force the[...]
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“I Have Nothing To Hide” And Other Stupid Statements
June 21, 2013
News reports in the United States have focused much attention on the federal government’s recently revealed secret programs designed to surreptitiously intercept, monitor, store, and review routine communications involving U.S. citizens. In response to the revelations, the federal governm[...]
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