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New Jersey Doctor Didn’t Wash Hands Between Patients, 41 Patients Suffered Serious Knee Infections

May 31, 2017

A New Jersey doctor reportedly told New Jersey Health Department investigators that she did not follow basic hand washing hygiene procedures between treating patients at a Jersey Shore medical clinic, thereby leading to 41 patients developing septic arthritis of their knees. The doctor allegedly als[...]

Florida Supreme Court Orders Disclosure Of Adverse Medical Incidents To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

February 13, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 31, 2017, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) addressed whether the records that patients in Florida have a right to access under article X, section 25, of the Florida Constitution (“Amendment 7”), specifically records relati[...]

$1.2M Settlement For Paramedics’ Delay In Treating Elderly Woman Who Later Died

June 29, 2016

The City of Columbus, Ohio has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a 76-old-woman who suffered a cardiac arrest and died after paramedics failed to treat her for nearly 25 minutes after she vomited and turned blue while at an MRI facility where she was getting an MRI of her hip. The woman [...]

Study Finds Medical Error Third Leading Cause Of Death In The United States

May 5, 2016

A study published on May 3, 2016 in the well-respected medical journal BMJ that was authored by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland determined that medical error was the third leading cause of death in the United States. The contribution of medica[...]

Is An Autopsy Necessary For A Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim?

January 20, 2016

An autopsy, more formally known as a postmortem medical examination, is used to help determine the cause and manner of death and is often requested or ordered if the cause of death is not clear or is suspect, the decedent died under unexpected or unusual circumstances, the decedent was young, an aut[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Overturns Dismissal Of Defendant Physician

March 20, 2015

By its decision entered on March 11, 2015, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Appeals Court”) overturned the dismissal of one of the defendant physicians in a medical malpractice case, finding that the dismissal of the defendant physician was prejudicial error because the [...]

Washington Supreme Court Reinstates Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 27, 2014

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) issued its written opinion on December 11, 2014 in a case in which it reinstated a Washington medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff that had been vacated by the trial judge and affirmed by the low[...]

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing On “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety”

July 21, 2014

On July 17, 2014, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing on the subject entitled, “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety.” The Subcommittee Cha[...]

3 Medical Malpractice Defenses That Don’t Hold Water

June 30, 2014

3 of the common medical malpractice defenses that do not hold up to scrutiny are as follows: Defense Number 1: “My standard practice is to …” When doctors are sued for medical malpractice, they commonly testify that they do not specifically recall the incident that the plaintiff al[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Undiagnosed Heart Disease In Women

February 20, 2014

The Doctors Company (the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States) conducted a study of closed medical malpractice claims involving undiagnosed heart disease in women and found that in 61% of the medical malpractice claims, the patient died when her heart conditio[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Patient Care Whistleblower Fired, Then Sues

October 28, 2013

A 13-year employee of a regional hospital in Pennsylvania, who at times worked as director of acute care services and quality project coordinator, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer on October 22, 2013, alleging that she was told to leave the hospital premises on October 26, 2012 a[...]

Sperm Bank Meltdown Leads To 40 Lawsuits

August 24, 2013

On August 20, 2013, forty (40) lawsuits were filed in the Cook County Circuit Court (Illinois) against Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation on behalf of men whose frozen sperm specimens that were stored by the defendants so that they could possibly become bi[...]

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