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Medical Device Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit

June 10, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 31, 2012 that the large medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.65 million to settle civil claims made against it under the False Claims Act (commonly referred to as whistleblower claims, or more formal[...]

“Early Offer” Laws: An Attack On Medical Malpractice Victims

June 9, 2012

One of the many attacks by the medical profession, their medical malpractice insurance companies, and their lobbyists on the rights of medical malpractice victims is known as “early offer” laws. “Early Offer” Laws An “early offer” law typically provides a medi[...]

California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Obstetrical Malpractice

June 8, 2012

On April 20, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury awarded $74,525,000 to the family of a newborn who suffered a permanent, life-changing brain injury leading to the baby’s cerebral palsy in 2009. The majority of the jury’s award will go towards the payment of the medical expen[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Dye Used During Catheterization

June 7, 2012

During early May, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Baltimore City returned a medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of the two surviving sons of a woman who had a fatal allergic reaction to the dye used during her cardiac catheterization procedure. The two son[...]

New Jersey $6.3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Abdominal Surgery

June 6, 2012

On June 1, 2012, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $6.3 million in favor of a 48-year-old woman who in February, 2007 had surgery involving her ovaries that ended up injuring her bowel that was not recognized until after the surgery was completed. As a resul[...]

Large Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Condition

June 5, 2012

On May 31, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded the five young surviving children of a 38-year-old man $6.4 million as a result of alleged medical malpractice that resulted in the man’s death. The $6.4 million verdict included $5.5 million for the loss of guidance, tutelage[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Death During A Threesome

June 4, 2012

A Georgia medical malpractice jury on May 29, 2012 awarded $3 million to the survivors of a 31-year-old husband/father of two after a seven-day trial involving allegations that the man’s cardiologist committed medical malpractice that caused or contributed to his death that occurred during a t[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Cardiac Catheterization

June 3, 2012

On May 7, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.2M in favor of a woman who had undergone a cardiac catheterization (a procedure whereby a doctor inserts a wire tool and catheter through the patient’s groin and manipulates the catheter up the descendi[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Payments Reported By Physicians For 2001 – 2011

June 2, 2012

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) has issued a report on various aspects of the medical malpractice payments reports that were filed with the NPDB by physicians who made medical malpractice payments from 2001 through 2011. Our two previous blog postings addressed some of th[...]

NPDB Medical Malpractice Payments Statistics For 2001 – 2011

June 1, 2012

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) has published the official medical malpractice payments statistics for the U.S. for 2001 through 2011. The statistics are for medical malpractice payments made on behalf of “physicians,” which include medical doctors (MDs), physi[...]

Official Medical Malpractice Insurance Statistics For 1991 through 2011

May 31, 2012

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) recently released its Countrywide Summary Of Medical Malpractice Insurance Calendar Years 1991 – 2011 for the entire United States. As stated on its website, the NAIC “is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory [...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Fall From Operating Room Table

May 30, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a Connecticut medical malpractice case was filed on behalf of an elderly woman who had a pacemaker implanted in a Connecticut hospital during February, 2010, after which she fell from the operating room table, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury, a fractured pelvis, a f[...]

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