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Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgeon’s Broken Legs

February 19, 2012

A retired surgeon who was in his mid-80s was being cared for by a nursing assistant who was supposed to use a lifting device to transfer the man from a chair to his bed but failed to do so. As a result of the nursing assistant’s failure to use the proper procedure for the man’s transfer[...]

Proposed Changes To Florida’s Medical Malpractice Law Harms Malpractice Victims

February 18, 2012

The Republican-led Florida Legislature is considering amendments to Florida’s medical malpractice law to make it more difficult for victims of medical malpractice to win their medical malpractice cases and would also allow medical malpractice defendants’ lawyers to speak with the victi[...]

Rick Santorum’s View Of Medical Malpractice Claims — Good For His Wife But Bad For You

February 17, 2012

The Republicans running for President of the United States agree that you should not be fully compensated for your injuries and losses suffered as a result of medical malpractice. They want to put a cap (limit) on the amount that a jury can compensate you after the jury has heard all the testimo[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case: From Medical Heroes To Medical Villains

February 16, 2012

In a medical malpractice case decided on February 10, 2012 by the Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland’s highest appellate court), the Court of Appeals (“Court”) upheld a Maryland medical malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $3.6 million in favor of the plaintiff as a result o[...]

Did Medical Malpractice Kill Whitney Houston?

February 15, 2012

While speculation continues to swirl with regard to what caused Whitney Houston’s recent death, with little accurate information being disclosed by the authorities and official statements warning that it will take weeks before the official cause of death is known (after toxicology results [...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Claim For Sedated Patient Who Fell From Procedure Table

February 15, 2012

Certain medical procedures require the patient to receive some form of sedation (ranging from a light sedation commonly called I.V. sedation that results in the patient being relaxed and feeling sleepy and causes the patient to forget the procedure and the time immediately afterwards but enables th[...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Results In Elderly Man Freezing To Death

February 14, 2012

The 77-year-old male resident of a Chicago nursing home had a habit of wandering off from the premises. With a history of two previous recent incidents when he had wandered away, he was a known risk for leaving the nursing home without being seen. The man’s dementia made it difficult for him[...]

Did A Generic Version Of A Name-Brand Drug Cause A Man’s Death?

February 13, 2012

Generic versions of name-brand prescription drugs are supposed to be “just as good” and just as effective as the name-brand drugs for which they are substituted. Generic drugs (“generics”) are often preferred by health insurance companies and by many patients because they ten[...]

Philadelphia Emergency Room Malpractice Leads To Man’s Death — And His Watch Stolen From His Wrist

February 12, 2012

A 63-year-old man who felt pain going down his right side walked several blocks from his home to a local Philadelphia hospital emergency room where the emergency room hospital staff registered him. He spoke with other waiting patients in the emergency room for about twenty minutes. About 80 minutes[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck

February 11, 2012

A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Medical Malpractice Recoveries

February 10, 2012

On December 22, 2011, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision in a medical malpractice case in which it considered “whether a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress, hereinafter NIED, exists where the emotional distress results from a “negligent breach of[...]

Kansas Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal

February 8, 2012

A licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked in a Topeka, Kansas nursing home was supposed to administer morphine to a 105-year-old nursing home resident who had dementia and was in severe chronic pain but instead the LPN diluted the patient’s vial of morphine with water. The incident happen[...]

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