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Oklahoma Hospital Used Contaminated Gastroscopes On 998 Patients

September 8, 2019

According to a MAUDE Adverse Event Report filed during this past summer by Hota Corporation Pentax Tokyo Office (“Pentax Medical”), “Pentax medical became aware of a report on 26-jun-2019 stating that the forward water jet channel on three customer-owned pentax medical gastroscopes[...]

$8.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Bladder Tumors On CT Scan

September 7, 2019

On August 21, 2019, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife $8.5 million for the injuries they suffered as a result of the defendant doctors’ failure to report to the man an incidental finding on a CT scan that showed a possible tumor in his bladder. As a result, the[...]

Utah Supreme Court Finds Utah Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Too Late Under UGIA

September 6, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 15, 2019 that despite the Utah medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that a notice of claim she filed in September 2016, regarding the medical services she received no later than 20[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Had No Right To Compel Arbitration Where Third Arbitration Agreement Not Signed By The Resident

September 5, 2019

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 5, 2019, in a case where a nursing home was attempting to compel arbitration of the nursing home negligence claims involving the resident’s third and final perio[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home With One-Star Rating Failed July Survey

September 4, 2019

A Wyoming nursing home that has the lowest rating (one star) under Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare rating system failed its July 2019 survey that stated, in part: “Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide necessary incontinence supplies for 3 sam[...]

Maryland Corporate Lawyer Dies During Her Own Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Trial

September 3, 2019

A 39-year-old corporate lawyer was in the middle of her own two-week Maryland medical malpractice trial when she died of breast cancer on August 31, 2019. The well-respected lawyer, who was also a regent for the University System of Maryland, alleged in her Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit that [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Delayed Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

September 2, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated August 13, 2019: “When [the decedent’s] lump was biopsied and she “received a definitive diagnosis of cancer,” she … “could have surmised that defendants were[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Urgent Care Clinic Failed To Diagnose Foot Fracture

September 1, 2019

A West Virginia man who suffered a serious foot injury at work when a 1,000 pound pipe fell on his foot has filed a West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit against an urgent care clinic, alleging that its physician failed to diagnose and treat his foot fracture, leading to delay in treatment injur[...]

Medical Tourism – Galenia Hospital, Cancun, Mexico

August 31, 2019

A 56-year-old woman from Mississippi, who needed knee replacement surgery that would be covered under her husband’s health care insurance, chose to have the surgery performed at Galenia Hospital in Cancun, Mexico, where a surgeon from Wisconsin flew in to perform the surgery. Not only did the [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Finds No Error In Refusing To Strike For Cause Five Medical Malpractice Jurors Who Preferred A Higher Standard Of Proof

August 30, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 7, 2019, “Based on the record before us, we find that the trial court did not act illogically or arbitrarily when it denied [the plaintiff’s] for-cause challenges to the five indiv[...]

$5M Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Ongoing Urine Leak Following Kidney Transplant Surgery

August 29, 2019

On July 17, 2019, after a month-long New York medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman’s estate in the amount of $5 million. The woman had died at age 39 in 2000, one and a half years after she underwent kidney transplant surgery d[...]

The Underbelly Of The Stem Cell Industry Exposed

August 28, 2019

The results of a joint investigation undertaken by The New Yorker and ProPublica that was published on May 7, 2019 entitled “The Birth-Tissue Profiteers” found that “alongside legitimate, scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which specialized clinics offer[...]

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