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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sued For Death Caused By Fire While Smoking

December 6, 2016

The wife of a 72-year-old nursing home resident who died as a result of becoming engulfed in flames while smoking a cigarette after his food shield made of paper and plastic caught fire at the defendant nursing home on February 17, 2015 has filed a federal nursing home negligence lawsuit that allege[...]

Two Recent Studies Show Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Have No Impact On Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

December 5, 2016

Two studies published in late November 2016 by the Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, concluded: “Severe rates hikes experienced by doctors during the three past insurance crises were not the r[...]

Michigan Class Action Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Pediatric Neurologist Misdiagnosed Hundreds Of Children With Epilepsy

December 4, 2016

A class action medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Michigan alleges that a Michigan pediatric neurologist misdiagnosed hundreds of children with epilepsy in the mid-2000s. The pediatric neurologist was born in Egypt and attended medical school in Egypt in the 1970s. He obtained his medical license [...]

Guam Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Baby’s Death

December 3, 2016

The parents of a 5-week-old baby who died allegedly as a result of medical negligence have filed a federal medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in the District of Guam against a health center, a physician’s assistant, and other unnamed defendants after the physician’s assistant dia[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Doctor Fractured Patient’s Neck During Intubation

December 2, 2016

The family of a 62-year-old man who suffered a fractured neck during intubation that rendered him a paraplegic has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor, alleging that the intubation was unnecessary. When the man was advised that he was a paraplegic and that he would need to rely on[...]

Congressman Tom Price As Secretary Of HHS: A Disaster For Medical Malpractice Victims?

December 1, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in his administration. What is Dr. Price’s position on medical malpractice reform and the rights of medical malpractice victims to seek and c[...]

Federal Judge Awards Maximum Allowable Damages In West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case

November 30, 2016

On November 15, 2016, a federal judge ruled in favor of a woman and her husband in a federal medical malpractice case, finding that the woman’s physician, who was a federal employee, acted with reckless disregard to a risk of harm to the woman, thereby leading the judge to award the plaintiffs[...]

Jail Deaths In Ohio And California Lead To Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits

November 29, 2016

The Ohio Case The family of a jail inmate who died while incarcerated in an Ohio jail while he was withdrawing from heroin filed a wrongful death medical malpractice case against the private operator of the jail and its physician assigned to the jail, alleging that the doctor’s medical neglige[...]

$20M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Lawyer’s Misdiagnosed Brain Aneurysm

November 28, 2016

On November 21, 2016, an Illinois judge approved a $20 million medical malpractice settlement reached during an Illinois medical malpractice trial that began on October 28, 2016, for the serious brain injury suffered by a 50-year-old attorney in 2012 after he suffered a stroke two days after being e[...]

Replacing Professional Nurses With Nursing Assistants In Hospitals Associated With Increased Deaths, Decreased Safety

November 27, 2016

A study published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety, which was published online on November 15, 2016, analyzed adult acute care hospitals in Belgium, England, Finland, Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland and concluded: “A bedside care workforce with a greater proportion of profession[...]

Georgia Prison Sued For Inmate’s Failed Suicide Attempt, Medical Negligence

November 26, 2016

Earlier this month two Georgia lawsuits were filed on behalf of a Georgia prison inmate by his mother, alleging that prison correctional staff and prison medical staff were negligent and that their negligence left her son in a near-comatose state after his failed suicide attempt while locked in his [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Says Parent’s Contributory Negligence Cannot Be Imputed To Child In Medical Malpractice Cases

November 25, 2016

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) held in a case it decided on November 18, 2016 that the contributory negligence of the parent of a child cannot be imputed to the child in the child’s medical malpractice claim against a health care provider. In general, Indiana c[...]

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