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Nursing Home Negligence: Resident Falls And Then Placed Back In Bed Without Proper Medical Care

January 31, 2016

It is too often that we are contacted by the family of a nursing home resident who was seriously injured after falling out of bed or from a wheelchair while in the nursing home, only to be placed back in bed or placed back in a wheelchair, without receiving proper medical evaluation and medical care[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Tribunal Sides With Surgeon

January 30, 2016

On December 7, 2015, a Massachusetts medical malpractice tribunal sided with a Massachusetts surgeon who had been accused of medical negligence in the performance of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy that allegedly led to internal injuries involving the patient’s ducts connected to her gallbladd[...]

$90K Nebraska Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputated Leg

January 29, 2016

On January 14, 2016, a Nebraska medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $90,000 in favor of a man who had to have his leg amputated that the jury determined was due to the medical negligence of the defendant vascular surgeon and his medical practice. The seven-person Nebraska [...]

New Study: 1% Of Physicians Are Responsible for 32% Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims

January 28, 2016

A study published in today’s The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 1% of physicians were responsible for 32% of the paid medical malpractice claims in the United States over the ten-year period that was analyzed by the researchers. The authors’ reason for undertaking their a[...]

$570,000 Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Internal Bleeding Causing Death

January 27, 2016

Earlier this month, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in what is considered to be a conservative jurisdiction for personal injury claims returned its verdict in favor of the estate of a woman who died due to the failure to timely diagnose her internal bleeding while she was on blood thinners. The [...]

Illinois Supreme Court Affirms That Hospital Must Disclose Physician’s Applications For Staff Privileges To Plaintiffs In Negligent Credentialing Case

January 26, 2016

In its decision filed on January 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) affirmed the lower courts’ orders that required the defendant hospital to disclose the defendant physician’s three applications for staff privileges to the plaint[...]

RICO Lawsuit Alleges Transvaginal Mesh Manufacturer Used Counterfeit Raw Materials

January 25, 2016

In a federal class action lawsuit filed on January 12, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the plaintiff alleges that Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) knowingly imported counterfeit raw materials from China that it used in its ma[...]

Anesthesia Medical Malpractice Statistics

January 24, 2016

The findings of a retrospective analysis of anesthesia-related medical malpractice claims that spanned the period from 2005 to 2013 and were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in October 2015. The stu[...]

Indiana Cardiologist Faces 300 Claims Of Performing Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 23, 2016

An Indiana cardiologist who retired in 2015 and his medical practice are facing nearly 300 Indiana medical malpractice claims that allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac procedures, including implanting unnecessary cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. On December 8, 2015, an Indiana medical[...]

Oregon Appellate Court Recognizes Parents’ Wrongful Birth Claim

January 22, 2016

In its decision filed on December 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissing the wrongful birth claim of the parents of a boy born with muscular dystrophy, holding that the trial court erred in dismissing the pare[...]

Florida Plastic Surgeon Sued By Three Former Breast Implant Patients

January 21, 2016

A Jacksonville, Florida plastic surgeon and his medical practice have been sued by three former breast augmentation patients, within a period of four days in October 2015, alleging that the plastic surgeon was negligent in performing their multiple breast implant surgeries. In each of the cases, th[...]

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[...]

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