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Recent Study Questions True Costs Of Defensive Medicine

September 26, 2014

One of the medical industry’s favorite arguments for medical malpractice reforms that insulate negligent medical providers from liability for the harms they cause to medical malpractice victims who are not adequately compensated for their devastating injuries due to limits (caps) on damage[...]

Only 4 Of 25 Florida Physicians With The Most Medical Malpractice Payouts Have Lost Their License

September 25, 2014

A review of the 25 physicians in Florida who had the largest number of medical malpractice payouts as a result of judgments and settlements found that only four of them had lost their license to practice medicine in Florida. Of the four who lost their Florida medical license, three lost their lice[...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2014

In a written opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) on September 18, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated a medical malpractice case that had ended in summary judgment being entered in favor of the defendant hospital because [...]

Nevada Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 23, 2014

In its decision dated September 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) reinstated a Nevada medical malpractice case that had been dismissed by the trial court because the plaintiff’s expert affidavit attached to her medical malpractice complai[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 22, 2014

In its opinion released on September 9, 2014, the Connecticut Supreme Court reviewed the decision of the trial court in a Connecticut medical malpractice case where the trial court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the medical malpractice case even though it was commenced within one [...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Case Alleging False HIV Test Result Was Filed Too Late

September 21, 2014

A Circuit Court judge in Kentucky has entered summary judgment against a man with regard to his Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the University of Kentucky Medical Center that alleged that the plaintiff was falsely told in 2004 that he was HIV positive. The Kentucky medical malp[...]

Internal Audits Question Cancer Doctor’s Competency

September 20, 2014

A cancer doctor who worked from 1993 until 2011 at a Kansas medical practice owned by approximately seventy physicians, and now works at another physician-owned cancer center in Wichita, Kansas, was the subject of internal audits beginning in 2010 that addressed whether the oncologist treated [...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Failure To Inform Patient Of Cancer Diagnosis

September 19, 2014

According to a Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a urologist and a medical center, the daughter of a 58-year-old man who died from bladder cancer alleges that her father was not timely told about the results of a pathology report that found cancer after her father had a biopsy of a[...]

Former Baltimore Ravens Cornerback Wins North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case

September 18, 2014

Former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle won a $650,000 North Carolina medical malpractice verdict on September 5, 2014 against an orthopedic surgery practice. The case was originally filed in 2011 and was scheduled for trial in April 2013 but the case had to be postponed when the defendant o[...]

$1.7M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Case

September 17, 2014

On September 5, 2014, after eight days of trial and three days of jury deliberations, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff, which was reduced to $1.7 million due to Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages and a calcu[...]

Diagnostic Errors Are A Major Factor In U.S. Medical Malpractice Claims

September 16, 2014

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United States whose unabashed mission is to be “fiercely committed to relentlessly defending, protecting, and rewarding our members with the industry’s most aggressive claims defense, unrivaled protection, a[...]

Minneapolis VA Medical Center Under Fire For Alleged Medical Records Fraud

September 15, 2014

Two former employees of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have alleged that they were pressured by supervisors to falsify medical records and appointment dates to hide evidence of delays in medical treatment that may have harmed VA patients. The former employees allege that were instructed to docum[...]

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