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Man Enters Hospital For Circumcision, Leaves Without His Penis

July 28, 2014

Sounds like a bad joke, but it was horrifically serious for a man in Alabama. On July 22, 2014, the Alabama man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Alabama state court against a hospital and others for his injuries and damages resulting from the amputation of his penis during a circumcision [...]

Washington Hospital Sued For Medical Battery

July 27, 2014

On July 18, 2014, a medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a physician, for alleged medical negligence and medical battery. The medical battery claim alleges that the defendant physician performed surgery on the medical malpractice plaintiff without his consent. The Washington [...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Case: When A Win Is Really A Loss

July 26, 2014

In our blog posted on July 17, 2014 that was entitled, “Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery,” we discussed an Ohio medical malpractice/wrongful death case that was in the middle of a jury trial in which the surviving husband of a woman who died 15 months after sh[...]

Florida’s Crack Down On Pill Mills Results In Substantial Reduction In Drug Overdose Deaths

July 25, 2014

The CDC earlier this month reported on the successes of Florida’s regulatory efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths in response to the proliferation of pain clinics in Florida since 2007, which were prescribing large quantities of drugs for pain with little medical justification and were being[...]

Alabama Hospital Sued Twice Last Week For Medical Malpractice

July 24, 2014

An Alabama hospital had a bad week last week: it was named as a medical malpractice defendant in two separate cases filed on behalf of two men who had been shot and allegedly suffered injuries as a result of medical negligence at the hospital. One of the men died from his wounds (his family alleges [...]

New York Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Death; Employees Indicted

July 23, 2014

The children of a 72-year-old woman who was a short-term resident of a New York nursing home where she was supposed to be receiving rehabilitation services but died on October 26, 2012 from a heart attack because the nursing home staff allegedly had failed to have her on a ventilator at night, as or[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Pay $190M To Settle Claims Regarding Secretly Recorded Gynecological Exams

July 22, 2014

It was reported on July 21, 2014 that the Johns Hopkins Health System has reached an agreement with the lawyers representing a class of more than 8,000 former patients of a former Johns Hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded gynecological examinations of his patients, using a pen-like hidden cam[...]

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing On “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety”

July 21, 2014

On July 17, 2014, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing on the subject entitled, “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety.” The Subcommittee Cha[...]

Georgia Court Of Appeals Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

July 20, 2014

In an opinion filed on July 15, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) reversed a defense verdict in a Georgia medical malpractice case because the trial judge failed to advise the plaintiffs regarding a jury note he received after the lunch recess on the first day of[...]

Ex-Wife’s Share Of Husband’s New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Reduced

July 19, 2014

A New York Supreme Court judge has told the ex-wife of a man who had successfully sued for medical malpractice in New York that her jury award in the amount of $1 million was excessive and that she would have to endure a new trial to determine her damages for loss of services from her […][...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery

July 17, 2014

An Ohio medical malpractice trial started on July 14, 2014 in which it is alleged that a surgical sponge was left in a patient after a 17-hour surgery in February 2009 that ultimately led to the patient’s death 15 months later. The Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by the patient̵[...]

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