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England’s National Health Service Plagued By Infection Malpractice Claims

April 24, 2014

England’s National Health Service (“NHS”), the world’s largest publicly funded health service, has seen a recent unhealthy uptick in infection rates and in medical malpractice claims involving infections. The National Institution for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE&#[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Reduction Of Medical Malpractice Jury Award

April 23, 2014

By its decision dated April 10, 2014, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (Bronx County, New York) affirmed the trial court’s reduction of the medical malpractice jury verdict that awarded the plaintiffs $300,000 for past pain and suffering and $4,200,000 for future pain[...]

The 5 Most Common Preventable Nursing Home Adverse Events

April 22, 2014

According to the February 2014 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) entitled, “Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” five physicians were contracted to review th[...]

Cleveland Clinic Neurosurgeon Wins $7.7M Medical Malpractice Verdict (Against Cleveland Clinic)

April 21, 2014

On March 20, 2014, after a two-and-a-half-week trial and one day of jury deliberations, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded a former Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon $7.7 million in medical malpractice damages for the allegedly negligent eye surgery performed at the Cleveland Clini[...]

Georgia Radiology Technician Guilty Of Falsifying More Than 1,200 Mammograms

April 20, 2014

A former Georgia radiology technician who worked in a local hospital pleaded guilty and received a 6-month jail sentence for allegedly entering the results from more than 1,200 mammograms as negative. Ten women whose mammogram results were entered by the technician as negative had breast cancer at [...]

$4M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Four Years Of Misdiagnosis And Unnecessary Treatment

April 19, 2014

For four years, a 42-year-old New York man underwent biweekly blood treatments, had chest surgery to remove his thymus gland, and gained 80 pounds and became hypertensive due to medication that he took for a diagnosed neuromuscular disorder (myasthenia gravis) that he did not have. He endured 74 un[...]

Study Finds 12 Million In U.S. Misdiagnosed Every Year; One-Half Are Potentially Harmed

April 18, 2014

In a study published on April 16, 2014 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Quality & Safety, researchers estimated that 12 million people in the United States are misdiagnosed in an outpatient clinic setting each year (the researchers calculated the incidence of new cases of misdiagnosis i[...]

One Oregon Hospital Defending Against Three Birth Injury Malpractice Cases

April 17, 2014

An Oregon hospital is presently defending three birth injury medical malpractice cases that are seeking almost $100 million in damages for the cerebral palsy injuries that three babies allegedly suffered during delivery at the hospital during a two-year period. Each of the three birth injury malpr[...]

Non-Profit Advocacy Group Issues Report Card For U.S. Nursing Homes — Some Good, Many Bad

April 16, 2014

According to a non-profit citizen advocacy group dedicated to creating public awareness of the conditions in U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care settings and developing effective solutions for improving quality of life and care, nearly 90% of all U.S. nursing homes were cited with a defic[...]

California Medical Malpractice/Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital

April 15, 2014

A 43-year-old woman who had just undergone nine hours of surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor in April 2013 alleges that she was sexually assaulted by a hospital employee shortly after her surgery. The lawsuit was filed on April 7, 2014 against the Los Angeles hospital where she had her surge[...]

$2.1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Mesh Verdict

April 14, 2014

After a one-week Maryland medical malpractice jury trial and two days of jury deliberations, the jury awarded the medical malpractice plaintiff approximately $2.1 million on April 2, 2014, which will be reduced to $1.3 million after applying Maryland’s cap (limit) on noneconomic damages. The[...]

Texas Hospital And Former Neurosurgeon Sued In Fourth Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

April 13, 2014

A fourth federal medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against Texas’ Baylor Medical Center Plano and a former neurosurgeon whose Texas medical license was suspended in June 2013 and revoked by consent in December 2013 following complaints by former colleagues following the death of two [...]

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