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India Drug Company Settles Massive False Claims Act Case

December 1, 2013

A large generic drug manufacturer based in India has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit by paying $350 million to resolve federal and state claims plus $150 million in criminal penalties. The federal lawsuit had alleged that Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (“Ranbaxy”) had viola[...]

$9.5M Maryland Medical Malpratice Verdict For Infant’s Cerebral Palsy

November 30, 2013

On November 22, 2013, after eight hours of jury deliberations, a Prince George’s County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its $9.5 million verdict in favor of a minor child and her family against a hospital emergency room nurse and the company that provided emergency room services[...]

$3.75M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delay In Diagnosing Lung Cancer

November 29, 2013

On November 25, 2013, a Montgomery County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.75 million in favor of the family of a 74-year-old man whose lung cancer diagnosis was delayed by 20 months after his primary care physician failed to properly follow up regarding a l[...]

This Is Our 1,000th Consecutive Daily Blog

November 28, 2013

Today, we proudly celebrate our 1,000th consecutive daily blog — we began daily blogging on March 5, 2011. Along the way, we have attempted to provide information that educates, illustrates, and explains the varied issues involving medical malpractice and health care in the United States. [...]

Who Employs The Doctor Who Treats You In The Hospital?

November 27, 2013

When you go to the hospital to receive medical care for an acute or chronic condition, you often do not have a choice of the doctors who will treat you. When you arrive at the hospital emergency room, you probably have never been treated in the past by the doctor who treats you and you probably h[...]

Mississippi Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Affidavit Ruled Insufficient

November 26, 2013

The trial judge in a federal Mississippi medical malpractice case determined that the plaintiff’s required expert affidavit was deficient and that the medical malpractice defendant was entitled to judgment in his favor as a matter of law. In a November 21, 2013 written opinion issued by the[...]

$2.4M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Undiagnosed Bowel Obstruction

November 25, 2013

A 47-year-old nurse had severe back pain and abdominal pain for which she went to a local hospital emergency room on March 10, 2007. The nurse had gastric bypass surgery two years earlier, for which bowel obstruction is a known risk. Despite the woman’s symptoms and her history of prior gastr[...]

Robotic Surgery Injury And Death Rates Rising

November 24, 2013

The number of injuries and deaths in the United States as a result of robotic surgery has risen from 13.3 per 100,000 procedures in 2004 to approximately 50 per 100,000 procedures in 2012, according to a draft analysis by physicians at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Illinois, a[...]

Main Cause Of Physician Shortage Is Lack Of Enough Residency Programs

November 23, 2013

One of the mantras of medical malpractice tort reform advocates is that “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits and the lack of caps (limits) on damages that innocent victims of medical malpractice may recover for their injuries are driving physicians from their practices, leading to a[...]

Drug Poisoning Is Leading Cause of Injury Deaths In U.S.

November 22, 2013

Drug poisoning deaths are now the leading cause of injury deaths in the United States, which have increased by more than 300% in the last 30 years, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The increase has been seen in both urban areas and in rural areas,[...]

Missouri Veteran Receives $8.3M Settlement For VA Malpractice

November 21, 2013

A retired 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran and long-time postal worker from St. Louis, Missouri had a cardiac stent implanted at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri during February 2009, after he experienced chest pain. The stent was implanted by using a catheter inserted t[...]

Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?

November 20, 2013

You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the United States is expected to increase in the coming years, especially influenced by the financ[...]

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