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Washington State Medical Malpractice Verdict In Favor Of Anesthesiologist

June 29, 2013

On June 24, 2013, a Washington State medical malpractice jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist in a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that the anesthesiologist was negligent in his care of a 66-year-old patient following minor surg[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Jury’s Flip Flop Causes Problems For Everyone

June 28, 2013

An Ohio medical malpractice verdict rendered by an eight-person jury on May 2, 2013 after a nearly four-week trial is at the center of a controversy regarding whether it is a legitimate verdict and should stand. The controversy involves the fact that six of the jurors (the minimum number of jurors [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Shields Generic Drug Manufacturers

June 27, 2013

In its 5-4 decision filed on June 24, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) held that personal injury claims against generic drug manufacturers under design-defect consumer protection state laws that turn on the adequacy of a drug’s warnings are pre-empted [...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Cases Declining, But For The Right Reason?

June 26, 2013

A report from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has noted a decrease from 1,675 medical malpractice cases filed in the Pennsylvania courts in 2011 to 1,508 medical malpractice cases filed in 2012, representing a 10% decrease from 2011 to 2012. Before Pennsylvania began implementing m[...]

Chicago Hospital Pulmonologist Alleged To have Performed Unnecessary Tracheotomies

June 25, 2013

Some say that medicine is a cut-throat business. A hospital on the west side of Chicago applied that adage literally. According to the FBI, a Chicago for-profit hospital was able to bill as much as $160,000 for patients who received unnecessary tracheotomies due to a pulmonologist on the hospita[...]

Cervical Spine Surgery: Should You Choose A Teaching Hospital Or A Non-Teaching Hospital?

June 24, 2013

In an article appearing in the June 1, 2013 edition of the journal Spine, researchers reported the results of a study of 212,385 cervical spine surgeries performed in the United States from 2002 to 2009. They found that 54.6% of the cervical spine surgeries were performed in teaching hospitals, w[...]

“We Have Nothing To Fear But …. Ourselves”

June 23, 2013

One of the most memorable of all of the Presidential Inaugural Addresses is from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address that was broadcast on March 4, 1933, when the Great Depression had reached its greatest depth, at which time President-elect Roosevelt pronounced the b[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned On Appeal

June 23, 2013

On May 24, 2013, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) overturned a medical malpractice verdict in favor of the defendants because the trial court impermissibly allowed the defendants’ lawyer to question the plaintiff’s medical expert in front of [...]

Acetaminophen And Severe Skin Reactions

June 22, 2013

The FDA has cited potential safety issues regarding acetaminophen-containing products that may cause severe skin reactions. In a posting on its website entitled “Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) between Oc[...]

“I Have Nothing To Hide” And Other Stupid Statements

June 21, 2013

News reports in the United States have focused much attention on the federal government’s recently revealed secret programs designed to surreptitiously intercept, monitor, store, and review routine communications involving U.S. citizens. In response to the revelations, the federal governm[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Misdiagnosis

June 20, 2013

On June 13, 2013, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a now 47-year-old man $200,000 for his severe emotional trauma due to his physician misdiagnosing his cancer as a much more aggressive form of pancreatic cancer (stage 4) rather than the more treatable non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he ac[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict ($620,000) For Neck Injuries During Spinal Tap

June 19, 2013

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $620,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff on June 13, 2013 after an eight-day trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The Maryland medical malpractice jury deliberated for four hours on June 13, 2013 before[...]

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