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New York City Medical Malpractice Claim Statistics For Fiscal Year 2011

January 1, 2013

On December 27, 2012, New York City’s Comptroller, John C. Lui, issued the official City of New York Office of the Comptroller Claims Report Fiscal Year 2011 concerning all claims against the City of New York for Fiscal Year 2011 that totalled $550.4 million in payments for settlements and ju[...]

Florida Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Florida’s Medical Malpractice Cap Soon

December 31, 2012

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments in February, 2012 in a case that may determine the constitutionality of Florida’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that was enacted in 2003 (the cap is $500,000 or $1 million under certain circumstances, depending on the[...]

FDA Shuts Down More Than 18,000 Illegal Internet Pharmacy Websites

December 30, 2012

Between September 25 and October 2, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in cooperation and coordination with international law enforcement and regulatory agencies in 100 countries, shut down more than 18,000 illegal Internet pharmacy websites operated by more than 4,100[...]

Russian Medical Malpractice Claim Denied For Jailed Activist’s Death

December 29, 2012

It is not very often that a medical malpractice claim in one country has led to international repercussions in which sovereign countries have enacted laws directed at officials of other countries in a spiraling escalation of retaliatory responses. But that is apparently what is happening this [...]

CDC Study Shows Large Increase In Childbirth Complications

December 28, 2012

A recent study by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) found a 75% increase in emergencies during childbirth between 1998 and 2009, and that severe complications for women more than doubled in the days immediately following delivery during the same time period. There was found to[...]

How Are Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts Similar To An Assault Weapons Ban?

December 27, 2012

How are medical malpractice reforms similar to efforts to ban assault weapons? There would seem to be no similarity, at first blush — whether you are “pro-gun rights” or “anti-gun,” you could not possibly be pro-medical malpractice, if you are rational. That’[...]

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Patient’s Confidentiality In Medical Malpractice Case

December 26, 2012

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Florida on December 20, 2012, the Florida Supreme Court decided the issue whether the Florida patient confidentiality statute prohibits a nonparty treating physician from having an ex parte meeting (without the medical malpractice plaintiff or her attorne[...]

Nurse’s Negligence Leads To Hospital Patient’s Paraplegia And Death

December 25, 2012

On the night of May 11, 2000, an insulin-dependent diabetic patient was admitted into a Louisiana hospital due to abdominal pain, back pain, and vomiting leading to his dehydration. His admitting physician diagnosed him with diabetic ketoacidosis (a condition that occurs in diabetics when the bo[...]

Does Medical Malpractice Causing Oxygen Deprivation At Birth Lead To ADHD Later In Life?

December 25, 2012

A not-too-uncommon basis for medical malpractice claims involving devastating injuries suffered by newborns alleges that the medical providers involved in the labor and delivery failed to timely diagnose and respond to medical problems with the mother and/or the fetus during childbirth or failed[...]

Medical Malpractice And Surgical “Never Events”

December 24, 2012

A “never event” is a medical error that is “unacceptable and eminently preventable” and therefore should never occur. The term was first used by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in 2001 and resulted in a list of “never events” that are clearly identifiable and m[...]

Minnesota Hospitals Take Steps To Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims

December 23, 2012

It was announced on December 18, 2012 that hospitals in Minnesota that are participating in the so-called Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network have prevented more than 3,200 re-admissions to the participating hospitals, have prevented 463 patients from experiencing a fall while i[...]

Kansas Inmate Medical Malpractice Settlement

December 22, 2012

On December 17, 2012, the Shawnee County, Kansas Commissioners approved a $150,000 settlement to the survivors of an inmate who died in November 2009 while imprisoned in its jail. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2012 by the prisoner’s aunt and mother against the [...]

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