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Louisiana Medical Malpractice Discovery Rule Explained

December 21, 2012

In an appellate court decision rendered by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal of the State of Louisiana (“the Court”) on November 13, 2012, the Court interpreted LSA-R.S. 9:5628, which controls the prescriptive period for medical malpractice actions and states that an action for damages [...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse

December 20, 2012

On November 16, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division issued its opinion in an appeal of the August 13, 2010 orders dismissing medical malpractice claims of a minor against a hospital emergency room physician and the hospital itself. The medical malpractice lawsuit had alle[...]

Prison Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settled For $8 Million

December 19, 2012

A woman who was jailed in 1998 in Wayne County, Michigan went into labor while she was incarcerated. The jail had her transported to a local hospital but she was sent back to jail two hours later. Back in jail, her labor pains intensified, causing other inmates to yell for the guards to assist the [[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Claim For Stillborn Baby And Mother’s Death

December 18, 2012

A medical malpractice jury is in the midst of hearing and deciding a medical malpractice case in Missouri that began last week and is expected to end sometime this week. The medical malpractice claims arise from the delivery of a stillborn on December 6, 2006 and the death of the mother 31 days la[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Cancer Lawsuits Will Cost Taxpayers $120 Million Or More

December 17, 2012

Imagine bringing your child to a well-respected teaching hospital for necessary medical care for a life-threatening disease or illness. Imagine finding out later that the medical treatment provided was allegedly inadequate and inappropriate, leading to harms including the death of ill children.[...]

Physical Therapy Malpractice Caused Disabled Man To Nearly Drown

December 16, 2012

A 45-year-old man with a history of traumatic brain injury had limited use of his extremities and had contractures of his left elbow and left shoulder. He was receiving twice-weekly aquatic therapy from his physical therapist for six months to increase his range of motion and to improve his qua[...]

Incentive Payments For Transition To Electronic Health Records: Is Medicare Being Defrauded?

December 15, 2012

In an effort to provide incentives to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers to transition from paper health care records to electronic health care records, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation in 2009 as part of the economic stimulus package to give physicians grants (money tha[...]

Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Late-Diagnosed Perforated Bowel

December 14, 2012

On August 29, 2012, an Arizona medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.875 million in favor of the surviving family of a woman who died as a result of the late diagnosis of her bowel perforation. The woman had chronic Crohn’s disease (a form of inflammatory bowel dis[...]

Only The Doctor, Not The Hospital Or The Doctor’s Employer, Is Responsible To Obtain Informed Consent From The Patient

December 13, 2012

In a federal medical malpractice case pending in Maryland, a federal judge has determined that only the patient’s physician, and not the physician’s employer and not the hospital where the treatment was received, is responsible for obtaining the informed consent from the patient before b[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If Drug Company Payments To Delay Generic Drugs Is Legal

December 12, 2012

When pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs, they obtain patents that provide them with the exclusive legal right to manufacture, distribute, and sell the patented drugs for a set number of years, without worrying that some competitor (such as generic drug manufacturers) will undercut thei[...]

Maryland Lyme Disease Case: Pharmacy Held Responsible For Improper Doxycycline Instructions

December 11, 2012

On October 25, 2000, an infectious disease specialist diagnosed his patient with Lyme disease and gave her a prescription for doxycycline, a Tetracycline-based drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of Lyme disease. The specialist informed the patient that while taking doxycycline she cou[...]

3 Georgia Medical Malpractice Cases Against 1 Hospital For 3 Babies Who Died During 2 Month Period

December 10, 2012

Three medical malpractice wrongful death cases have been filed against one Georgia hospital for the deaths of three babies during a two-month period this past summer. The medical malpractice cases involve claims that physicians and other health care providers at South Fulton Medical Center fa[...]

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