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Chicago Nursing Home Malpractice Claim Alleges 57 Maggots Found in Resident’s Ear

December 9, 2012

On November 28, 2012, the family of a 92-year-old Chicago-area nursing home resident filed a medical malpractice nursing home claim against the woman’s nursing home after 57 maggots were found living in her left ear. The maggots were discovered on September 16, 2012, when a nurse at the nursi[...]

North Dakota Medical Malpractice Claim By Physician-Wife Against Surgeon-Husband

December 8, 2012

On November 23, 2012, a pediatrician from Fargo, North Dakota filed a medical malpractice case against her estranged husband, a surgeon, claiming that he injected her with Propofol and then sexually assaulted her. The medical malpractice case was filed by the wife two days after her husband was [...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Student’s Death

December 7, 2012

The parents of a 21-year-old engineering student who attended the University of Texas filed a medical malpractice wrongful death case last week against the University of Texas for their son’s death. They allege that their son died as a result of the failure of the University of Texas at Ar[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice $3.74 Million Verdict For Heart Attack Death

December 6, 2012

In June, 2012, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $3.74 million to the family of a 59-year-old man who died from a heart attack in June, 2006. An autopsy determined that the man had coronary heart disease and prior heart damage . Four months earlier, he had been transported by paramedi[...]

Physician Opinions Regarding Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

December 5, 2012

The results of an online survey of the opinions of 1,548 physicians throughout the United States that was conducted between August 31, 2012 and October 31, 2012 regarding medical malpractice tort reform measures that was published on December 4, 2012 found that 75% of the respondents claimed that [...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

December 4, 2012

On August 9, 2009, a 21-year-old mother who had given birth by Cesarean section less than 24 hours earlier was exhausted from both the delivery and from the strong multiple pain medications given to her during the delivery. Nonetheless, the first-time mother wanted to nurse her baby girl and the ho[...]

Texas Chiropractor Failed To Obtain Informed Consent

December 3, 2012

On November 30, 2012, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Supreme Court”) stated in its written opinion that health care must be based on a patient’s informed consent and that a health care provider may be liable for failing to disclose to a patient the risks inherent in proposed treatment[...]

Is This The Largest Case Of Medicare Fraud Ever?

December 2, 2012

A Denver, Colorado-based company called DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”) is a $7 billion company and one of the largest dialysis companies in the United States, with about 2,000 dialysis centers located throughout the United States. DaVita recently moved into its own office tower in Denver that r[...]

GAO Report On Medicare Fraud

December 1, 2012

On November 28, 2012, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) filed a report with the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee regarding Medicare fraud in the United States. The GAO reported that 37% of all successful Medicare fraud prosecut[...]

New York Court Of Appeals Says Doctor’s Sex With Patient Was Medical Malpractice

November 30, 2012

On November 29, 2012, the Court of Appeals of New York (New York’s highest appellate court) issued its written memorandum in a case we first blogged about on October 22, 2012 (“Doctor Had An Affair With His Patient: Is It Medical Malpractice?“). The Court of Appeals (“the Co[...]

Bed Rails: Safe And Effective Or Dangerous And Deadly?

November 29, 2012

Hospitals and nursing homes often use bed rails on patient/resident beds in an effort to prevent falls from bed and to remind patients to call for assistance when they need to get out of bed. Bed rails are often constructed from metal and may be used on one or both sides of the bed, and may be[...]

Physician Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Fall For Fifth Consecutive Year

November 28, 2012

The premiums that physicians pay for medical malpractice insurance in the United States fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2012 for physicians in the following medical specialties: obstetrics/gynecology, general internists, and general surgeons. The medical malpractice insurance premiums for th[...]

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