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Iowa Medical Malpractice Jury Considers Emergency Room Negligence Claim

October 10, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Iowa was unable to reach a decision in a medical malpractice case as of Monday, October 8, 2012. The jury deliberated for about three hours before being sent home and instructed to return to court on October 9, 2012 to continue with its deliberations. The medical malpra[...]

Study Finds Majority Of Retracted Scientific Articles Were Withdrawn Due To Misconduct

October 9, 2012

Physicians and other medical professionals base their treatment and care decisions not only on their current knowledge, education, and experience, but also rely on continuing medical research throughout the United States and the world that adds to their medical expertise, their treatment options, an[...]

CDC’s Fungal Meningitis Update (October 7, 2012)

October 8, 2012

On October 7, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated the information regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States. The CDC update stated: CDC is coordinating a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received e[...]

Maryland’s New Physician Advertising Law

October 8, 2012

Maryland enacted a new law regarding advertising by physicians that became effective on October 1, 2012. The new law can be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Health Occupations Article, Section 14-503, and is entitled “Advertising.” The intent of Section 14-503 is described as [...]

Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

October 7, 2012

On October 6, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that seven people have died as a result of a fungal meningitis outbreak, and 64 people in 9 U.S. states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis that are linked to the use of contaminated steroid injections (epidu[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Damages Cap In Medical Malpractice Cases

October 6, 2012

In its opinion published on October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) upheld Kansas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases as constitutional. The case is captioned Miller v. Johnson, Case No. 99,818 (“Mille[...]

$429.2 Million In Fraudulent Medicare Billings: 91 People Charged

October 5, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 4, 2012 that 91 nurses, physicians, and other medical providers in seven U.S. cities (listed below) have been criminally charged for alleged false billings to Medicare that totaled $429.2 million (more than $230 million in home health care fraud[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Claim For Vet’s Frozen, Amputated Penis

October 4, 2012

On October 2, 2012, an Army veteran who served during the late 1960s filed a federal medical malpractice case in the federal district court in Kentucky as a result of the alleged medical negligence of a Veterans Administration nurse following surgery on his penis. The surgery that was done i[...]

Hospital Medical Providers: Are They Employees Or Independent Contractors?

October 3, 2012

Many people who receive medical care in a hospital in the United States are often unaware that one or more of the individuals who provide them with treatment, care, and services are not employees of the hospital but instead are “independent contractors.” The relationship of the medical[...]

Texas Dental Malpractice Trial For Death Of 22 Month Old

October 2, 2012

A medical malpractice jury trial in Texas is shedding light on the circumstances of the death of a 22-month-old toddler who died the day after Christmas in December, 2009, as a result of alleged dental malpractice. The brain-dead toddler was placed on life-support for 15 days after the dental pro[...]

Georgia $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputation of Both Legs

October 1, 2012

On September 24, 2012, after more than one week of trial and over two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $5 million for a woman who had both of her legs amputated below the knees as a result of what the jury found to be medica[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Appellate Decision On Burden Of Proof

September 30, 2012

A decision was reached on September 24, 2012 in a New Jersey medical malpractice case that was appealed from the Superior Court of New Jersey. The case involved the issue of whether the trial judge properly permitted the burden of proof in the medical malpractice case to shift from the medical malpr[...]

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