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Court Says Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Request Was Filed Too Late

September 29, 2012

In a recently filed Maryland medical malpractice appellate court decision that will make some Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff attorneys cringe, the highest appellate court in Maryland, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), decided an appeal more than six years a[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If North Carolina Medical Malpractice Law Is Valid

September 28, 2012

On September 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) agreed to hear and decide an appeal arising from a North Carolina medical malpractice settlement that will decide if a North Carolina law that allows recovery of funds spent on providing medical care to the poor [...]

Chiropractor Malpractice Statistics

September 27, 2012

Quoting from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chiropractors treat patients with health problems of the musculoskeletal system, which is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. They use spinal manipulation and other techniqu[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 7-Year-Old

September 26, 2012

It has been reported that a Maryland medical malpractice claim involving the death of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of alleged medical malpractice arising from hernia repair surgery performed by an urologist on December 18, 2008 has been settled for an undisclosed sum. The medical [...]

Use Medical Due Diligence To Avoid Medical Mistakes

September 25, 2012

One effective way to reduce your risk of becoming the victim of medical malpractice is to do your research before agreeing to receive medical treatment from a particular doctor or a particular hospital. More and more states in the United States, and the federal government, are making information wit[...]

New Mexico $2 Million Verdict For Bad Back Surgery

September 24, 2012

On September 7, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million after five days of trial and deliberating for less than three hours, in favor of a man whose back surgery in May, 2008 resulted in the man suffering cardiac arrest 36 hours late[...]

Hospital Error Rates For Chronically Ill Children

September 23, 2012

In a study of data regarding children who were hospitalized during 2006 in 38 states in the United States, researchers found that 44.1 % of hospitalized children had a least one chronic condition such as cancer, asthma, or digestive disorders (the researchers found that 22.3% of children who were[...]

Maryland Surgery Center Closed Due To Infections

September 22, 2012

A cosmetic surgery center located in Baltimore County, Maryland that refers to itself as a “med spa” was forced to close on September 19, 2012 by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DHMH”) and the Baltimore County Department of Health after three of its lip[...]

New Court Decision Regarding Illinois Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

September 21, 2012

In a written opinion filed on September 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) in a case captioned Sue Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Company, LLC(2012 IL 113204) decided two issues: (1) whether an arbitration agreement between a resident of a [...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Statistics Exposed

September 20, 2012

In a new book written by a world-renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon named Marty Makary, M.D., the author notes that one in six dollars in the U.S. economy are spent in the health care industry, 20% to 30% of all medical tests and procedures are unnecessary, 30% to 40% of total health care expenditure[...]

Texas Doctor Defending First Of 18 Medical Malpractice Cases

September 19, 2012

A Wichita Falls, Texas doctor is presently involved in jury selection in one of at least eighteen local medical malpractice cases filed against him. And medical malpractice claims are not the only professional claims that must concern him — the FBI raided the doctor’s office in April, 20[...]

San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 18, 2012

On September 12, 2012, a San Francisco, California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $1,138,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs. The medical malpractice trial lasted one month in the Superior Court during which the medical malpractice jury heard testim[...]

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