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Pennsylvania Nurse’s Medical Malpractice Results In Woman’s Loss Of Both Legs

November 27, 2011

A jury has determined that a 55 year-old woman was caused to lose both of her legs due to the medical malpractice of a nurse. The lawsuit alleged that the visiting home nurse failed to properly report a catheter infection that nearly killed the woman. Source The medical malpractice lawsuit filed [...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Major Mistake Means Millions

November 26, 2011

On December 1, 1995, a newborn was delivered at a Michigan hospital weighing 10 pounds, 12 ounces (yes, you read that correctly). The delivering doctors failed to recognize that the baby was so large that a cesarean section delivery would be necessary. Instead, the doctors used Pitocin, which caus[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Victim With Less Than A Year To Live

November 25, 2011

An Indiana jury earlier this year found in favor of a medical malpractice claimant in his malpractice claim against a medical malpractice defendant who failed to timely diagnose and treat his colon cancer in 2004. By the time of the jury’s verdict, this poor medical malpractice victim had l[...]

Thanksgiving Day 2011 – We’re Thankful For Competent And Compassionate Medical Care

November 24, 2011

We at MedicalMapracticeLawyers.com are thankful at this time of the year for all of the medical advances over recent years that have helped patients live longer and better lives. We at medicalmalpracticelawyers.com applaud all of the dedicated and competent medical care providers whose efforts keep [...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death

November 23, 2011

The surviving wife of a 44-year-old Maine man who died in the hospital on his birthday (which was also Mother’s Day) received a favorable jury verdict during early June, 2011. The man’s death was witnessed by his wife, children, and parents who had gathered at the hospital to celebrate[...]

California 13-Year-Old Medical Malpractice Victim Now A Paraplegic

November 22, 2011

A young California girl who was 13 when a California radiologist negligently misread her x-ray that ultimately led to a serious medical condition resulting in the girl’s paraplegia recently won her medical malpractice case. The 13-year-old girl was hospitalized in 2003 when she was experiencin[...]

FDA Withdraws Approval Of Avastin For Use In Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer

November 21, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on November 18, 2011 that it was revoking its approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for use in treating breast cancer (specifically, the use of Avastin in combination with the cancer drug paclitaxel for breast cancer patients suffering from a form of[...]

Chicago Health Care Clinic Held Responsible For Medical Malpractice For Baby’s Irreversible Brain Damage

November 20, 2011

A federally-funded health clinic and its doctors in Chicago were held responsible for medical malpractice by a federal judge, and subsequently by an appellate court, for the irreversible brain damage that a baby needlessly suffered as a result of medical negligence. After the baby was born, he su[...]

Avoiding Medical Testing Mistakes

November 19, 2011

The Joint Commission Resources (“JCR”) is a national organization dedicated to helping health care organizations in the U.S. to improve the quality of medical care and patient safety. The mission of JCR is “to continuously improve the safety and quality of health care in the Unit[...]

Texas Example Of A Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Claim

November 18, 2011

Nursing homes provide medical care to residents who need such care for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care. When nursing homes negligently fail to provide necessary care, or negligently provide care that they are required to provide to residents, then the nursing homes may be subject to med[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments Statistics For 2010

November 17, 2011

Despite false perceptions created by medical malpractice insurance companies and doctors in the United States that medical malpractice claims and medical malpractice payments in the U.S. are out-of-control, the number of medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians fell in 2010 for[...]

The Failure To Communicate Medical Test Results Is Increasingly The Basis For Medical Malpractice Claims

November 16, 2011

Just about every doctor would agree that they have a responsibility to not only timely order appropriate medical tests for their patients based upon the patients’ medical conditions and the doctors’ professional judgment, but they also would agree that they have a professional obligatio[...]

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