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5 Things You Should Do If You Are Hurt By Medical Malpractice

March 31, 2014

Being harmed by medical malpractice is similar to being seriously injured as a result of a car accident that is not your fault – you cannot predict when it may happen to you, you are never prepared for the injuries and pain you may suffer due to someone else’s fault, you are left f[...]

Michigan Radiologist Held Liable For Newborn’s Death

March 29, 2014

Earlier this week, a Grand Rapids, Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against a deceased radiologist and his medical practice in the amount of $1.25 million, finding in favor of the parents of a newborn baby girl who died three days after her birth in June 2009. The Michigan med[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Says FedEx Saved Medical Malpractice Claim

March 25, 2014

The Indiana Supreme Court held in its written opinion filed on March 10, 2014 that the commencement of a medical malpractice action occurs when a copy of the proposed complaint is deposited for mailing by registered or certified mail or by certain private delivery services, and that the plaintiff&#[...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Cap On Wrongful Death Noneconomic Damages Violates Equal Protection

March 14, 2014

On March 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that “the cap on wrongful death noneconomic damages provided in section 766.118, Florida Statutes, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Florida Constitution.” The case involved an Air Force [...]

Electronic Health Records (EHR): Are Physicians Converting From Paper To Computer?

October 14, 2013

As we referenced in our December 15, 2012 blog entitled “Incentive Payments For Transition To Electronic Health Records: Is Medicare Being Defrauded?,” Congress enacted legislation in 2009 to provide incentives to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers to transition fr[...]

5 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

September 22, 2013

The hiring of a medical malpractice lawyer to investigate a possible medical malpractice claim is an extraordinarily important decision that will have a major effect on the financial and emotional lives of medical malpractice victims and their families. If you choose a medical malpractice lawyer[...]

California Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Woman Bled To Death After IUD Removed

September 17, 2013

A California medical malpractice trial is underway in which it is claimed that a woman bled to death after her IUD was surgically removed because the doctors failed to recognize that a needle had inadvertently punctured her left internal iliac artery during the procedure. The 40-year-old woman wan[...]

Ohio $5.1 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Plastic Surgeon

April 29, 2013

On April 25, 2013, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after eight days of trial in the amount of $5.1 million in favor of a plastic surgery patient and against a plastic surgeon for the woman’s multiple recurrent infections, nerve damage, and permanent scarring as a result o[...]

New Michigan Medical Malpractice Reform Law

January 26, 2013

On January 8, 2013, the Governor of Michigan signed into law the so-called (and grossly misnamed) “Patients First Reform Package” that “clarifies” that loss of society or companionship constitutes noneconomic damages subject to Michigan’s noneconomic damages limit, provides how [...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $390,000 Verdict For Misdiagnosed Stroke

January 12, 2013

On September 11, 2012, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) affirmed a judge’s verdict in the amount of $390,000 in favor of James Taylor, who was 57-years-old when he suffered a stroke that a physician in a hospital emergency room failed to timely [...]

Medical Malpractice And Surgical “Never Events”

December 24, 2012

A “never event” is a medical error that is “unacceptable and eminently preventable” and therefore should never occur. The term was first used by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in 2001 and resulted in a list of “never events” that are clearly identifiable and m[...]

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