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Georgia Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Hospital Arbitration Agreement

June 17, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 2, 2021: “what if—as in this case—a patient signs an indefinite arbitration agreement during one visit, later seeks admission for additional or other healthcare services, is represented[...]

Colorado Jury Determines Hospital’s Lawsuit Against Patient For $230K Bill Unreasonable, Awards $766

August 9, 2018

A Colorado hospital sued its patient for $229,112.13, claiming that the $74,597.35 it received from the patient’s health plan and the deductible it received from the patient were not enough for the patient’s back surgery and the three-night hospital stay after the surgery. The hospital h[...]

Ohio Nursing Home Negligence Case Alleges Death Due To Pressure Ulcers

August 17, 2014

The estate of a man and the man’s surviving wife have filed a nursing home negligence case in state court in Ohio seeking in excess of $25,000 against the nursing home where the man had been a resident in order to receive rehabilitative services following a fractured patella. The nursing ho[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Settlement Payment Fully Applied To Reduce Jury Verdict

May 22, 2014

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) recently held in a Michigan medical malpractice case that the amount of a settlement paid by one medical malpractice defendant to all of the plaintiffs prior to trial to settle all of their claims reduces the amount of the juryR[...]

Hershey Medical Center Pays $400,000 To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim

February 3, 2014

The family of a 76-year-old man who had been litigating a medical malpractice case against the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for five years has settled the medical malpractice claims by agreeing to accept $400,000 from the Pennsylvania hospital. The family had [...]

Surgical Malpractice Makes Hospitals More Money

April 18, 2013

In a research study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on April 17, 2013, the researchers found that hospitals make more money when patients suffer surgical complications compared to when patients do not experience surgical complications if the patients are on Medicare or [...]

Medical Malpractice Settlements May Cost Cook County $24 Million

February 11, 2013

Cook County, Illinois is facing the possibility that it will pay $24 million in medical malpractice settlements related to its public health system. Upwards of $20 million may be paid to settle one medical malpractice claim involving a now 3-year-old who suffered permanent irreversible brain dam[...]

5 Common Hospital Medical Malpractice Claim Allegations

January 29, 2013

What are five of the most common hospital medical malpractice claim allegations, based on research of jury verdicts and medical malpractice insurance claims data? 1. Medication Errors Hospital medication errors include patients being given the wrong medication, patients being given the wrong d[...]

Nurse’s Negligence Leads To Hospital Patient’s Paraplegia And Death

December 25, 2012

On the night of May 11, 2000, an insulin-dependent diabetic patient was admitted into a Louisiana hospital due to abdominal pain, back pain, and vomiting leading to his dehydration. His admitting physician diagnosed him with diabetic ketoacidosis (a condition that occurs in diabetics when the bo[...]

Only The Doctor, Not The Hospital Or The Doctor’s Employer, Is Responsible To Obtain Informed Consent From The Patient

December 13, 2012

In a federal medical malpractice case pending in Maryland, a federal judge has determined that only the patient’s physician, and not the physician’s employer and not the hospital where the treatment was received, is responsible for obtaining the informed consent from the patient before b[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Claim For Rape In E.R.

July 2, 2012

A North Carolina woman has filed a medical malpractice claim against a North Carolina hospital and others for allegedly failing to protect her from being raped by a male patient she did not know who was placed in the same room with her while she was sedated. The woman was brought to the hospital a[...]

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