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Kentucky Appellate Court Says Patient’s Fall From Hospital Bed Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

November 5, 2017

In its opinion rendered on October 13, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) had to decide if the res ipsa loquitor doctrine applied, which would eliminate the need for an expert witness, in a case filed by the wife of a hospital patient in whic[...]

Kentucky Heart Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed

March 11, 2014

On March 4, 2014, two Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuits were filed on behalf of more than 500 plaintiffs against Kentucky’s King’s Daughters Medical Center (“KDMC”), a recently retired heart surgeon for whom the hospital’s heart institute was named, and other defendant[...]

Kentucky Lawmakers Looking To Pass Unnecessary Medical Malpractice Laws

January 30, 2014

Some Kentucky lawmakers, with the backing, support, and legislative push of a vocal and powerful coalition of financially-interested health care groups, are setting their sights on pushing forward with their agenda of imposing unnecessary medical malpractice “reforms” that will benefit[...]

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[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Jury Awards Man’s Estate $1.45 Million, After 13 Years

March 7, 2012

Back in 1999, a paraplegic man went to a local Kentucky hospital’s emergency room, complaining of abdominal pain along with vomiting and constipation that were treated with an enema and pain medication before the man was discharged from the emergency room. That night, the man was vomiting b[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Claim For Inmate’s Death

February 3, 2012

On January 31, 2012, the mother of a Kentucky inmate filed a wrongful death medical malpractice claim arising out of the death of her 26-year-old incarcerated son due to alleged failure to provide necessary medical care including the failure to provide him with his daily medicine for a congenital[...]

Kentucky Physician Medical Malpractice Claims And Disciplinary Actions

November 10, 2011

Medical doctors (MDs), osteopathic physicians (DOs), physician assistants, surgical assistants, athletic trainers, and acupuncturists in Kentucky are licensed and regulated by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. The Board is responsible not only for licensure but also for disciplinary actions [...]

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