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Georgia $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputation of Both Legs

October 1, 2012

On September 24, 2012, after more than one week of trial and over two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $5 million for a woman who had both of her legs amputated below the knees as a result of what the jury found to be medica[...]

Large Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infant’s Stroke

August 8, 2012

On July 31, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Palm Beach County, Florida returned a verdict in the amount of $28.45 million against two doctors who allegedly ignored the results of a spinal tap performed on a 10-month-old infant suffering from persistent fevers in 2006 that indicated that the in[...]

Florida Example Of Hospital Malpractice

November 28, 2011

A concerned 17-year-old Florida mother brought her 3-month-old infant son to a local hospital emergency room in Florida because he had been vomiting and had diarrhea for three days. She and her son were in the emergency department for four and a half hours before she was told that it was safe[...]

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[...]

U.S. Medical Malpractice Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

October 31, 2011

The Federation of State Medical Boards (“FSMB”) has 70 member state medical boards and osteopathic boards in the United States. The FSMB has published its Summary of 2010 Board Actions that provides statistics regarding disciplinary actions taken by its member boards. For 2010, there [...]

Why Doctors Fight Legitimate Medical Malpractice Claims Against Them

October 17, 2011

In preparing some of our recent blog articles involving some U.S. boards of medicine/medical boards and the state laws affecting the boards’ performance, their work, and their disciplinary and medical malpractice reporting requirements, it has become clear that one major motivating factor f[...]

Who benefits from tort reform?

February 12, 2011

In order to cut through the misinformation about lawsuits and tort reform, we recommend this report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO is a nonpartisan organization that provides economic and budget analyses Congress needs to make its budgeting decisions.[...]

The truth about tort reform

February 2, 2011

There are lots of myths and misinformation out there that deceive people into thinking that lawsuits have become excessive and are causing many problems in America. In part, drug, oil, and insurance companies are responsible because they’ve spent millions to generate and spread these falsehoods. [...]

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