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$12.2M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Due To Medication Error

October 22, 2015

On October 19, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 56-year-old man who suffered a massive and permanent brain injury as a result of a medication overdose in an Oregon hospital following a surgical procedure. When the man developed ventricular fibrillation f[...]

Connecticut $8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide

January 17, 2014

In December 2013, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury determined that a former Connecticut physician and his employers were negligent in the medical care and treatment that led to a patient committing suicide (the patient also killed his wife, but the jury’s verdict was in favor of the man[...]

New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence

January 15, 2014

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]

Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!

July 16, 2012

Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground we have covered: we have discussed medical m[...]

U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Cap On Noneconomic Damages

March 27, 2012

On March 22, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5 that is entitled “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012” by a vote of 223 to 181, with 7 Democrats voting yes, 10 Republicans voting no, and 4 Republicans voting present. The AMA[...]

We’re Celebrating One Full Year Of Daily Blog Postings!

March 4, 2012

Well, we have reached a significant milestone — one complete year of our daily blog postings (we started daily posting in our Blog on March 5, 2011 and have posted every day since). When we first started to blog, we thought that it might be difficult to find relevant, interesting informat[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Hit With Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 4, 2012

On February 21, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county determined that a Maryland orthopedic surgeon was responsible for the permanent injuries suffered by his former patient because the orthopedic surgeon allegedly failed to properly monitor and evaluate his patient[...]

Utah Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Providers’ Duty To Nonpatients When Prescribing Medications

March 3, 2012

In our blog posting for January 15, 2012 (“Did Utah Medical Malpractice Lead To Murder?”), we discussed the medical malpractice case filed on behalf of two very young children against the medical providers who prescribed medications to their father that allegedly caused a chemical cha[...]

Poor People Sue For Medical Malpractice Less Than Others

March 2, 2012

It is a not-so-uncommon belief among doctors and other medical providers that the risk of being sued for medical malpractice by a poor patient is much greater than the risk of being sued for medical malpractice by other patients. This perception may help explain why, at least in part, some doctor[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Died From Pulmonary Embolism

February 29, 2012

A man went to a local New Jersey hospital’s emergency room to be examined and treated for chest pains and shortness of breath that he feared might be serious. He was seen in the emergency room by a doctor who diagnosed the man as having a virus. The emergency room doctor discharged the man to[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice: 124 Medical Malpractice Claims Against 1 Doctor In Only 7 Months Of Medical Practice

February 20, 2012

Wow. A former osteopathic doctor who performed surgeries at a West Virginia hospital has had 124 medical malpractice claims filed against him arising out of his only 7 months of medical practice at that hospital. In the most recent medical malpractice court hearing against him, the former doctor[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Means Murder?

January 1, 2012

In an article appearing in The Baltimore Sun newspaper on December 31, 2011, it was reported that two doctors who performed an abortion in Maryland during 2010 on an 18-year-old woman who suffered a ruptured uterus and other internal injuries during the procedure have been criminally charged under M[...]

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