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New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Gallbladder Surgery Resulting In Death

February 6, 2012

In 2008, a 60-year-old Korean immigrant who was the primary caregiver for his mentally ill adult daughter was admitted into a New York hospital for surgery to remove his inflamed gallbladder due to gallstones. The surgery was canceled the first day because the man’s surgery was not put on the[...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Claims Versus Outpatient Medical Malpractice Claims

January 2, 2012

In a published study last year, researchers found that the number of paid medical malpractice claims involving outpatient medical care in 2009 were more than the number of paid medical malpractice claims for hospital-based incidents in 2009. The study looked at paid medical malpractice claims b[...]

Vermont Medical Malpractice Statistics

December 9, 2011

Vermont is among the states with the fewest medical malpractice claims. According to an official report dated December 15, 2005, the following conclusions regarding medical malpractice and medical malpractice claims in Vermont were made: Vermont medical malpractice costs represent less than 1% of [...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Birth Injuries

December 8, 2011

Wisconsin is not particularly known for its medical malpractice verdicts but a jury verdict during 2010 supports the proposition that Wisconsin juries will award proper monetary damages when medical malpractice affects babies. In a medical malpractice case decided by a Milwaukee County jury in M[...]

Drugging Our Nursing Home Elderly: Is It Medical Malpractice?

December 6, 2011

In testimony before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging on November 30, 2011, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) provided chilling evidence that elderly nursing home patients with dementia are being given antipsychotic drugs for reason[...]

What The U.S. Government Doesn’t Want You To Know About Medical Malpractice Claims

October 9, 2011

The free gathering and dissemination of information that is relevant or otherwise of interest to the general public, whether popular or not-so-flattering, has always been an important right in the United States. When our federal government has attempted to limit or control access to relevant an[...]

What Are Stem Cells?

October 4, 2011

Stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in the laboratory and to give rise to specialized cells. Stem cells are different from other types of cells because they are unspecialized cells that can renew themselves through cell division (sometimes after long periods[...]

Has The Fear Of Medical Malpractice Claims Resulted In Fewer Medical School Applications In The U.S.?

September 27, 2011

If there is any truth to the anecdotal threats of doctors leaving their profession and closing their medical practices because of their fear of medical malpractice claims, is there any evidence that the fear of medical malpractice claims is affecting the number of applications received by U.S. med[...]

U.S. Medical School Graduates In 2010

September 26, 2011

One of the many complaints lodged by medical malpractice tort reformists is that doctors are fleeing the practice of medicine because of their fear of “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits. The fear-mongers warn that there will soon be not enough doctors in the United States because[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. – What Are Some Of The Statistics?

September 19, 2011

One in three Americans have reported that they or a family member had been a victim of medical malpractice. One in five reported that a medical error caused serious health problems or death. The pervasive problem of medical errors resulting in unnecessary additional hospital stays and additional m[...]

Florida’s Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 29, 2011

Florida has enacted a law that places caps on the amount of noneconomic damages that victims of medical malpractice may receive. The Florida law states, in part, as follows: 766.118 Determination of noneconomic damages.—… (b) “Noneconomic damages” means noneconomic damages as define[...]

Texas Governor Rick Perry Enters Presidential Race: What’s The Effect On Medical Malpractice?

August 16, 2011

On Saturday, August 13, 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he will run for President of the United States as a Republican candidate. As the Republican Governor of Texas for many years (and as the current Governor of Texas), what has he done in Texas regarding medical malpractice and othe[...]

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