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Florida’s Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery Clinics Under Scrutiny

June 1, 2016

Outpatient cosmetic surgery clinics in Florida, and especially in the Miami area, have been in the news lately for incidents of women undergoing butt lifts and other cosmetic procedures, including cosmetic injections, at outpatient clinics and so-called medical spas that have resulted in severe inju[...]

Texas Supreme Court To Decide If Autopsy Is Health Care

November 17, 2015

The Texas Supreme Court will likely decide whether an autopsy is health care covered under Texas’ medical malpractice laws that make it more difficult for medical malpractice victims to recover compensatory damages for the harm they suffered as a result of medical negligence and limits (ca[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Plastic Left In Patient’s Abdomen Following Unnecessary Surgery

June 23, 2015

A woman filed a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit on June 12, 2015 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that the defendant surgeon who performed robotic-assisted surgery on her to remove her right ovary and fallopian tube, which she alleged was unnecessary surgery because she had S[...]

7 Rhode Island OB Practices Settle Unapproved IUD Claims

March 22, 2015

Seven Rhode Island obstetrical practices have agreed to settle claims against them alleging that they implanted unapproved versions of the Mirena and ParaGard intrauterine devices (“IUDs”) in patients and then sought the higher reimbursement for FDA-approved IUDs. An IUD is a small T-s[...]

$2.5M Medical Malpractice Settlement Involving Convicted Wisconsin Spine Surgeon

January 27, 2015

A Wisconsin medical malpractice case was settled for $2.5 million earlier this month just before it was scheduled to be tried before a jury beginning on January 6, 2015. The first $1 million of the malpractice settlement was paid by the former spine surgeon’s medical malpractice insurer, with[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Allege Unnecessary Implanted Cardiac Devices

May 11, 2014

A Lake County, Indiana cardiologist is facing two medical malpractice lawsuits by two former patients whom both allege that the cardiologist implanted unnecessary cardiac devices in them. A separate federal whistleblower lawsuit has also been filed against the cardiologist and the hospital where he [...]

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