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 negligent health… Read More
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$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries
On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed,… Read More
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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death From Blood Clot After Hip Replacement Surgery
A Pennsylvania judge approved a $1 million settlement during July 2013 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice (wrongful death) lawsuit brought by the surviving wife of a 56-year-old man who suffered a blood clot three weeks after hip replacement surgery that allegedly was misdiagnosed and… Read More
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VA Researcher’s Meningitis Death Sparks Federal Lawsuit
The family of a 25-year-old medical researcher who died in April 2012 from a rare form of meningitis (Neisseria meningitis) for which he was working on a vaccine as an employee of the Northern California Institute for Research and Education at the… Read More
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Did Hooters Help Novartis’ Drug Sales?
Late last month it was announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division that the United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit filed on January 5, 2011,… Read More
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Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case Filed By Obese Patient Who Was Dropped
On February 4, 2013, an obese Louisiana woman filed a medical malpractice claim against a Louisiana medical clinic after she was dropped by clinic personnel while she was being transferred from a wheelchair to her bed. When she fell, her left leg… Read More
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Medical Malpractice Settlements May Cost Cook County $24 Million
Cook County, Illinois is facing the possibility that it will pay $24 million in medical malpractice settlements related to its public health system. Upwards of $20 million may be paid to settle one medical malpractice claim involving a now 3-year-old who suffered permanent irreversible… Read More
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FDA Shuts Down More Than 18,000 Illegal Internet Pharmacy Websites
Between September 25 and October 2, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in cooperation and coordination with international law enforcement and regulatory agencies in 100 countries, shut down more than 18,000 illegal Internet pharmacy websites operated by more than… Read More
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New Mexico Medical Malpractice Cancer Lawsuits Will Cost Taxpayers $120 Million Or More
Imagine bringing your child to a well-respected teaching hospital for necessary medical care for a life-threatening disease or illness. Imagine finding out later that the medical treatment provided was allegedly inadequate and inappropriate, leading to harms including the death of ill children. That is what… Read More
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3 Georgia Medical Malpractice Cases Against 1 Hospital For 3 Babies Who Died During 2 Month Period
Three medical malpractice wrongful death cases have been filed against one Georgia hospital for the deaths of three babies during a two-month period this past summer. The medical malpractice cases involve claims that physicians and other health care providers at South Fulton Medical Center failed… Read More
