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Washington State Medical Malpractice Statistical Summary 2011

June 13, 2012

Earlier this month, the Office of Insurance Commissioner for Washington State issued its 2011 Medical Malpractice Statistical Summary for medical malpractice lawsuits that were resolved in Washington State between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011, as reported by attorneys. The attorneys were [...]

“Early Offer” Laws: An Attack On Medical Malpractice Victims

June 9, 2012

One of the many attacks by the medical profession, their medical malpractice insurance companies, and their lobbyists on the rights of medical malpractice victims is known as “early offer” laws. “Early Offer” Laws An “early offer” law typically provides a medi[...]

California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Obstetrical Malpractice

June 8, 2012

On April 20, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury awarded $74,525,000 to the family of a newborn who suffered a permanent, life-changing brain injury leading to the baby’s cerebral palsy in 2009. The majority of the jury’s award will go towards the payment of the medical expen[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Dye Used During Catheterization

June 7, 2012

During early May, 2012, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Baltimore City returned a medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $1 million in favor of the two surviving sons of a woman who had a fatal allergic reaction to the dye used during her cardiac catheterization procedure. The two son[...]

New Jersey $6.3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Abdominal Surgery

June 6, 2012

On June 1, 2012, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $6.3 million in favor of a 48-year-old woman who in February, 2007 had surgery involving her ovaries that ended up injuring her bowel that was not recognized until after the surgery was completed. As a resul[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Death During A Threesome

June 4, 2012

A Georgia medical malpractice jury on May 29, 2012 awarded $3 million to the survivors of a 31-year-old husband/father of two after a seven-day trial involving allegations that the man’s cardiologist committed medical malpractice that caused or contributed to his death that occurred during a t[...]

Official Medical Malpractice Insurance Statistics For 1991 through 2011

May 31, 2012

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) recently released its Countrywide Summary Of Medical Malpractice Insurance Calendar Years 1991 – 2011 for the entire United States. As stated on its website, the NAIC “is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory [...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Fall From Operating Room Table

May 30, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a Connecticut medical malpractice case was filed on behalf of an elderly woman who had a pacemaker implanted in a Connecticut hospital during February, 2010, after which she fell from the operating room table, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury, a fractured pelvis, a f[...]

$120 Million New York Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 29, 2012

On May 25, 2012, a Bronx, New York medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of approximately $120 million against three local hospitals and a neurologist (the jury found one hospital to be 50% liable, another hospital to be 40% liable, the third hospital to[...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice In Nursing Homes

May 27, 2012

A recent article concerning medical malpractice in Wisconsin nursing homes and the fines that were imposed on some of the nursing homes due to medical malpractice incidents sheds some light on the kinds of medical malpractice that may occur in nursing homes. In the past, it has been difficult to o[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice: Why Are Hospitals Referring Malpractice Victims To Lawyers?

May 25, 2012

It has been reported that three of Maryland’s largest health care systems routinely attempt to refer victims of medical malpractice that occurred in their hospitals to local medical malpractice lawyers who are on lists of Maryland medical malpractice lawyers that the health care systems mainta[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Permanently Injured Newborn

May 21, 2012

On May 18, 2012, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $9 million after ten days of trial and less than four hours of jury deliberation against two Virginia obstetricians as a result of alleged negligent medical care that resulted in a baby being born severely and [...]

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