California Doctor Discipline Is Dismal
January 3, 2012
While doctors relentlessly attack medical malpractice lawsuits as “frivolous,” it is a statistical fact that doctors with more than one medical malpractice claim or disciplinary action are responsible for a disproportionate number of medical malpractice claims. Therefore, doctors with di[...]
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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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Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive
December 28, 2011
When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]
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Tennessee Medical Malpractice Claim For Discarded Newborn
December 26, 2011
In June, 2009, an obstetrician (OB) in Tennessee delivered a baby with an irregular heart rate who was gasping for breath but moving his extremities immediately after birth. The OB decided without consulting with anyone that the newborn would not survive and thereafter deposited the newborn’[...]
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