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Our 7th Anniversary Of Posting Daily Medical Malpractice Blogs

March 7, 2018

On March 5, 2018, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com celebrated its seventh anniversary of posting daily medical malpractice blogs. Each of our over 2,500 consecutive daily blog postings can be searched by word or phrase. medicalmalpracticelawyers.com states on its website: “Medical malpractice law[...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Lawyers Reject Over 90% Of Potential Cases

January 11, 2014

A study based on a national survey of medical malpractice lawyers found that over 75% of medical malpractice lawyers reject over 90% of the medical malpractice cases they screen. As a result, over 95% of medical malpractice victims find it “extremely difficult” to find a medical malpract[...]

New York Court Of Appeals Side-Steps Loss-Of-Chance Recovery In Medical Malpractice Case

June 10, 2013

In its decision filed on June 6, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) declined to decide if the “loss-of-chance” theory of tort recovery is available in New York medical malpractice cases. The loss-of-chance doctrine allows recovery to patients “[...]

Four Truths About The U.S. Medical Malpractice System

March 19, 2013

In prior blogs we have discussed myths regarding the medical malpractice system in the United States. Today, we blog about truths regarding the U.S. medical malpractice system. Truth One: Medical Malpractice Cases Take A Long Time To Resolve The average amount of time between when medical malpr[...]

New Mexico $2 Million Verdict For Bad Back Surgery

September 24, 2012

On September 7, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million after five days of trial and deliberating for less than three hours, in favor of a man whose back surgery in May, 2008 resulted in the man suffering cardiac arrest 36 hours late[...]

2012 Employer-Provided Health Plan Cost Statistics

September 13, 2012

The average cost of a family health care plan in the United States rose by 4% in 2012, to $15,745 (the average cost was $15,073 in 2011), which was higher than the overall inflation rate of 2.3% and was 30% higher than in 2007 and 97% higher than in 2002. The average premium for family coverag[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

September 8, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Maryland, California, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina: Maryland MD. COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Code Ann. § 3-2A-02 (2012) § 3-2A-02. Exclusiveness of procedures(1) In any a[...]

Common Household Chemical Raises Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

September 6, 2012

In an article published online in the Archives of Internal Medicine on September 3, 2012, researchers reported that environmental exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) is associated with both cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) and peripheral artery disease (“PAD̶[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Determines That Two Separate Caps On Non-Economic Damages Apply For Wrongful Death Claims And Survival Actions In Non-Medical Malpractice Cases

September 4, 2012

On August 31, 2012, the intermediate appellate court in Maryland, known as the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), issued its written opinion in a case in which one of the issues was “whether the non-economic damage cap imposed by Md. Code (1974, 20[...]

Tennessee $7.8 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Necrotizing Fasciitis

September 3, 2012

On August 3, 2012, after a 15-day medical malpractice jury trial in Tennessee, a medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7,816,740 in favor of a now-20-year-old man whose cut on his knee due to a fall onto an exposed nail in 2004 when he was 12-years-old was improperly trea[...]

Maine Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 27, 2012

On August 21, 2012, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (“Maine Supreme Court”) overturned a Maine medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $420,000 in favor of a man and his wife and against a local hospital for the injuries the man allegedly suffered as a result of medic[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Claim Against Kaiser Doctor

August 24, 2012

During the summer 0f 2009, an Oregon man was having problems with his right wrist and therefore sought a medical opinion and medical care from a doctor employed by Kaiser Permanente. According to the medical malpractice case filed on his behalf on July 16, 2012 in the Oregon Circuit Courts for Mari[...]

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