What Is Medical Malpractice? (Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri)
September 11, 2012
What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri: Arkansas Arkansas Code, 16-114-206. Burden of proof. (a) In any action for medical injury, when the asserted negligence does not lie within the jury’s co[...]
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New York Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Settlement For Infant
August 10, 2012
A medical malpractice claim against a New York hospital involving a newborn who was allegedly injured during delivery was recently settled out-of-court for $1.3 million after the medical malpractice case was filed. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that negligent medical care during the deli[...]
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$15 Million Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis
August 6, 2012
Following a three-week trial that ended in late-July, 2012, a Colorado Springs, Colorado medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15 million against a hospital and an emergency room physician for medical negligence that allegedly resulted in the paralysis of a 36-year-ol[...]
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Four Connecticut Nursing Home Choking Deaths In Three Months
August 5, 2012
Four Connecticut nursing home residents have died due to choking between February and April, 2012. The last case occurred on April 18, 2012, when a resident who suffered from dementia and needed to be carefully watched while she was eating, was seated in a wheelchair in the nursing home’s di[...]
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New Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak
July 22, 2012
A traveling contract medical techician (“med tech”) had his career abruptly ended after being accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak involving 31 patients over the period of a few months in a New Hampshire hospital. He was arrested and charged on July 19, 2012. Prior to his employme[...]
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Dog X-Ray Is Downfall Of California Pill Mill Doctor
July 15, 2012
On July 12, 2012, a California doctor was arrested for allegedly running a pill mill (a medical clinic where prescription medications are readily and easily prescribed, available, and/or dispensed with little or no proper legitimate medical need). The doctor had been under investigation for about t[...]
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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 [...]
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