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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New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Disabled Man
December 3, 2011
Earlier this year, a Las Vegas, New Mexico jury awarded a substantial sum to the estate of a disabled man who suffered painful bed sores that allegedly developed and were not properly treated due to medical malpractice. There was also a claim that the man’s medical records were falsified by [...]
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One Of The Largest Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdicts
November 30, 2011
Kansas is known to be one of the most conservative jurisdictions for jury verdicts in medical malpractice cases (when we say “conservative,” we mean low jury verdicts). However, there is one Kansas medical malpractice verdict that stands out from the rest. In the case MLM, by and through[...]
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Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death
November 23, 2011
The surviving wife of a 44-year-old Maine man who died in the hospital on his birthday (which was also Mother’s Day) received a favorable jury verdict during early June, 2011. The man’s death was witnessed by his wife, children, and parents who had gathered at the hospital to celebrate[...]
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Texas Example Of A Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Claim
November 18, 2011
Nursing homes provide medical care to residents who need such care for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care. When nursing homes negligently fail to provide necessary care, or negligently provide care that they are required to provide to residents, then the nursing homes may be subject to med[...]
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U.S. Medical School Graduates In 2010
September 26, 2011
One of the many complaints lodged by medical malpractice tort reformists is that doctors are fleeing the practice of medicine because of their fear of “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits. The fear-mongers warn that there will soon be not enough doctors in the United States because[...]
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Why Do Doctors Hate Medical Malpractice Lawyers So Much?
September 13, 2011
Doctors and lawyers are like the Republicans and the Democrats — doctors can’t stand being in the same room with lawyers but tend to remain somewhat civil when they’re forced to be together. However, once they are amongst themselves, they tend to spew insults (or worse) towards [...]
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Medical Malpractice: Trusting Doctors
August 13, 2011
A telephone survey conducted in 2010 of adults living in the United States found that about 70% of Americans trusted their doctor’s medical advice to the extent that they would not seek a second opinion or do further research. A survey eight years earlier found that 64% of Americans fe[...]
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