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New Hampshire Hospital Allegedly Shielded Money-Making Heart Surgeon Despite Horrible Medical Malpractice Record, Including Many Deaths

December 25, 2022

Hospital Allegedly Shielded Money-Making Heart Surgeon Despite Horrible Medical Malpractice Record: The Boston Globe reported in a two-part investigative series about a New Hampshire hospital that allegedly shielded a cardiac surgeon despite the surgeon having one of the worst, if not the worst, med[...]

News From Medscape’s Medical Malpractice Report 2019

November 23, 2019

For Medscape’s Malpractice Report 2019, 4,360 physicians (68% were men; 57% were age 55 and over) in 29 medical specialities were surveyed with regard to whether they had been sued for medical malpractice and how their experiences affected how they treat their patients. The survey was conducte[...]

Medscape Medical Malpractice Report 2017 (Physicians Survey Results)

November 17, 2017

The “Medscape Malpractice Report 2017” that was made public on November 15, 2017 involved a ten-minute online survey of 4,137 physicians representing more than twenty five medical specialties who met the survey’s screening criteria and who completed the survey between August 25 and[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Lead To Legal Malpractice Claims

May 2, 2012

A Putnam County, West Virginia attorney and his two former law partners are being sued for legal malpractice for the third time in a year for their alleged wrongful handling of medical malpractice claims against the same doctor. In this most recent case filed on April 13, 2012, the three plaintiff[...]

Surgical Fires

April 18, 2012

The last place you would expect to suffer burns from a fire would be while lying on a table in an operating room. But that is just what happened to a New York woman who was undergoing a Cesarean-section delivery of her baby on March 12, 2010. While she was under the influence of local anesthesia w[...]

Study: Improving Economy Associated With Rise In Nursing Home Deaths

April 16, 2012

A recently published research study by a well-respected nonpartisan research group operating under a grant from the Social Security Administration found that during improving economic times when lower-paid nursing home staff seek and obtain better paying jobs elsewhere, there are additional dea[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Surgeon’s Disability

April 13, 2012

A Texas woman has recently filed a medical malpractice claim against her former surgeon, claiming that the surgeon was dealing with his cancer at the time of her surgery that led to the surgeon’s failure to perform her surgery properly due to his alleged physical disability from the cancer and[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Cap Being Challenged

April 5, 2012

A 2005 Missouri law that placed caps on non-economic damages in the amount of $350,000 is presently being challenged as unconstitutional in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case involves a medical malpractice claim arising out of the birth of a baby in Missouri on November 1, 2006.[...]

Poor People Sue For Medical Malpractice Less Than Others

March 2, 2012

It is a not-so-uncommon belief among doctors and other medical providers that the risk of being sued for medical malpractice by a poor patient is much greater than the risk of being sued for medical malpractice by other patients. This perception may help explain why, at least in part, some doctor[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Teens Who Lost Their Baby

February 24, 2012

Two 19-year-olds were looking forward to the birth of their baby. In preparation for the birth of a healthy baby, the expectant mother began prenatal visits with a gynecologist when she was six weeks pregnant. The pregnancy appeared to be progressing without difficulties. A couple of months after [...]

Has The Fear Of Medical Malpractice Claims Resulted In Fewer Medical School Applications In The U.S.?

September 27, 2011

If there is any truth to the anecdotal threats of doctors leaving their profession and closing their medical practices because of their fear of medical malpractice claims, is there any evidence that the fear of medical malpractice claims is affecting the number of applications received by U.S. med[...]

Feds Test The Medical Malpractice Reform Waters

August 28, 2011

On January 24, 2011, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives (H.R. 5) that would have made changes to medical malpractice laws on the federal level. If H.R. 5 became law, the new law would be known as the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare�[...]

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