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Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Oncologist For Cancer Misdiagnosis

July 22, 2013

Imagine being told by an oncologist that you have terminal Stage IV breast cancer, meaning that your cancer is advanced (has spread) and you are likely to die from the cancer. Imagine further that your oncologist misread a medical test that showed you did not have cancer and that the chemotherapy a[...]

Study: Misdiagnosis And Medication Errors Are Most Common Bases Of Medical Malpractice Claims

July 21, 2013

In a study published on July 18, 2013 in the well-respected medical journal, BMJ (British Medical Journal), it was determined that misdiagnosis (failure to diagnose or delay in diagnosis) and medication errors, respectively, were the most common bases of medical malpractice claims (defined as a wr[...]

Three Tennessee Physicians Agree To Pay $4.25 Million To Settle False Claims Allegations

July 20, 2013

On July 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that three former physician-partners of a Tennessee cancer clinic have agreed to pay a total of $4.25 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false [...]

Crack-Smoking Doctor’s Medical License Suspended

July 18, 2013

There are not many things that scare us more than doctors high on drugs who treat patients when their professional judgment may be seriously clouded. On July 1, 2013, the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners summarily suspended the medical license of a Greenville, Tennessee medical doctor who ha[...]

Controversial Arkansas Judge Seeking Higher Office Cuts Nursing Home Jury Verdict By Over 80%

July 17, 2013

By Order dated July 10, 2013, an Arkansas circuit court judge denied the defendant nursing home’s motion for a new trial but nonetheless eviscerated the $5.2 million verdict that a unanimous Arkansas jury had awarded against the local nursing home, finding that the 12-person jury’s verdi[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain-Damaged 4-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient

July 14, 2013

On July 12, 2013, a Washington judge awarded the family of a 4-year-old $15.2 million after a hospital physician prescribed Afrin, an over-the-counter decongestant that was contraindicated for the child because she had had a heart transplant almost four years earlier. The drug error caused the litt[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Trach Tube Error

July 13, 2013

On July 3, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $15.2 million in favor of a 23-year-old man who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when his doctor removed his breathing tube (tracheostomy tube) and failed to timely or adequately respond when he had problem[...]

Ohio Hospital Agrees To $5.25 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Settlement

July 9, 2013

On June 27, 2013, the Ohio Court of Claims approved a $5.25 million settlement between an Ohio state hospital and the family of a newborn who suffered a profound brain injury due to alleged obstetrical medical malpractice. The child’s parents had filed a medical malpractice claim against the[...]

When Are Medical Malpractice Damage Caps Fair And Reasonable?

July 8, 2013

NEVER. Some U.S. states have enacted laws to limit the amount of damages that can be recovered by victims of medical malpractice from the negligent medical providers who were solely in the position to prevent the injuries they caused by simply providing the minimum level of care that their[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Due To Lack Of Health Insurance

July 7, 2013

On June 27, 2013, a Pennsylvania woman filed a medical malpractice case against a Pennsylvania hospital and four physicians in which she alleges that they were responsible for the wrongful death of her husband. The medical malpractice lawsuit seeks compensatory damages and punitive damages against[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Failure To Treat Uninsured’s Necrotizing Fasciitis

July 4, 2013

A Missouri medical malpractice lawsuit is scheduled for a jury trial in September 2013 for the disabling injuries and the substantial pain and suffering sustained by a 66-old-man who claims that a Missouri hospital emergency room failed to provide him required medical care because he did not have[...]

Mississippi Federal Judge Lambasts Mississippi’s Cap On Non-Economic Damages

July 3, 2013

On June 13, 2013, a federal judge in Mississippi upheld as constitutional Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases but harshly criticized the application of the cap in the case before him. As the judge stated in his Order, “All grief is not equal. [...]

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