Kentucky $7.25 Million Jury Verdict For Failed Cochlear Implant
April 20, 2013
On April 16, 2013, a federal jury in Kentucky returned a $7.25 million verdict in favor of a little girl whose cochlear implant (a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing) failed due to moisture leakage t[...]
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Surgical Malpractice Makes Hospitals More Money
April 18, 2013
In a research study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on April 17, 2013, the researchers found that hospitals make more money when patients suffer surgical complications compared to when patients do not experience surgical complications if the patients are on Medicare or [...]
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Colorado LASIK Malpractice Case Scheduled For Trial
April 16, 2013
Trial is scheduled to begin on April 29, 2013 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for a LASIK medical malpractice case filed against a LASIK surgery center known as 20/20 Institute, LLC and a LASIK surgeon in which the medical malpractice plaintiffs (a husband and wife) [...]
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Hawaii Medical Malpractice Claim Against Midwife
April 12, 2013
When a 28-year-old woman in Hawaii became pregnant in 2010, she hired a midwife to help with the delivery of her baby because she wanted to give birth naturally and the midwife’s website seemed to provide the information and experience that the pregnant woman wanted for her and her baby. The m[...]
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Iowa’s Misguided Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts
April 11, 2013
The Iowa Legislature is considering bills in both its House and Senate that would “reform” its medical malpractice laws. As one example, Senate Study Bill No. 1054 would add a requirement for a certificate of merit affidavit to be filed for each expert who is expected to testify to the [...]
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Hospitalist Malpractice
April 10, 2013
What is a “hospitalist”? A hospitalist is a physician who specializes in the care of patients while they are in the hospital. The term “hospitalist” was first used in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 to describe physicians who spend most of their time caring fo[...]
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