5 Common Hospital Medical Malpractice Claim Allegations
January 29, 2013
What are five of the most common hospital medical malpractice claim allegations, based on research of jury verdicts and medical malpractice insurance claims data? 1. Medication Errors Hospital medication errors include patients being given the wrong medication, patients being given the wrong d[...]
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3 Simple Ways To Prevent Getting And Spreading The Flu
January 28, 2013
“The flu” that people usually refer to is influenza, which is a serious disease that may require hospitalization and sometimes results in death (about 90% of flu deaths in a regular flu season, which lasts from as early as October until as late as May, occur in people 65 and older). Fr[...]
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Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict
January 19, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]
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Fecal Transplants?
January 18, 2013
What is a fecal transplant? The definition of fecal: “relating to or composed of feces.” The definition of feces: “the matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement.” So, what’s a “fecal transplant”? It’s a legitimate and effec[...]
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Medical Malpractice Case
January 14, 2013
It is very infrequent that the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) agrees to decide a medical malpractice case, and even rarer that it agrees to decide a case where the person seeking review is not represented by an attorney. But that is exactly what the Supreme Court has agree[...]
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SMART Act Signed Into Law
January 11, 2013
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law the bipartisan SMART Act (Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act, H.R. 1845, Title II), which helps senior citizens and disabled persons obtain timely, clear, and definitive information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv[...]
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VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Claim Settled For $500,000
January 8, 2013
The VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a widow for the death of her husband as a result of alleged medical malpractice for $500,000, which has been approved by a federal judge of the U.S. District Court in Akron, Ohio. The medical malpr[...]
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