Today, We Celebrate Our 1,300th CONSECUTIVE Daily Blog Posting
September 10, 2014
When we began our blogging on a daily basis three-and-a-half years ago on March 5, 2011, we had no particular goal in mind as to how many consecutive daily blogs we would post. In fact, we were concerned that we would soon run out of relevant medical malpractice topics that we could blog about and [[...]
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Confirmation Bias In Medical Malpractice Cases
September 4, 2014
Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias in which we favor information that confirms our previously held beliefs or biases, ignore contrary information, and which impacts not only how we gather information but also influences how we interpret and recall information. Because we tend to seek[...]
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What Are MCOs, HMOs, and PPOs?
June 26, 2014
In a recent Maryland appellate court decision that invalidated a large Maryland medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the Maryland Court of Appeals discussed the differences among Health Maintenance Organizations (“HMOs”), Preferred Provider Organizations (“PPOs[...]
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Florida Breast Augmentation Surgery Leads To Coma, Brain Damage
February 7, 2014
An 18-year-old Florida woman who elected to have breast augmentation surgery in August 2013 at a cosmetic surgery center located in Miami, Florida experienced a depressed heart rate shortly after the surgery and had atropine administered by the anesthesiologist and needed chest compressions. She wa[...]
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New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence
January 15, 2014
A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]
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Wronged By Another Without The Right To Recover
January 13, 2014
When a medical professional’s negligence or carelessness leads to the suffering of another, you would think that the innocent victim would be fairly and adequately compensated for the losses and harms he suffered. Not so, demand medical malpractice tort reformers. The reformers do not wish[...]
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Florida Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Wrongful Birth Verdict
January 10, 2014
On January 8, 2014, in a split decision, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District overturned a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful birth case. A wrongful birth claim is a medical malpractice claim in which the parents give birth to an impaired or deformed child and alle[...]
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