One effective way to reduce your risk of becoming the victim of medical malpractice is to do your research before agreeing to receive medical treatment from a particular doctor or a particular hospital. More and more states in the United… Read More
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Large U.S. Drug Wholesaler To Pay $151 Million To Settle Claims
McKesson Corp., a large drug wholesaler in the United States, has agreed to pay $151 million to the District of Columbia and 29 U.S. states in order to settle claims that it inflated the prices of certain prescription medications that resulted in… Read More
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Texas Medical Malpractice Case For Endoscopy Resulting In Death
On May 12, 2012, the family of a 50-year-old man with muscular dystrophy who died as a result of an endoscopy filed a medical malpractice case against the gastroenterologist who had performed the procedure on the man. The medical malpractice defendants also include… Read More
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$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes
A company that provides drugs to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities recently settled federal civil claims against it that alleged that the company dispensed drugs to nursing homes without proper prescriptions for the medications. The $50 million settlement… Read More
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PET Scan Use In Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
One of the greatest fears among the elderly and adults approaching advanced age is the loss of cognitive function and memory due to Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. While it is not uncommon for people without dementia to… Read More
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California Hospital Malpractice Results In Suffocation Death — And $100,000 Fine
According to California health regulators, the long-term nursing unit of a California hospital was responsible for the negligent medical treatment and death of an 81-year-old woman in June, 2011, who had a breathing tube in her throat. The investigative report determined that the nurse… Read More
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West Virginia Medical Malpractice Death Caused By Bowel Perforation Misdiagnosed By Telephone
When a 67-year-old man who was suffering from multiple sclerosis and was paralyzed from the chest down went to a local West Virginia hospital to be treated for a urinary tract infection, the last thing he or his family would… Read More
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Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Claim For Surgery On The Wrong Knee
Of all of the medical malpractice claims filed throughout the United States each year, it continues to astound us that surgeons are still being sued for medical malpractice based on claims that they operated on the wrong body part. The simplest surgical… Read More
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Lower Insurance Reimbursements, Not Medical Malpractice Claims, Causing Doctors To Close Their Practices
For several years now, the doctors’ lobbyists and the doctors’ medical malpractice insurance companies have argued that medical malpractice claims and “frivolous lawsuits” are causing doctors to flee their practices. Their argument goes something like this: a patient with a bad medical… Read More
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New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Doctor’s Failure To Tell Patient About X-Ray Report
A New Jersey man in his mid-60s was scheduled to undergo a cardiac catheterization procedure. His cardiologist required him to have a chest x-ray before the procedure was done (a standard practice). The chest x-ray was taken; the x-ray report received by… Read More