Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!
July 16, 2012
Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground we have covered: we have discussed medical m[...]
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Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Kidney Failure
June 19, 2012
On May 18, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Georgia awarded just over $1 million to a man who had filed a medical malpractice lawsuit that claimed that his doctor had failed to order necessary blood tests and urine tests that should have been ordered and would have prevented the patient fro[...]
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$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes
May 14, 2012
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 involves allegations that th[...]
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Pharmacy Error Was The Cause Of Chicago Infant’s Death
April 15, 2012
In 2010, a couple gave birth to a son who was four months premature. The parents stayed by their baby’s bedside for six weeks in the hospital, caring for and nurturing their delicate newborn. On October 15, 2010, the baby had heart surgery but suddenly died from unknown causes. An investigat[...]
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Anesthesia Medical Malpractice
August 10, 2011
In studies of closed claims since 1990 involving anesthesia medical malpractice, it was found that death or brain damage was involved in 31% to 32% of the claims. Death or brain damage was caused by a respiratory issue in 45% of these cases and involved inadequate ventilation in 7% of the cases, e[...]
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