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Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

December 21, 2011

When a 51-year-old man had severe chest pains, he called his doctor. Instead of advising his patient to immediately go to a hospital emergency department, the doctor scheduled his patient to come to his office a few days later. At the time of the office visit, the doctor gave his patient an electroc[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Victim With Less Than A Year To Live

November 25, 2011

An Indiana jury earlier this year found in favor of a medical malpractice claimant in his malpractice claim against a medical malpractice defendant who failed to timely diagnose and treat his colon cancer in 2004. By the time of the jury’s verdict, this poor medical malpractice victim had l[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments Statistics For 2010

November 17, 2011

Despite false perceptions created by medical malpractice insurance companies and doctors in the United States that medical malpractice claims and medical malpractice payments in the U.S. are out-of-control, the number of medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians fell in 2010 for[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

November 4, 2011

The Virginia Board of Medicine (“Board”) is responsible for licensing and disciplining medical doctors and other specified medical providers in Virginia. The Board consists of 18 members: 11 medical doctors (MDs), 1 doctor of osteopathy (DO), 4 public members, and others. The Board mee[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claims And Disciplinary Actions

October 28, 2011

There were a total of 16,631 physicians licensed in Connecticut in 2010, with 13,672 of the licensed physicians being in-state. The Connecticut Medical Examining Board reported that it took 35 total actions against physicians during 2010, down from 55 in 2009. The Board’s actions included 11 l[...]

Why Doctors Fight Legitimate Medical Malpractice Claims Against Them

October 17, 2011

In preparing some of our recent blog articles involving some U.S. boards of medicine/medical boards and the state laws affecting the boards’ performance, their work, and their disciplinary and medical malpractice reporting requirements, it has become clear that one major motivating factor f[...]

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