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$12M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict After Botched Hernia Surgery

June 5, 2014

After deliberating for three and a half hours, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on May 30, 2014 in the amount of $12 million in favor of a 65-year-old woman who alleged that she suffered major injuries as a result of her surgeons negligently puncturing her colon during her[...]

Who Employs The Doctor Who Treats You In The Hospital?

November 27, 2013

When you go to the hospital to receive medical care for an acute or chronic condition, you often do not have a choice of the doctors who will treat you. When you arrive at the hospital emergency room, you probably have never been treated in the past by the doctor who treats you and you probably h[...]

Study Finds Technology/Equipment Issues Involved In One-Quarter Of Operating Room Errors

November 1, 2013

A study published online on July 25, 2013 in BMJ Quality & Safety found that 1 in 4 operating room errors were due to technology or equipment issues. The researchers found that approximately 15 errors occur during a typical surgical procedure and that failure of equipment accounted for appro[...]

California Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Woman Bled To Death After IUD Removed

September 17, 2013

A California medical malpractice trial is underway in which it is claimed that a woman bled to death after her IUD was surgically removed because the doctors failed to recognize that a needle had inadvertently punctured her left internal iliac artery during the procedure. The 40-year-old woman wan[...]

Kentucky Children’s Hospital Continues To Refuse To Provide Data On Pediatric Heart Surgery Deaths

August 6, 2013

What’s going on with the Kentucky Children’s Hospital? It continues to refuse to provide data regarding pediatric heart surgery deaths despite the March 27, 2013 Open Records Decision of the Kentucky Attorney General that found that the University of Kentucky violated the Open Records [...]

Alabama $3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Widow of 56-Year-Old Man

April 15, 2013

After seventeen days of trial and about one hour of deliberations, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned a verdict on April 9, 2013 in the amount of $3 million in favor of the widow of a 56-year-old man who died because his surgeon repeatedly delayed performing surgery to remove his infe[...]

Surgeon Characteristics Affecting Medical Malpractice Claim Rates

February 5, 2013

In a study from 1997, the researchers reported on the differences in characteristics among surgeons in the United States who had no medical malpractice claims filed against them, low rates of medical malpractice claims, and high medical malpractice claim rates. The study involved the malpractice c[...]

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