2014 Featured News

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Can I File a Medical Malpractice Claim?

In order to determine if you may have a medical malpractice claim, you must be able to show that a medical professional caused some sort of injury due to their failure to perform their medical duties ...
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How to Obtain Medical Records

When proving a doctor negligent in a medical malpractice case, there is a lot of information that needs to be present. In medical malpractice, it must be proven that there was something the doctor did ...
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Does Defensive Medicine Make a Difference?

One of the common ways that doctors and physicians are reacting against medical malpractice lawsuits is by practicing something known as defensive medicine. Defensive medicine is what happens what ...
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Choosing the Best Medical Malpractice Attorney

Medical malpractice lawsuits are not only extremely emotional, but also extremely complicated. Attorneys that specialize in this field must be well-versed in the law and have a solid degree of medical ...
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Is Failure to Diagnose a Type of Medical Malpractice?

One of the common reasons that a medical malpractice lawsuit is against a health care practitioner is when they fail to diagnose a medical condition or illness that makes the condition of the patient ...
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What You Need to Know About Medical Malpractice Claims

Medical malpractice can be a tricky area of law, but the act of medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, doctors and insurance agencies pay out billions ...
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Medical Malpractice at Military Medical Centers

There are forty hospitals across the United States whose primary focus is the care and treatment of 1.35 million active duty military members and their families. However, many of these hospitals are ...
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Medical Malpractice & the Death of Joan Rivers

Legendary comedienne Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, 2014 after undergoing a routine surgery on her throat. The New York State Department of Health is examining the clinic that administered ...
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November Ballot Promises Medical Malpractice Fight

In November, California voters will be asked to go to the ballot on Proposition 46, a law that seeks to quadruple the current state limit on medical malpractice claims and would require doctors to ...
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Alabama Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed

A man sued the Princeton Medical Center, two doctors, the Urology Centers of Alabama, and the Simon-Williamson Clinic, claiming that his penis was partially amputated during a circumcision procedure. ...
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West VA Hospital Sued Over Botched Surgery Claims

A West Virginia hospital has been sued by the family of a man that died from what they are calling a series of botched surgeries. The Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital in Huntington, West ...
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Medical Malpractice in the Emergency Room

People go to doctors and other health care providers because they believe they will receive the upmost care. When the individual instead is maltreated by a negligent doctor, the results can be ...
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Baltimore Man Awarded $5.2 Million for ER Malpractice

A Baltimore City jury unanimously sided with a man who sued an emergency room physician and physician's assistant who misdiagnosed his dislocated knee. As a result of the reported negligence, the ...
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Ohio Mother and Child Awarded $14.5 Million in Birth Injury Case

A mother from Ohio sued the MetroHealth Medical Center near Cleveland in addition to one of the doctors and recovered a $14.5 million settlement. The mother, a woman with the initial S.S., sued both ...
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Can an Early Discharge Be Medical Malpractice?

If it turns out that a discharge from the hospital was premature, and the patient had to be readmitted to a hospital for treatment, it might be possible that the early discharge constitutes medical ...
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Patient Sues Hospital for Posting Medical Records on Facebook

Patient's medical records are supposed to be kept confidential, so when employees at a hospital posted a woman's records on a Facebook page, she was shocked and embarrassed. The patient was ...
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Hospital Fined $41 Million for Performing Unneeded Heart Operations

As of last week, not only does a Kentucky hospital face around 520 medical malpractice lawsuits from heart patients who were treated at the facility, but the medical center has been fined by the state ...
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Pradaxa Manufacturer to Settle U.S. Lawsuits

According to CTV News, the drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim plans to settle Pradaxa blood thinner lawsuits with a $650 settlement. The company came under fire after patients who used the blood thinner ...
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Study: Five Most Common Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Just last month, research published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed the primary reasons that internal medicine doctors are sued for medical malpractice. To come up with these numbers, they chose ...
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Forced C-Sections: Grounds for a Lawsuit?

A woman in New York filed a lawsuit against Staten Island University this month after she claims that she was forced to undergo a C-section against her will. The woman is a 35-year-old mother of three ...
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