| August 30, 2010 |
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Medical Malpractice and the Cheerleader
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| Due to the high cost of a young girl's ongoing medical needs, a medical malpractice settlement of $5.5 million is in order for a Redondo Beach, CA, family as reported by the Contra Costa Times. It is one of the largest in Los Angeles county history ... |
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| August 29, 2010 |
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Los Angeles County Malpractice Settlement Payouts Increase
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| In Los Angeles County, payouts that are used to settle medical malpractice lawsuits have increased in the last few years although the number of incidents leading to claims have decreased. However, in doing the study, there was only access allowed to ... |
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| August 28, 2010 |
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Patient Speaks in Medical Malpractice Case
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| In the medical malpractice case against Dr. Mark Weinberger, the patient is speaking up about the sinus surgery. William Boyer is claiming that the doctor deliberately misread his sinus scans and used photos of someone else's bloody polyps to ... |
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| August 27, 2010 |
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$5.3 Million for Medical Malpractice Case
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| An Illinois medical malpractice case was settled for $5.3 million in the matter of a woman who died of a stroke. Her husband brought the lawsuit after doctors failed to properly evaluate and treat the woman, allowing her to die of a stroke. The ... |
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| August 26, 2010 |
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Court Upholds Exemption of Medical Malpractice Actions
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| The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to a Georgia statute the exempts medical malpractice cases from the rule that statutes of limitation are tolled for those who are incapacitated due to mental disability. This decision ... |
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| August 25, 2010 |
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Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Goes to Trial
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| A medical malpractice trial has started over an Indiana surgeon who has been on the run. It is being alleged that he billed insurers and patients for procedures that he didn't perform. Mark Weinberger is admitting that he did violate patient care ... |
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| August 25, 2010 |
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Classic Markers Ignored in Young Woman’s Wrongful Death
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| As reported by the Free Press in Mankato, MN, Rebecca Joecks has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Mankato Clinic for failing to diagnose a brain hemorrhage that killed her daughter, Elizabeth Moen, on February 15, 2008. The attorney that ... |
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| August 24, 2010 |
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Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Fall from Operating Table
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| In Minnesota, a medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed after a patient who was undergoing surgery reportedly fell off of the operating table. Max DeVries reportedly rolled off of the table while in surgery for a lumbar drain that was needed ... |
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| August 24, 2010 |
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Clamped After Surgery
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| As reported by Channel 9 News Denver, Richard Gellar, 61, of Aurora, Colorado, is suing the Denver VA Medical Center after surgeons left a clamp behind during his triple coronary artery bypass on August 30, 2005. The civil trial, against the federal ... |
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| August 23, 2010 |
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Admitting Medical Errors May Prevent Medical Malpractice Cases
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| It has been found that in Michigan, a new system that requires full disclosure of medical errors accompanied by a monetary offer to the patient has resulted in fewer lawsuits and lower costs. The implementation has been going on since 2001 and the ... |
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| August 23, 2010 |
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The Sting of Malpractice From a Bee
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| William Hensley, 40, of New Jersey, Morris County, died on August 30, 2005 from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. A jury must now decide whether an alleged first bee sting, occurring a month before, was misdiagnosed as heatstroke. Hensley was ... |
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| August 22, 2010 |
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Primary Care Physicians Hit Hard by Heart Attack Malpractice
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| It has been reported that family practitioners and general internists have the highest number of malpractice claims and the highest number of indemnity payments of any group. This is due to the fact that believes heart attacks are difficult to ... |
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| August 21, 2010 |
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Jurors Side with Gynecologist in Malpractice Case
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| Jurors have decided on the side of a gynecologist in regard to a medical malpractice case. The case was brought by a woman who claimed that during a 2006 operation to remove ovarian cysts, he punctured her bowel which led to an infection and the ... |
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| August 20, 2010 |
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Woman Given Overdose of Medication
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| In the Sacramento area, a woman is pursuing a medical malpractice case after she was given an alleged overdose of Herapin, a medication that thins blood. The elderly woman has since reportedly been badly injured and left unable to care for herself ... |
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| August 19, 2010 |
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Doctor Absolved of Knee Medical Malpractice
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| A doctor has been absolved in a case where a man claims that he suffered complications due to medical malpractice after his leg became infected during knee replacement surgery. While the man claims the infection should have been detected, the ... |
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