Blog Posts in 2009

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Three Doctors Sued for Failing to Diagnose Patient's Condition

Three doctors in West Virginia have been named as defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit for allegedly failing to diagnose a patient's condition. William Todd Gibson filed the lawsuit against Dr. ...

270 Overexposed to Radiation in Alabama and Los Angeles Hospitals

Recently, one hospital in Alabama and three hospitals in Los Angeles, California have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over-exposing 270 patients to radiation through CT ...

5 Astounding Medical Malpractice Statistics

Medical malpractice occurs whenever a medical professional acts negligently by failing to exercise the standard amount of care and treatment that a normal medical professional would exercise in the ...

Amputee Sues Doctor & Hospital in Malpractice Lawsuit

Is this next story a lesson on the negative side effects of binge drinking? Or is it simply another case of doctors failing to do their job? Perhaps it's both. Shanna Hiles filed a medical malpractice ...

Law Offices of David W. Barlow becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Law Offices of David W. Barlow has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Waipahu Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Law Offices of David W. ...

Actor James Woods Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

This past Tuesday, the Kent County Superior Court in Rhode Island announced that actor James Wood had settled his medical malpractice lawsuit. According to reports, Woods filed his lawsuit against ...

Kaiser Permanente Ordered to Pay $5 Million in Misdiagnosis Case

Today, arbitrators ruled in favor of a middle school administrator who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente. The administrator, Timothy Howard, filed his claim after ...

Baby Missing for 6 Days from California Hospital

In California, it is being reported that a baby's body was finally found after it had been missing for six days. According to sources, the baby was 20 weeks premature and had been delivered at Kaiser ...

Doctor Loses License for Inseminating Patient with Wrong Sperm

A Connecticut doctor has been banned from practicing medicine in the state of New York after inseminating a fertility patient with the wrong sperm. The New York Board for Professional Medical Conduct ...

Rhode Island Hospital Fined for Fifth Surgical Error

News sources are reporting that a hospital in Providence, Rhode Island is being fined for committing a surgical error. In fact, since 2007, Rhode Island Hospital has been fined five times for ...

Senator Introduces New "Losers Pay" Malpractice Bill

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has introduced a new bill that will require medical malpractice plaintiffs who lose their lawsuits to pay the legal costs for both sides. Graham feels the ...

Jury Awards Family of Woman Who Died After Childbirth

A Florida jury has returned a $4.25 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a woman who died after childbirth. The family of Wendy Leigh Jackson filed the wrongful death lawsuit ...

Farris, Riley & Pitt becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Farris, Riley & Pitt has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Birmingham Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Farris, Riley & Pitt, has become ...

Class Against Lawsuit Filed Against LA Hospital for Radiation Overdose

One of the 206 patients who received an overdose of radiation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and the company that ...

Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Results in $4.3 Million to Victim's Family

The family of Haylee Kroll, the now 15-year-old girl who suffered from a serious liver disease as a newborn, has been awarded $4.3 million by a Florida jury. The misdiagnosis lawsuit was filed against ...

Tips on Avoiding Pharmacy Errors

After people have visited their doctors and obtained prescriptions, or even caught the common cold and need over the counter drugs, they will go to their local pharmacist to pick up their medicine. ...

California Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Doctor

In Stockton, California, a family recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a doctor. In their lawsuit, the family alleges that the doctor treating a retired California policeman abandoned ...

Family Awarded $3.7 Million in Failure to Diagnose Lawsuit

A Wisconsin jury has awarded $3.7 million to the family of a farm worker who died after doctors failed to properly diagnose and treat an infection. Gustavo Espinal-Santos died in January, 2004 after ...

Causes of Surgical Errors

When patients need surgery, much stress is associated with lying on an operation room table. This is usually due to the fact that while patients are sedated by anesthesia, any number of things could ...

Connecticut Hospital Being Sued for Medical Malpractice

In Hartford, Connecticut, the family of a deceased woman is suing both the Hartford Hospital and an emergency room physician by the name of Dr. Carl Washburn. According to the lawsuit filed by the ...

Rogan Law becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Rogan Law has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Scranton Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Rogan Law, has become a member of our medical ...

Medical Malpractice Statistics

Medical malpractice is both a legal and a medical term that is defined as professional negligence or the failure of a medical professional to provide patients with the appropriate and accepted ...

Law Offices of Alexander Gothard becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Law Offices of Alexander Gothard has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Memphis Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Law Offices of ...

Juror Was Treated by Doctor During Medical Malpractice Case

In upcoming weeks, Dr. Faranak Argani is expected to go back to court to face medical malpractice charges for the second time. During his initial trial in the Montana Supreme Court, the doctor treated ...

Failure to Diagnose Lawsuit Filed Against West Virginia Doctor

In a medical malpractice lawsuit, a West Virginia man has sued his doctor for allegedly failing to diagnose colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer. Timothy A. Walden, Sr. is claiming that Dr. ...
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