Blog Posts in June, 2010

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Stay Lifted on Medical Malpractice Case

Mark S. Weinberger maintained an ear, nose and throat practice in Indiana, but is now facing more than 350 medical malpractice claims. However, in 2004 Weinberger went missing while vacationing in ...

Doctor Test Hoping You Won’t Test Them

A whopping 90 percent of surveyed doctors routinely overtest their patients in an effort to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits. As we are slowly creeping toward the federal government ...

Judge Trying to Offer Malpractice Fix

A judge is using the approach of listening and cajoling in resolving medical malpractice cases in hopes that this will become a model for courts around the country. Judge Douglas McKeon has invested ...

HIV-Infected Kidney in Medical Malpractice Case

A woman in Orlando, Florida is alleging that she was infected with HIV after undergoing a botched kidney transplant. The woman is claiming that the hospital system was neglectful, while Lee Memorial ...

Two Arrested for Medical Malpractice

Two sisters in the Los Angeles area were arrested on suspicion of medical malpractice for allegedly running an illegal cosmetic fillers business. The police report that Guadalupe and Alejandra Viveros ...

Dental Malpractice Case to Proceed

A New York appellate court has ruled that a dental malpractice case can proceed against Dr. Hadley Bach of New York. The doctor had put forth a motion for summary dismissal of claims made by a former ...

$400,000 Awarded in Medical Malpractice Case

A jury awarded a man and his wife $400,000 in damages for a medical malpractice case that involved a gall bladder surgery that went wrong. Allegedly, the doctor performed gall bladder surgery on the ...

Efforts Funded to Avoid Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

The Obama administration is doling out nearly $25 million in grants for projects aimed at reducing medical malpractice lawsuits and costs. The grants are for demonstration projects designed to reduce ...

Lasik Matter Results in Medical Malpractice

A Lasik surgeon has been found guilty of medical malpractice. He has been under investigation since 2008 for the surgeries he performed when he would fly into Las Vegas, perform dozens of surgeries in ...

Five Doctors Sued in Medical Malpractice

A Glenview, Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit has five doctors being sued in regard to the wrongful death of a patient. Reportedly, David Timson went to Glenbrook Hospital after developing an ...

Georgia Medical Malpractice Cap Overturned

The highest court in Georgia has ruled that a cap on noneconomic damages is unconstitutional in medical malpractice cases. The Georgia Supreme Court believes that it violates the separation of court ...

Plevin & Gallucci becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Plevin & Gallucci has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Cleveland Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Plevin & Gallucci, has become a ...

Doctor Accused of Prescribing Painkillers

A Kansas doctor is being accused of unlawfully prescribing Cephalon's Actiq painkiller among other drugs. The medical malpractice case says that these prescriptions led to the fatal overdoses of 56 ...

Face Transplants Carry Risk of Medical Malpractice

As face transplants are a complex surgical procedure, there is always a risk of medical malpractice. Patients who undergo these type of procedures show an increased rate of life-threatening ...

Assembly-Line Worker Wins Medical Malpractice Case

A Pennsylvania assembly-line worker had spinal surgery three years ago and, as a result, was left with a paralyzed lower right leg. After a six-day trial, she was then awarded $668,000 by a jury. The ...

Malpractice Cap to Affect Another

In Virginia, Shannon E. Taylor was awarded $3 million in regard to a medical malpractice lawsuit. Her lawsuit involved injuries stemming from a hysterectomy she had in 2007. As a result of this ...

Malpractice Indemnity Payments Fall in Connecticut

It has been reported that fewer than half of all medical malpractice settled by Connecticut insurers over the last four years resulted in payments to patients. Also, the average size of those payments ...

Kramen Law, LLC becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Kramen Law, LLC has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Horsham Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Kramen Law, LLC, has become a member of ...

Wrong Organ Removed in Medical Malpractice Case

The Florida Board of Medicine has fined the surgeon who removed a patient's healthy kidney instead of his gallbladder. The surgeon will also face other penalties including community service time. ...

Medical Malpractice Trial Over Bee Sting

A man in the Morristown, New Jersey area died outside of his home after he fell into unconsciousness. The doctors diagnosed that he suffered heatstroke, however his family believes that the death was ...

Bermuda Couple Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Bermuda couple is planning on filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against a U.S hospital claiming that the doctors ignored FDA warnings. The woman had known kidney problems and the doctors still ...

South Carolina $3 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit has ended with a jury giving $3 million in a verdict. The lawsuit involved a woman who was having stomach and back pains being diagnosed with a kidney ...

Hospital Cleared of Medical Malpractice

A New York hospital has been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit that involved a cancerous kidney transplant. The jury has sided with the medical provider saying that the hospital had done no ...

Lack of Proper Treatment Results in Medical Malpractice

According to reports, a woman fell on a concrete floor at work and was then referred to a doctor for further treatment by her employer's third party worker's compensation administrator. However, the ...

Medical Malpractice Case Ends in $23.3 Million Verdict

A jury has awarded a mother and her brain-damaged child $23.3 million in their medical malpractice case. The plaintiffs contended that the mother had gone into prolonged labor and had other signs of ...
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