Blog Posts in July, 2013

Welcome Bostwick & Peterson, LLP - San Diego to Our Directory of Medical Malpractice Firms

An important part of helping injured patients is making them aware of their options and legal rights. In their efforts to help patients throughout the San Diego, California area who have been injured ...

Most Common Medical Malpractice Claims

The most common medical malpractice errors that result in claims are ones for missed cancer diagnoses and heart attacks. According to reports, between 26% and 63% of cases are missed diagnoses. Death ...

Dental Patients Win $35 Million in Malpractice Case

A number of dental patients in the Seattle, Washington area have reportedly won $35 million in a medical malpractice matter. According to reports, the dentist was accused of performing hundreds of ...

Battle Over Old Medical Malpractice Law

A battle has started up over a 38-year-old medical malpractice law. According to reports, the California law allegedly puts a $250,000 cap on the amount of money that juries can award for non-economic ...

University of Washington Paying $15 Million in Malpractice Case

The University of Washington has reportedly been ordered by a judge to pay $15 million in a medical malpractice case. According to reports, the family of a young girl who suffered permanent brain ...

Surgeon Guilty of Medical Malpractice

A surgeon in the Plainfield, Illinois area has reportedly been found guilty of medical malpractice. According to reports, a woman was awarded more than $1 million for a matter where a botched ...

Couple gets $6.4 Million in Malpractice Case

A couple in the Maryland Heights, Missouri area has reportedly been awarded $6.4 million in a medical malpractice matter. According to reports, the two were given the money in regard to a stroke he ...

Jury Awards $1.72 Million to Parents of Deceased Toddler in Malpractice Case

A jury in the Berks County, Pennsylvania area has reportedly awarded $1.72 million to the parents of Emma Takacs after they determined Reading Hospital's Dr. Duane D. Siberski failed to diagnose ...

Family Sues After Doctor Administers Wrong Drug

A man and woman in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area have reportedly filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against anesthesiologist Dr. Ruth Barron Hyde alleging that the doctor administered an ...

Reporting Medical Malpractice

In a case where you need to report medical malpractice, you need to know that it's important for you to do so. Over 90,000 people are injured each year due to medical malpractice matters. Common ...

Attorney Gets $2 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

An attorney has reportedly obtained a $2 million medical malpractice verdict for an estate of a woman who recently passed away. According to reports, she died as the result of pneumonia misdiagnosis ...

Patient Sues MD After 21 Unsuccessful Rhinoplasty Surgeries Leaves him Mutilated

After nearly two-dozen rhinoplasty surgeries, commonly referred to as "nose jobs", a man has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against his plastic surgeon for leaving him "grossly ...

Jury Overrules Panel in Malpractice Case

A jury has reportedly overruled a medical malpractice panel in making a ruling on a case. According to reports, the jury overrules a unanimous decision by the panel in regard to a case where a man ...

Lawyers Challenging Malpractice Law

A group of lawyers in the Florida area are reportedly seeking to challenge a new law on medical malpractice. According to reports, they are seeking to overturn a new law designed to better protect ...

Couple Receives $5.25 Million in Malpractice Case

A couple in the Ohio area has reportedly received a $5.25 million medical malpractice award. According to reports, they filed the lawsuit after their son was born with brain damage in 2006. They ...

State Supreme Court to Hear Malpractice Case

The Georgia Supreme Court is reportedly set to hear a medical malpractice case. According to reports, a couple's teenage son died two weeks after he was treated in a hospital emergency room. He ...

Welcome D. Miller & Associates, PLLC to Our Directory of Medical Malpractice Firms

An important part of helping injured patients is making them aware of their options and legal rights. In their efforts to help patients throughout the Houston, Texas area who have been injured as the ...

Man Suing Doctor For Removing Nose

A man is reportedly suing his doctor for allegedly removing his entire nose. According to reports, he went into get plastic surgery and a minor tweak to his nose. However, he has allegedly had to have ...

Dentist Facing Malpractice Charge

A dentist who was allegedly drunk during work is being sued over a medical malpractice matter. According to reports, he ended up pulling a tooth on a patient who was scheduled to have a crown ...