Medical Malpractice

• Friday (the 13th) Legal & Safety News Roundup - January 13, 2012

  Brett Emison | January 13, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Happy Friday - here is some legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Sexy Teen Fights for First Amendment Freedoms Over Slutty Yearbook Photo [Staci Zaretsky at Above...

• Why Doesn't the U.S. Chamber Mind Its Own Business?

  Andrew Cochran | January 13, 2012 8:50 AM | 2 CommentsVoices

  What would you think if the owner of a grocery store chain took aim at the private financing of chicken farms, and demanded that the federal government ban partners from investing in the...

• Legitimate Medical Malpractice Claims Frequently Dismissed on Technicalities

  David Mittleman | January 12, 2012 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  In Michigan, state law requires stringent procedural obligations be satisfied before an injured patient or family member can file a medical malpractice case. The victim, with the help of an...

• Government Report Finds 86% of Medical Errors Aren't Reported

  David Mittleman | January 12, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a stunning 86% of medical errors aren't reported in databases of the incident reporting system. This system...

• Rep. Tim Murphy Leads Effort to Fix Medicare Secondary Payer System

  Andrew Cochran | January 11, 2012 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsVoices

  On September 23, I posted on my website, The 7th Amendment Advocate, about H.R. 1063, a bill introduced in the House titled the Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of...

• Pack the Bags Kids: We Are Moving To a Legal Hellhole

  Mike Bryant | January 10, 2012 9:42 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I have been getting the kids ready for our yearly move. Because the annual American Tort Reform Association legal hellhole list is about to come out. I'm sure they are hoping that it will be...

• Maryland Family Sues Dentist for Wrongful Death

  Ed Normand | January 10, 2012 9:02 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A Maryland family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an anesthesiologist and a surgeon after their teenage daughter died 10 days after a routine surgical wisdom tooth extraction, according to...

• New Hydrocodone Pill Ignites Concerns for Prescription Drug Abuse

  Ted Sherwood | January 09, 2012 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsTulsa, OK

  Recent plans by drug companies to introduce a new prescription painkiller ten times stronger than Vicodin has consumer advocates concerned. According to an article by Chris Hawley of the...

• Stop Blaming the Attorneys! Doctors are Closing Their Doors due to Financial Strain

  Kevin Duffan | January 09, 2012 3:24 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Well isn't this interesting? A recent article on CNNMoney.com points to a growing crisis in our health care system: private practitioners shutting their doors because they simply cannot...

• Are The Insurance Companies Getting Ready to Play Chicken Little?

  Mike Bryant | January 08, 2012 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It seems like we hear about an insurance crisis every 5 to 10 years. It's a great way for the companies to taint juries and rile up business owners against lawyers. Because everyone knows...