Posts tagged Malpractice

• Hospital Failed to Notify Patients Who Received Radiation Overdoses

  Claude Wyle | October 23, 2009 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  While we have been conditioned to trust our doctors, recent developments at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles leave us wondering whether that is as prudent as it once was. The Los Angeles Times...

• Survivor Raises Awareness of Hospital-Acquired Infections, California Malpractice Laws

  Walton Barber, LLP | December 11, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Alicia Cole entered a Los Angeles area hospital to have fibroids removed, a relatively simple procedure. What was supposed to be a one-day stay in the hospital, turned into a five-month fight for survival after she acquired a hosptial-born necrotizing fasciitis, the flesh-eating bacteria.Like thousands of other patients in American hospitals, Ms. Cole became a victim of the saddest of all...

• Modern Medicine

  Rick Patterson | December 05, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  With so many defective drugs out there, it is a breath of fresh air to see a development that would be a positive force in the world of medicine. One such development is the revolutionary concept of nanomedicine. "Imagine a small capsule measuring in nano meters, scanning your internal organs and providing details to censors placed outside. This may have sounded like science fiction a couple of...

• Doctors Don't Tattle Tale

  Randy Walton | December 04, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A new survey shows that even though doctors believe that incompetent or impaired colleagues should be reported to the appropriate authorities, most don't.In a survey of more that 1,600 physicians by the Annals of Internal Medicine, 45% said they did not always report an incompetent colleague, even though nearly every respondent said the should. Nearly half said they did not report at least one...

• Product Liability: Bayer Stops Sales Of Trasylol Due To Risk Of Death

  Scott Barber | November 05, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has suspended sales of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery, after pressure by the FDA. The suspension of sales of Trasylol is due to a Canadian study which may have found an increased risk of death associated with the drug's use. The FDA and Bayer are examining the study which was stopped before its expected conclusion.Trasylol appeares to...

• Medical Malpractice: Waiting In E.R. Can Be Deadly

  Randy Walton | October 31, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When 33-year-old Christopher Jones experienced pain in his chest and left arm he did what most people would do, he went to the hospital. When arrived at the Emergency Department he was told to wait until it was his turn.Mr. Jones waited and waited, for more than three hours, the he stepped outside and collapsed on the pavement. A few minutes later he was dead. Is this a wrongful...

• Funeral Directors Charged in Human Chop Shop Case

  Clayton Kent | October 09, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Three funeral directors in Philadelphia were charged last week with the illegal taking and selling of body parts. Bones, skin, tendons and spines were taken from bodies without the permission of the families, and most of the "donors" were not suitable due to their age, physical condition, or because of disease. Once the body parts were taken, the bodies were then sent for cremation. The...

• Effects of Medical Malpractice Caps Doubtful

  Randy Walton | October 08, 2007 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Texas is seeing the greatest influx of medical doctors it has seen in a very long time. At last count, the state has climbed to 42nd in the U.S. rankings of physician's per capita, up from a raking of 48 in 2001. Some attribute the growth to a voter approved constitutional amendment, proposition 12, which was narrowly approved by voters in 2003. Under the new law, any pain and suffering...

• Report: FDA Fails To Monitor Clinical Trials

  Scott Barber | September 28, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, Daniel R. Levinson, assails the FDA for failing to ensure the health of patients in clinical trials. According to the report, the FDA could not accurately determine how many trials were being conducted, audited less than 1% of all testing sites and, when an audit found problems, supervisors downgraded the findings...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled for $1.6 Million

  Randy Walton | September 27, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An Illinois hospital and one of its doctors have settled a malpractice lawsuit for $1.6 million. The suit was filed after an infant died of severe constipation.Will County Circuit Judge Gerald Kinney approved the settlement Wednesday, more than three years after Shequetta Wilson filed the suit.Her son, Noah Wilson, was 5 months old when he died Sept. 26, 2002, of septic shock from untreated...