Medical Malpractice

• National Standards Planned to Measure Physician Performance

  Brenda Fulmer | April 14, 2008 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  According to an article published April 1, 2008, in the New York Times, a national set of standards is currently being developed to help regulate the way health insurance companies...

• One out of 15 Children Hospitalized for Drug Errors

  Brenda Fulmer | April 14, 2008 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In a study to be released next week in the April 2008 edition of the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children - a staggering 540,000 kids each...

• Pediatrician Accused of Molestation Stops Seeing Patients

  Ed Normand | April 05, 2008 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a disturbing case out of the Boston area, a pediatrician is accused of molestation of young boys under his care. While this is a terrible situation it points out the absurdity of medical...

• Surgeon Removes Wrong Kidney

  Diego Madrigal | March 21, 2008 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Thankfully for the sick in Minnesota, a surgeon will stop seeing patients after he removed the wrong kidney from a patient. In doing so, the surgeon left a cancerous kidney inside the patient. The surgery was done last Tuesday, but only on Wednesday was it discovered what had happened. To prevent something like this from happening again, the Chief Medical Officer of the hospital said that...

• Jury Clears Actor Ritter's Doctors of Medical Malpractice

  Mike Damaso | March 18, 2008 5:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A jury verdict came down in the medical malpractice / wrongful death lawsuit of Actor John Ritter last Friday. The lawsuit was brought by Ritter's Widow and Children. After two days of deliberation, the jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist of negligence. As such, there will be no damage judgment against these doctors. The family claimed that Ritter was misdiagnosed and was provided...

• Woman Sues Naval Hospital For Amputation

  Eddie Farah | March 17, 2008 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  June McDowell was supposed to be going in for knee replacement surgery. Instead something went terribly wrong during her 2005 surgery at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville. Now McDowell is suing.McDowell told Channel 4 the last two years have been a nightmare. She is wheelchair bound and cannot be fitted for a prosthetic device."I have a bed that I lay in, you know. I just can't do anything. I...

• Medical Malpractice Patients' Right To Know

  Ed Normand | March 06, 2008 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a decision just released earlier today the Florida Supreme Court ruled on the scope of the 2004 Florida Constitutional Amendment 7, entitled the "Patients Right to Know" Act. In a ruling that is welcome to consumers and patients who are concerned about the safety of their families when choosing a hospital, our State Supreme Court held in rulings on cases called Florida Hospital Waterman,...

• Missouri Seeks to Increase Liability for Abortion Malpractice

  Ed Normand | February 15, 2008 6:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Proposed legislation in Missouri increase the liability caps in medical malpractice cases for cases of abortion malpractice. . Under the present medical malpractice caps in Missouri, pain and suffering damage awards are capped at $350,000. The new law would make the caps invalid in claims of abortion related medical malpractice. Obviously this will be a hot topic and highly debated between...

• John Ritter Estate Medical Malpractice Trial

  Ed Normand | February 14, 2008 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Actor John Ritter, best known from his days in the sitcom "Three's Company", died in 2003 at age 54 from a tear in the aorta, at a hospital in Burbank, California. Subsequent investigation by his family led them to conclude that the aorta tear was not treated correctly and, in fact, was misdiagnosed as a heart attack. The Ritter Estate, on behalf of his surviving relatives is now suing his...

• Man Regrows a Fingertip

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2008 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man that cut the end of his finger off in a hobby related accident was able to regrow skin, blood vessels, and the nail after using a extracellular matrix powder. About half an inch of finger was regrown in about 4 weeks using the powder. This medical marvel was performed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. This powder is a medical product called extracellular matrix. Made from...