Medical Malpractice

• Medication Errors Cost Lives

  Patricia Doherty | October 27, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Thousands of Americans lose their lives each year because of medication errors. Some hospitals are trying to prevent medical neglect in the administration of medications through electronic verification systems. With this system a patient wears a bar-coded armband. The nurse scans the patient's armband before giving a medication and pulls up the patient's records to verify the medications. The...

• Sprint Fidelis Pacemaker Had Problems Last Winter

  Joe Saunders | October 25, 2007 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Medtronic, the manufacturer of the Sprint Fidelis cardiac defibrillator a.k.a. pacemaker, knew that its medical device had problems with fractured lead wires last winter, according to consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. These defects were reported to the government last winter. According to Dr. Sidney Wolfe, the FDA had received 599 reports of defibrillator malfunctions as of January 10,...

• West Boca Family Sues for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | October 22, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A woman died after undergoing a c-section and her family sued the hospital and doctor they felt was responsible for her death. The jury found in favor of the doctor in the medical malpractice case. The family had been asking for $10 Million in damages. Susan Special, 38, died in June 2003 after a Caesarean section. Moments after Nicholas was born, she suffered a seizure, went into cardiac...

• Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator May Pose More Risk to Young

  Joe Saunders | October 19, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  According to a Wall St. Journal article, the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator may pose more risk to the young than previously thought. The Sprint Fidelis has had problems with its lead wire breaking causing erratic jolts of electricity to the heart. The wire connects the defibrillator to the heart and is supposed to jolt the heart rhythm back into a normal rhythm. However, the device...

• Five More Lawsuits Filed Against Same Georgia Doc

  Eddie Farah | October 11, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  They say that it is the same doctors who make the bulk of medical mistakes.This story is about one Waycross, Georgia surgeon who seems to fit that profile. Five more patients of Dr. Najam Azmat have filed lawsuits against him and Satilla Regional Medical Center. They say they were injured by the doctor's incompetence. Among the charges - the doctor allegedly tore one patient's arteries while...

• FDA Approves New Medtronic Stent in Spite of Report

  Joe Saunders | October 11, 2007 5:31 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  In spite of a recent scientific report citing certain health risks, the FDA voted to approve Medtronic's new cardiac stent, Endeavor. Data published a few days before the vote raised questions about the risk of blood clots linked to use of the drug coated stent. However, the FDA panel did suggest the FDA require that Medtronic conduct a 5 year post-approval study to assess the risks...

• Woman Rewarded $2.4 Million Because of Gynecologist's Mistake

  Jenny Albano | October 04, 2007 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A Broward County jury awarded more than $2.4 million to Karlene Chambers of Pembroke Pines after her gynecologist left a sponge-like material in her following a cesarean procedure.Chambers sued her doctor, Joseph Becerra of the Pembroke Pines OB/GYN Associates, Memorial Hospital West and other medical agencies involved in the mishap for negligence.According to Chamber's attorney Crane Johnstone,...

• US Supreme Court will Decide Pharmaceutical Co.'s Lawsuit Protection

  Patricia Doherty | October 02, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The US Supreme Court announced it will decide a case regarding whether federal regulation of pharmaceutical companies preempts state law. The case the Court will decide arises from a products liaiblity lawsuit against Pfizer's Warner-Lamber unit involving its Rezulin diabetes drug. The FDA ordered Rezzulin off the market in March 2000 because it was linked to hundreds of deaths and cases of...

• Case Against Carnival Cruise Refused by Supreme Court

  Chrissie Cole | October 02, 2007 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A case to determine whether Carnival Corp. can be held responsible for the medical malpractice of its onboard physicians was refused by the U.S. Supreme Court.The case was based on a federal maritime precedent that says, "cruise lines are not liable for the actions of their doctors."The case involved a 14-year-old Michigan girl, who boarded the Carnival Ecstasy in March 1997 suffering from...

• Medical Malpractice Is Rampant

  Ed Normand | September 28, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  It is frightening to examine the number of injuries and death from medical malpractice. The Institute of Medicine, a highly respected source of medical science information, determined that preventable medical malpractice and negligence is the number eight highest cause of death in the U.S.. According to the study, medical malpractice is a factor in over 98,000 deaths each year in the...