Medical Malpractice

• Dosanjh v. LeBlanc and St. Paul’s Hospital: Facebook Fishing a No-No

  John McKiggan | January 03, 2012 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  I recently posted a an article on my Halifax Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog about a recent case involving a defendant's attempt to conduct a fishing expedition on a plaintiff's Facebook...

• Too Much Disrespect for The Constitution and The Courts in The Republican Debates

  Mike Bryant | January 02, 2012 2:24 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I have been watching most of the Republican presidential debates because I fondly remember my years working in Iowa in past elections and because I think it's important to see what the...

• It's Not Malpractice; It's Battery

  Claude Wyle | December 29, 2011 1:34 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This story was sent to me as a joke by my paralegal, Faye, but it was so shocking, I had to share it with you in this blog. It is not often that I report on medical malpractice, and I have...

• San Francisco Man Poses as Plastic Surgeon, Flushes Liposuction Fat Down Toilet

  David Mittleman | December 27, 2011 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Unfortunately, it seems as if more and more people are succumbing to the promise of rock-bottom plastic surgery prices, but paying a huge fine in terms of their health. For example, a woman in...

• Medtronic Fined $23.5 Million For Illegal Physicians Kickbacks

  Mike Bryant | December 27, 2011 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Medical device maker, Medtronic Inc., and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement concerning claims that they improperly encourage the implantation of their defibrillators and...

• Lap Band Surgeries, Risks, and Misleading Advertising

  Greg Webb | December 24, 2011 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to a California marketing company known as 1-800-GET THIN and to eight other affiliated weight-loss surgery centers, for using...

• MORE Conservative Opposition to Federal Tort Reform

  Andrew Cochran | December 20, 2011 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsVoices

  Within the last week, two conservatives who have previously opposed federal tort reform on constitutional grounds did so again. Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, wroteTort...

• Is Wisdom Teeth Extraction Really Necessary? Family Sues Oral Surgeon After Daughter Dies

  David Mittleman | December 16, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The family of a teenage girl is suing an oral surgeon and an anesthesiologist after their daughter died during a wisdom teeth extraction surgery earlier this year. They allege that their...

• The Fundamental Unfairness of Caps on Damages

  Ted Sherwood | December 14, 2011 9:56 AM | 2 CommentsTulsa, OK

  I was reading an article about the caps on damages in California and I was reminded of an often overlooked reason for the inherent unfairness of caps or upper limits on noneconomic damages or...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: December 9, 2011

  Brett Emison | December 09, 2011 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Happy Friday! Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: The Big Tort Law / Physician Location Disconnect [The Pop Tort] iPhone and iPod battery cases recalled due...