Medical Malpractice

• Insurance Companies Are The Problem With Our Health Care System - We Must Have Single Payer

  Wayne Parsons | July 06, 2009 1:50 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In an article written by doctors, the myth of lawsuit abuse as being the cause of the cost of health care is once again debunked. In Fact and Fiction: Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System, by...

• Lawsuit Abuse? Medical Malpractice Crisis? Shame on Doctors and the AMA!

  Wayne Parsons | July 06, 2009 2:33 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Headline news: Medical Malpractice Payments Fall to Record Low, Public Citizen Study Shows: Medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but the decline almost...

• Jury Awards 10 million in Heparin Case

  Beth Janicek | July 04, 2009 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  In Houston, Texas, a jury recently awarded 10 million in a medical malpractice case against Methodist Hospital and the doctors who treated John German. He sustained an amputation of his left leg...

• Attorney Client & Patient Privacy Rights Surviving Death--Did Michael Jackson's Former Nurse or Doctor Ignore Confidentiality and Privacy Rights Under HIPAA?

  Rick Shapiro | July 04, 2009 9:04 AM | 5 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Did Michael Jackson's former nurse or doctor seek personal publicity and blatantly ignore privacy rights in violation of HIPAA? On a related note, does the attorney client privilege survive the...

• Medical Malpractice Caps Invading our Constitutional Rights.

  Jeffrey Meldon | July 03, 2009 7:00 AM | 2 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Medical Malpractice Caps, are caps on non-economic damages (i.e. pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of a loved one), namely, limiting of the total amount payable to the injured in...

• Does Obama Want A Public Plan for Health Care Reform? Or an Insurance Plan? At a Town Hall Event, He Says That Malpractice Caps Are Bad.

  Wayne Parsons | July 03, 2009 2:30 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  President Obama's town hall meeting on healthcare reform generated extensive media coverage. USA Today (7/2, Page) reports that the event lacked the energetic free-for-all quality of the town hall...

• Jim Dean and Democracy For America Identify Democrats in Congress Who are Cutting Deals With The Insurance Industry

  Wayne Parsons | July 02, 2009 2:28 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  Meaningful Health Care Reform is being sabotaged by democrats who have close ties to the insurance industry. I have written about this before as have others and I encourage all Americans to look...

• The Myth About Defensive Medicine

  Dan Frith | July 02, 2009 6:49 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  The health care system in this country has problems. The one point we can all agree on is that it just costs too darn much. The system’s other flaws, and the reasons why it costs so much, are...

• First Year Lawyer Discuss Medical Arbitration Agreements with First Year Doctor

  Todd Slaughter | July 01, 2009 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  When Worlds Collide: First Year Lawyer talks with First Year Resident-Doctor about Arbitration Agreements When it comes to personal injury and Arbitration Agreements, lawyers and doctors can share...

• Before Rendering Critical Care Is It Ethical for a Physician to Insist that Patient Sign an Arbitration Clause?

  Todd Slaughter | June 30, 2009 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  So you’ve been injured. You have some scrapes and bruises, a dislocated shoulder, perhaps a broken bone or two. We are all familiar with the process of getting those things fixed. After...