Medical Malpractice

• AAJ Goes Underground to Debunk Rumors About Tort Reform

  David Mittleman | December 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The American Association for Justice is getting an important message across by advertising in Union Station throughout December. Blanketing the metro station’s walls, the message reads...

• Government Contractor's Rape Case Exposes Senators

  Mike Bryant | December 03, 2009 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It was nice to see recently elected and finally seated Minnesota Senator Al Franken get his first amendment passed last month. Unfortunately, it was about a very weighty topic. The amendment to the...

• AAJ Launches Ad Campaign to Protect Patients

  Ray De Lorenzi | December 02, 2009 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  The American Association for Justice launched an ad campaign yesterday to remind people of the 98,000 patients who die each year from preventable medical errors, that tort reform won’t fix...

• Cancer Misdiagnosis and Its Consequences

  John Cooper | December 02, 2009 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  According to American Cancer Society, 565,000 people in the U.S. died of cancer in the year 2008 alone. It is estimated that anywhere from 8% to 12 % of these cancer cases were initially...

• Database of Medical Malpractice Unavailable to the Public

  Paul Thomson | December 01, 2009 9:13 PM | 7 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Tulsa World reported that there is a national database of medical malpractice data that the public is unable to fully access. The database is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and...

• Health Care Shouldn't Be Politics As Usual

  Mike Bryant | November 30, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  After the vote to send the health care bill to the Senate floor, there was a round of Republican tweets that predicted that the vote would end the careers of Senators that voted for the bill. That...

• As Heath Care Bill Goes To The Senate Floor Focus Needs To Be On The Consumer

  Mike Bryant | November 30, 2009 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This week, the U S Senate will be debating the Heath care bill. It is expected that the usual Republicans will spend most of their time trying to add amendments to change the civil justice system....

• Medical Malpractice Suits From Botched Deliveries Help Families Deal With Lifelong Medical Costs

  David Mittleman | November 24, 2009 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  When Misty Tipton's son, Tyler Tipton, suffered a brain injury due to the medical malpractice of hospital staff during his birth, she had no ability to predict how far reaching the effects of his...

• U S Senate Debate: Still No Talk About The 98,000 That Die Each Year

  Mike Bryant | November 21, 2009 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It's been interesting to watch the U S Senate debate today. There is more to go, so I'm sure they might just touch on just about everything. About 30 minutes ago, Senator McCain started the...

• Defensive Medicine: There Is Someone On The Defense All Right

  Mike Bryant | November 21, 2009 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The conservative blogs are loaded with talk of tort reform. We here at the Injuryboard continue to write about it. Guess the claim that no one is talking about it, is not only false, but...