Medical Malpractice

• Texas Tort Reform is NOT a Model for Nationwide Health Care Reform

  Mike Ferrara | September 07, 2009 8:24 PM | 24 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Tort reformers like to talk a lot about how the threat of malpractice suits raises health care costs by forcing doctors to practice “defensive medicine”—the ordering of...

• 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...

• Postscript: Wrongful Death Results from Routine Liposuction Surgery

  Mark Bello | October 13, 2009 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  This is a postscript of an October 5, 2009 blog penned by attorney and InjuryBoard member David Mittleman. I am sad to report that the family of Rohie Kah, 37-year-old mother of three who was left...

• Slice of Humble Pie: Doctors may get Cash Bonus for an Apology

  Nick Avgerinos | May 27, 2008 2:52 PM | 3 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Medical malpractice claims cause doctors far and wide to head for the hills. After all, nothing can put a dent in many years of hard work quite like a hard-wrought fight about who messed up what...

• MRSA Diagnosis & Treatment Delayed

  Bob Carroll | September 24, 2005 5:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Reuters Health reports that MRSA infections which are spreading in hospitals are not being recognized or treated as promptly as it should."NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even with early therapy, infection-related mortality from nosocomial bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (NBSAP) is high, according to a report in the September issue of Chest. [Nosocomial is a fancy word for "acquired in...

• The Dangers of Coumadin

  Halli Brownfield | January 05, 2009 9:37 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH

  Spangenberg partners, Rhonda Baker Debevec and Stuart Scott, recently handled two separate malpractice cases for clients who suffered severe bleeding complications related to a commonly prescribed...

• MRSA Attacks Skin

  Frank Bailey | April 23, 2009 3:42 PM | 3 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  I have been blogging about MRSA for the last few weeks: MRSA: Can It Come From Food Animals. Today thought my readers might want to see what MRSA can do when it attacks a person’s skin. This...

• Virginia Board of Medicine Reprimands Doctor after Lawsuit-A Case That DID Make a Difference

  Ben Glass | November 07, 2009 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Virginia Board of Medicine has issued a formal reprimand to a doctor who has now promised to refer to a specialist any patient who has complaints of rectal bleeding. In a case handled by our...

• 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...

• Delay in Diagnosis: Failure to Timely Diagnose Appendicitis

  Jean Martin | November 21, 2009 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  The third most common medical mistake is the failure to timely diagnose appendicitis. A delay in diagnosis of appendicitis can lead to serious consequences, including death, particularly in adults....