Medical Malpractice

• Nurse may Have Infected Over 300 in Virginia With Hepatitis

  Jenny Albano | March 28, 2008 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  Over 300 patients from a Virginia hospital have been asked to get blood tests because an ex-nurse of the hospital is suspected of infecting patients with hepatitis when he worked in Texas.Retired Army Capt. Jon Dale Jones, 45, was arrested this month in Miami on federal charges of assaulting three patients and possession of a controlled substance by fraud. Federal prosecutors said they believe...

• Does Nevada Have Jurisdiction? Part II

  Steve Klearman | January 18, 2008 7:58 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This is the second part of what will be a three-part blog. See yesterday's blog for the issue that the following argument addresses:A. The Fiduciary Shield Doctrine Is Not Law In Nevada And Even If It Were It Would Not Preclude An Exercise Of JurisdictionThe fiduciary shield doctrine, a flawed legal theory that has generated confusion and countless inconsistent exceptions, provides that acts...

• Loser Pays Tort Reform Would Bar All Medical Negligence Cases

  Christopher Nace | November 04, 2009 10:24 AM | 5 CommentsWashington, DC

  A story in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution discusses a plan by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to enforce a loser pays system in medical negligence...

• Leading Cause of Accidental Death in America is Mistakes in Medical Care

  Beth Janicek | August 10, 2009 5:40 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  There was an excellent article about medical mistakes on the front page of the San Antonio Express News this Sunday. The article states that the leading cause of accidental death in America is...

• Medical Malpractice Suit Filed Against Hospital

  Christina Cole | January 25, 2007 3:15 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Two years after her Father killed her husband, Ann Meador is blaming West Florida Hospital for the tragedy.In a medical malpractice suit filed in Escambia Circuit court, Meador is claiming her father, Leslie Johnson, walked out of the hospital wearing nothing more than a blanket prior to murdering her husband, Bill Meador, in the victim's downtown law office.The lawsuit alleges West Florida...

• Surgical Sponges/Towels Left Inside The Patient's Body: RFID Technology To Prevent Medical Malpractice, Improve Patient Safety

  Rick Shapiro | June 13, 2009 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Surgical Sponges/Towels Left Inside The Patient Body: RFID Technology To Prevent Medical Malpractice, Improve Patient Safety [Editor’s Note: For earlier related injury...

• Congressional Panel Will Investigate How VA Hospitals Gave Patients HIV

  Mike Ferrara | May 31, 2009 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A congressional panel is set to question officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs about medical mistakes at VA hospitals that caused at least five patients to become infected with HIV,...

• Can Virginia's Birth Injury Fund Survive?

  Ben Glass | November 02, 2008 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Investment holdings used of the purpose of ensuring that babies born in Virginia that are catastrophically injured due to medical malpractice during childbirth have lifetime medical payments have...

• Verdict Against Remicade Manufacturer

  Ben Glass | December 15, 2006 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In the world of drug litigation, a jury in Texas ruled that Centocor Inc. negligently and fraudulently failed to warn doctors and consumers about potential side effects of Remicade and must pay almost 20 million dollars to a woman who claims she developed lupus as a result of using Remicade. Hamilton, et al. v. Centocor Inc., et al., No. 03-60526-4 (Texas Ct. at Law No. 4, Nueces Cty.).In a 5-1...

• Heath Insurance Coverage Shouldn't Be A Deterrent To Rape Reports

  Mike Bryant | December 06, 2009 7:51 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Interesting series in the Huffington Post last week, which looked into the issue of what happens to women who make certain kinds of medical claims. Spotlighted were the cases of women who, after...