Medical Malpractice

• Lawsuit Claims Doctor Botched Brain Surgery, Covered Up Evidence to Avoid Wrongful Death Suit

  David Mittleman | August 12, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Cincinnati, Ohio—the family of 16-year-old Jessica Siegel has filed a lawsuit against a neurosurgeon and a clinic, who they claim altered evidence to avoid a wrongful death claim after Jessica...

• Mistakes Were Made: 5 Tips for Avoiding Medical Malpractice

  Nick Avgerinos | July 29, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL

  Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What...

• Kaiser Arbitration Agreement Held Invalid

  Clayton Kent | May 23, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  Earlier this year, the Third Appellate District of California held that the Kaiser mandatory arbitration agreement contained within its Enrollment Application/Change Form did not substantially...

• Lap Band Procedure on Louisiana Child Causes Pancreatitis

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 15, 2007 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A young Louisiana child had lap band surgery to help her reduce her body weight. The obese child went into surgery on June 24, 2005 and had reoccurring complaints shortly after the surgery. She returned to Dr. Felix Spiegel's office on several occasions complaining of problems keeping certain foods down, abdominal pain and a choking sensation. The daughter of Warren and Melissa Strother was...

• Tort Reform Has No Place In Health Care Reform

  Wayne Parsons | September 17, 2009 2:53 PM | 103 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  President Obama needs the support of all of us in regard to the efforts by the insurance industry to sneak tort reform into the health care bill before Congress. No back room deals with the...

• Tort Reform - Radiologist tired of waiting, hangs up phone - treating physician doesn't get message - patient dies

  Steve Lombardi | June 15, 2008 7:04 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Could this happen to you? You complain about leg pain. A medical test is run on the 2nd of June. The result is a positive finding. Put on hold the radiologist hangs up, doesn't speak directly to the ordering physician who never gets the message of blood clots being the positive finding. On the 8th of June the patient dies from a pulmonary embolism. Can this happen in your health care system? Is this your health care system? Or is it a story about health care from an undeveloped country?

• Man Dies after Rhode Island Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A man has died a few weeks after his neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain.As an emergency operation at Rhode Island Hospital was underway to stanch bleeding in a patient's brain, Dr. Frederick Harrington's nurse practitioner allegedly neglected to record which side of his patient's head needed surgery. According to reports, when another nurse pointed out what required...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Alleging Flesh Eating Bacteria

  Steve Gorny | September 13, 2006 3:20 PM | 1 CommentJefferson City, MO

  A Utah woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Utah hospital alleging negligence when an infection morphed into a flesh eating disease and led to the amputation of both legs and one arm.Lisa Speckman was admitted to LDS hospital for the birth of her baby in February 2005. After he child's birth, necrotizing fascitis ate away at her body.The tip of her middle finger on her left...

• 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...

• PA Supreme Court Candidate Promotes Free Market, When It's Convenient

  Jonathan Nace | May 06, 2009 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  Joan Orie Melvin has what she calls a record with regard to my judicial philosophy. She proudly defines herself by saying: I am a strict constructionist. I believe in judicial restraint. The job...