Medical Malpractice

• Midwives in Virginia: Part Two

  Dan Frith | February 04, 2009 11:45 AM | 17 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Yesterday I wrote a blog on midwives in Virginia...and boy did I raise some eyebrows! I do appreciate my readers' comments and, although I cannot respond to everyone, I do want to follow up on my...

• Investigation Of Contaminated Heparin Syringes Highlights Medication Safety Issues

  Wayne Parsons | November 09, 2009 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Heparin is a biological compound often used as an anticoagulant, administered to patients through a pre-prepared syringe. It minimizes the danger of such diseases as deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary...

• Rhode Island Hospital Again Does a Wrong-site Surgery

  Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2009 8:41 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  This is the 5th time since 2007. This time the surgical site was the patient’s hand. Apparently, and the reports differ, it was the correct hand, the right finger but the wrong joint. I have...

• Medication Errors

  Frank Bailey | July 09, 2009 9:37 AM | 4 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Medication errors injure over a million patients a year. Medication errors are by far the most common medical error. A report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, found than in...

• Legal Case Study: Hospital Liability, Nursing Negligence - Improper Handling of Fetal Distress.

  Wayne Parsons | November 09, 2008 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In this case a woman in her 32nd week of pregnancy had a fetal monitor show that her baby was experiencing tachycardia. The patient was admitted to a hospital for several days and was administered...

• Connecticut Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

  James Sabatini | December 06, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Connecticut law requires that a medical malpractice lawsuit be initiated within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained or discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered. The law also requires that it be initiated within three years from the date of the act or omission complained of (CGS § 52-584). (The courts typically refer to the two year...

• Jury Awards $144 Million in HMO Discrimination Lawsuit

  Robert Wolf | November 07, 2006 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  We all hear the jokes and the stories about HMO plans - they're expensive, unpopular, and many people find them a pain to deal with. Well, a recent jury verdict in Illinois will do nothing but reinforce many beliefs about HMOs. A health maintenance organization hired by the government to provide coverage for the poor in Illinois will have to pay damages of $144 million for discriminating...

• Sepsis: A Potentially Lethal Complication of Bacterial Infection

  Steve Silverman | October 17, 2006 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  One of the most dangerous risks of contracting a serious bacterial infection is that the patient may develop sepsis--an overreaction by the immune system causing destructive inflammation throughout the body, often leading to heart and other organ failure and death. Even the best hospital intensive care units may be helpless to save patients stricken by severe sepsis. According to a 2003 study by...

• Law profs: "Medical malpractice reform can be unhealthy"

  Ray De Lorenzi | November 16, 2009 1:55 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  “Congress has recognized that health care reform is long overdue. But dismantling the malpractice system should not be part of it.” This is the conclusion by Case Western law professors,...

• The Negligent Doctor Protection Act

  Frank Bailey | October 10, 2009 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  New efforts by the insurance industry to transfer the cost of caring for catastrophically injured Americans to taxpayers have surfaced. If the insurance industry is successful in its efforts to...