Medical Malpractice

• Hospital Ordered to Pay $12.5 Million in Case with Clear Negligence

  David Mittleman | November 15, 2011 9:52 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Once again, the premier hospital in my hometown of Pittsburgh is finding itself in trouble. Late last week, a jury returned a $10 million verdict against University of Pittsburgh Medical Center...

• Technology Health Hazards 2011

  Greg Webb | November 13, 2011 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Can you guess what the top technology health hazard is this year? The ECRI Institute of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, has evaluated the most hazardous technology to patients and produced a list of...

• Is Your Doctor's Bottom Line Dictating Your Medical Care?

  David Mittleman | November 13, 2011 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A study published in the prestigious Journal of American Medical Association warns us that doctors may be placing patients in situations of unnecessary risks, partially due to their own economic...

• Definition of "Spouse" for Personal Injury Lawsuits? Let the Jury Decide!

  Lindsay Rakers | November 11, 2011 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  As a Missouri personal injury attorney, I know all to well how a physical injury to a person can affect an entire family. In most states, when the death of one person occurs due to the negligence...

• Is Texas Protecting Dangerous Doctors?

  Mark Bello | November 11, 2011 10:04 AM | 59 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Governor Rick Perry routinely overstates the success of tort reform in Texas. Contrary to what he touts, there has been a very small increase in practicing doctors in the state and the bulk of the...

• Republicans Debate in Michigan: Do They Really Care About U.S. Citizens?

  Mark Bello | November 10, 2011 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Did you watch the Republican debates last night? Aside from Perry making a jackass of himself by forgetting the third federal department he would eliminate and Cain attacking his victims and the...

• URGENT: Senate Republican Leaders Demand Vote For Unconstitutional Tort Reform

  Andrew Cochran | November 09, 2011 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsVoices

  I've written often here about the unconstitutional bill to crush states' and individual rights that Senate Republican leadership slipped as a special section into S. 1720, the Jobs Through Growth...

• Texas Medical Expert Report Ruled Constitutional

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 08, 2011 10:15 PM | 2 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  As a Texas medical doctor and Medical Malpractice attorney, I am providing this case law update and commentary. As part of Texas's tort reform laws, enacted by the Texas legislature in 2003, one...

• Family of Six-Year Old Sues Hospital For Failure to Diagnose Near-Fatal Strep Throat

  David Mittleman | November 08, 2011 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Just last week I wrote about the tragic case of Malyia Jeffers, a little girl whose limbs were amputated after she suffered from septic shock while waiting for medical care at a hospital....

• Beyond Medical Malpractice: Jurors Convict Michael Jackson's Doctor for Gross Negligence

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | November 08, 2011 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Conrad Murray is going to prison because his patient, King of Pop Michael Jackson, died after overdosing on the powerful anesthetic drug propofol (Diprivan from AstraZeneca). The jurors who decided...