Medical Malpractice

• Doctors Performing Unnecessary Surgeries?

  Bret Hanna | May 19, 2009 7:08 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  People may joke that it happens and some may suspect that it really does, but for one New York woman, being the victim of unnecessary surgeries may be her reality. Forty two year old Kristy...

• Surgeon Operated On Wrong Side Of Brain

  Amy Schauers | November 27, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A Rhode Island hospital was fined $50,000 and reprimanded for operating BRAIN SURGERY on the wrong side of a patient's head. This patient had a bleed on the right side of his brain and the surgeon began drilling on the left side. Once the mistake was realized, the surgeon stitched up the patient and began drilling on the correct side.A different doctor at the same hospital performed brain...

• Organ Transplant Recipients Contract H.I.V

  Amy Schauers | November 14, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  It was reported today that four organ transplant recipients in Chicago contracted H.I.V and hepatitis C from an organ donor. Two patients were infected at the University of Chicago Medical Center, one at Rush University Medical Center and one at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. These are the first known cases in over a decade. Since 1994 nearly 300,000 transplants have occurred without any...

• Skin Cancer Medical Malpractice Suit Gets $6 Million Verdict

  James McConkie | May 24, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A California man who alleged his doctor failed to diagnose skin cancer received a $5.7 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the physician. Due to California's cap on damages, the verdict was reduced to $1.9 million.Regis M. Reilly, 53, claimed dermatologist Dr. James C. Powers failed to biopsy a cyst that later metastasized into cancer. Reilly has a family history of skin...

• Utah's Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict

  Brad Parker | April 24, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Back in 2000, Jim and I obtained Utah's largest medical malpractice verdict in a case relating to birth injuries suffered by an infant delivered at Cottonwood Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 9.7 million dollar verdict was rendered by a Salt Lake City jury after just a few hours of jury deliberation. The Williams claimed in their medical malpractice lawsuit that their OBGYN and IHC...

• Parker & McConkie Extend Service on CP Board

  Brad Parker | April 23, 2007 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie and Brad Parker have extended their term of service on the United Cerebral Palsy of Utah Board of Directors. United Cerebral Palsy of Utah assists Utah famillies and individuals with issues related to cerebral palsy.

• Woman Sues Hospital for Infection

  Christina Cole | April 02, 2007 11:59 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A woman is suing a hospital for medical malpractice after she contracted a flesh eating bacteria and had to have her limbs amputated.The lawsuit, filed in state circuit court, against South Seminole Hospital, seeks unspecified damages. It alleges the hospital failed to detect early signs of an infection, in April 2005, after giving birth to her son.According to medical reports, she developed a...