Medical Malpractice

• Reforming Tort Reform After the Mid-term Elections: Reality vs. Politicking

  Jordan Margolis | February 28, 2011 5:24 PM | 2 CommentsCook County, IL

  Medical malpractice tort reform is a familiar yet controversial topic that has been making its way back into the spotlight due to November's mid-term elections and the recent federal health care...

• Justice Unjust

  Alan Ripka | February 24, 2011 3:31 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Still, I’m willing to look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that Republicans suggested last year: medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits, President Obama...

• Patient Gets Wrong Kidney – USC Transplant Program Put On Hold

  David Mittleman | February 23, 2011 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A patient at the University of Southern California was given the wrong kidney earlier this month in a shocking hospital mix-up that resulted in the temporary suspension of USC's transplant program....

• ITLA Draws Attention to Misleading Charges of “Doctor Shortage”

  Jessica Agnelly | February 22, 2011 11:35 AM | 5 CommentsKansas City, MO

  It is not uncommon for proponents of “tort reform” to claim a direct linkage to the arena of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors and a resulting shortage of physicians...

• Real Life Example of Tort Reform

  Mike Bryant | February 22, 2011 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Take a couple of minutes and watch a real life example of why tort reform hurts real people a second time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTkkbWrQ9I Injuryboard member, Jeremy Thurman has been...

• Plastic Surgery Organizations Tell Doctors to Downplay Risks of Breast Implant Related Cancer

  Paul Napoli | February 20, 2011 10:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  February 20, 2011 Two leading plastic surgery organizations have decided to call a cancer related to breast implants a “condition” instead of cancer, tumor or malignancy and tell...

• Unheard and Ignored Hospital Patient Alarms Lead to Unnecessary Deaths

  Paul Napoli | February 20, 2011 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  February 18, 2011 A news investigation has found that hundreds of patients have died in hospitals when the alarm on their monitoring equipment went unheard or unheeded. Hospitals use a number of...

• The Defensive Medicine Myth: Are Doctor's Committing Fraud?

  Brett Emison | February 18, 2011 10:45 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  There's been a lot of talk about medical liability reform recently. President Obama mentioned it in his State of the Union address and the US House Judiciary Committee just approved HR 5. Ted at POL...

• Hospital Transplants Kidney into Wrong Patient

  Paul Napoli | February 17, 2011 10:08 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  February 17, 2011 Doctors at a California hospital transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient last month, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, USC University Hospital in Los...

• GOP Just Doesn't Get Medical Malpractice "Reform"

  Bret Hanna | February 16, 2011 11:01 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A bill recently introduced before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee would would make a $250,000 cap on all pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases the law of the land for all 50...