Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Compulsive Gambling and Mirapex Verdict $8.2 Million

  Eddie Farah | August 02, 2008 1:33 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A drug given to treat Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is the focus of a number of trials underway in the District Court of Minneapolis. More than 200 plaintiffs are taking their case...

• Surgeon Uses Caulk Injections for Butt Enhancement Procedure

  Ed Normand | March 11, 2010 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We all get a little down now and then about our appearance and shape, especially in the buttocks. You know it sometimes gets a bit saggy and droopy and we want better. Some folks hire a personal...

• What Constitutes Medical Malpractice?

  Council Wooten | February 09, 2012 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical malpractice is defined as a health care worker or provider failing to render proper care with accepted medical techniques or principles. This is a vague definition and is open to...

• Relief From Unfair Hospital Billing Practices

  Ed Normand | July 24, 2009 1:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  There is a little known but highly unfair practice in charges for hospital care. That is that a private pay or uninsured patient is charged much more for the exact same services than is charged...

• Coumadin And The Risk Of A Brain Bleed

  Bob Carroll | January 10, 2007 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Blood thinning, anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) carries risk of a brain hemorrhage. This is a risk of its use that is not always being considered by the prescribing doctor. Brain Bleeds From Blood Thinner on the RiseThe rate of bleeding in the brain associated with use of the anticoagulant drug warfarin quintupled during the 1990s, University of Cincinnati researchers reported...

• Caps on Medical Malpractice Cap Citizens Right to Justice

  Evan Rosen | December 29, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent study of Medical Malpractice data conducted in California since its enactment of legislation capping awards on "non-economic" damages has shown that a lot of individuals can no longer afford access to the courts. Recently, a doctor found it impossible to find a lawyer to represent him after his mother had died from a medical error despite an exhaustive search of almost two dozen local...

• Beware: Scary Hospital Tactics in Patient Billing

  Ed Normand | August 10, 2011 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53 year old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident. No fault of her own. She is taken via ambulance to Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. While there she fills out her...

• Juror Bias Affects Trial Outcomes

  Robert Blanchard | January 11, 2006 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Many clients think that simply being on the right side of the case means they will win their case in front of a jury. What many don't realize is that every juror brings to trial their on bias and preferences which have nothing to do with the facts of the case. If a juror goes into trial believing that doctors are honest, benevolent, highly trained and competent, this juror will almost certainly...

• Brittle Bone Disease Caused Fractures But Father Wrongly Accused Of Abuse

  Bob Carroll | October 27, 2005 5:17 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The headlines report: Parents Get $1 Million in False Abuse Case and Judge Apologizes for Officials' Failure to Recognize Girl's Brittle Bone Disorder. But, reading the full article in the Washington Post will break your heart. Bullheadedness by doctors (and prosecutors) can cause good people and their families unbelievable grief.The headlines report the final chapter: Parents Get $1 Million...

• Maryland Family Sues Dentist for Wrongful Death

  Ed Normand | January 10, 2012 9:02 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Maryland family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an anesthesiologist and a surgeon after their teenage daughter died 10 days after a routine surgical wisdom tooth extraction, according to...