Medical Malpractice

• Indiana Medical Malpractice Law Slashes Verdict

  Karl Truman | October 26, 2009 2:07 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  A woman died of complications from a mechanical bowel obstruction that had perforated; the woman's estate blamed her death on the hospital fo rtemporarily misplacing a radiological film that would...

• $2.2 million verdict for medical mistake

  Karl Truman | September 06, 2009 3:48 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  A $2.2 million damages verdict was obtained on behalf of a widower of a 68 year old woman in Marion County, Indiana. The case involved a woman with a history of a fatty liver requiring a liver...

• An Example of Why Medical Malpractice Reform Does Not Work

  Karl Truman | September 03, 2009 5:10 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  The idea of restricting a patient's right to sue and recover damages when harmed by medical negligence has been resurfacing as part of the healthcare debate. I found a great example of why this does...

• Nevada Re-Evaluates Its Limits on Medical Malpractice Damages

  Karl Truman | April 24, 2009 5:32 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  In 2004 Nevada passed a law that capped punitive damages to $350,000 in medical malpractice cases. The bill was part of the “Keep our Doctors in Nevada Act” in which supporters claimed...

• VA Clinics to be Investigated for Exposing Veterans to HIV and Hepatitis

  Karl Truman | June 27, 2009 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The VA recommended more than 10,000 former VA patients in Miami, FL., Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga., get follow-up blood checks for HIV and Hepatitis B and C due to improperly sterilized...

• Tort Reform Arguments Fueld by Insurers, Tobacco Companies and Corporations

  Karl Truman | April 22, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A tort simply defined, is a civil wrong, where the injured party may be entitled to recover monetary damages. Tort Reform refers to proposed laws designed to curtail litigation and limit the...

• Medical Malpractice Reform

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  President Obama declared in early March that Medical Malpractice Reform is being considered as part of the overall proposition to reform the healthcare industry. As part of the reform, President...

• Doctors Warn of New Drug-Resistant Infections

  Karl Truman | February 18, 2009 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Doctors are concerned that a lesser known class of drug-resistant infections could soon pose a major health threat to hospital patients. Known as gram-negative bacteria, infections such as...

• Student sues Ohio University for medical negligence

  Karl Truman | January 21, 2009 8:02 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The Columbus Dispatch reported that Molly Millsop, a student, is suing Ohio University for medical negligence, alleging health-care workers failed to diagnose a case of flesh-eating bacteria that...

• Actor John Ritter's Doctors Cleared in Malpractice Suit

  Jennifer Moore | March 17, 2008 1:39 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The family of John Ritter brought suit against his cardiologist and radiologist for medical malpractice. Actor Ritter died in 2003 of a torn aorta. A jury cleared both the cardiologist and radiologist of any negligence. The family had previously settled with eight other medical providers. The family argued that the cardiologist should have ordered a chest x-ray which may have revealed a torn...