Posts tagged reform

• Woman a Quadriplegic After Procedure to Determine Cause of Headaches

  Mark Bello | May 21, 2012 12:33 PM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A California woman recently won a $22 million medical malpractice lawsuit against the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Group after a medical procedure left her a quadriplegic. In October 2006, the...

• Exposing the Perils of Texas Tort Reform

  Mark Bello | August 11, 2011 4:06 PM | 37 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to Bob Moss, spokesman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, two serious violations, one resulting in death, triggered an inspection of Parkland Memorial Hospital in...

• HB 4936 - Putting Michigan's drivers in harm's way.

  Timothy Smith | January 05, 2012 10:28 AM | 7 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In mid-September, Representative Peter Lund, who is Chair of the House Insurance Committee, introduced House Bill 4936 which is a reform proposal being pushed by Michigan’s Auto Insurance...

• Women are second class citizens in Bart Stupak's America

  Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | 26 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  History was made last night as the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill, and now it's up to the Senate to pass one as well. The bill passed does have a public option and will...

• “Patients First Reform.” Do Michigan Voters Know What It Really Means?

  Mark Bello | May 29, 2012 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Michigan lawmakers are considering more medical malpractice reform that would make it even harder (trust me; it is difficult enough!) to successfully sue doctors. Senate Bills 1115 - 1118, known...

• When it Happens to the Judge (or the Legislator), Suddenly Tort Reform is NOT a Good Idea!

  Mark Bello | September 17, 2010 9:54 AM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Here is a case where a sloppy surgeon was stupid enough to leave a surgical sponge inside a JUDGE! And, of course, the judge (a 67-year old Palm Beach judge named Nelson Bailey) has had a come to...

• Jerry Sandusky & Daniel McCormack: Does Full Compensation Deter Harmful Conduct?

  Mark Bello | November 16, 2011 1:39 PM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As I write the name Jerry Sandusky, my readers know exactly who I am writing about, don't you? Are you equally familiar with the name Daniel McCormack? Never heard of him, have you? In the wake of...

• Evos Slalom Glider Recalled After Several Serious Injuries

  Mark Bello | April 05, 2012 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Chicago couple has filed a lawsuit against Landscape Structures, a playground equipment manufacturer, alleging that their daughter broke her arm because of a defective playground slide. The...

• What Do You Call a Minnesota Surgeon Sued Nine Times for Malpractice? A TEXAS Surgeon!

  Mark Bello | August 12, 2011 6:25 PM | 10 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday, I posted “Exposing the Perils of Texas Tort Reform” which prompted me to research neurosurgeon, Dr. Stefan Konasiewicz (Dr. K). What I found was so unbelievable that I thought...

• Is Texas Protecting Dangerous Doctors?

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

  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...