Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Only 20% of Medical Mistakes are Reported Per U.S. Dept of Health

  Lindsay Rakers | January 19, 2012 4:13 PM | 20 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Most doctors and nurses (and other medical professionals) are trustworthy, honest, and good at their jobs. I personally love and completely trust all of my doctors and the doctors and medical...

• Friday (the 13th) Legal & Safety News Roundup - January 13, 2012

  Brett Emison | January 13, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Happy Friday - here is some legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Sexy Teen Fights for First Amendment Freedoms Over Slutty Yearbook Photo [Staci Zaretsky at Above...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: December 9, 2011

  Brett Emison | December 09, 2011 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Happy Friday! Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: The Big Tort Law / Physician Location Disconnect [The Pop Tort] iPhone and iPod battery cases recalled due...

• Definition of "Spouse" for Personal Injury Lawsuits? Let the Jury Decide!

  Lindsay Rakers | November 11, 2011 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a Missouri personal injury attorney, I know all to well how a physical injury to a person can affect an entire family. In most states, when the death of one person occurs due to the negligence...

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

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

  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...

• Guess Who's Against GOP's Proposed Tort Reform... The GOP

  Brett Emison | February 10, 2011 4:13 PM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Read more: GOP clashes over medical malpractice [Julian Pecquet at The Hill] At a Judiciary Committee markup, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) accused Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) of proposing legislation...

• Legal & Safety News Roundup (September 14, 2010)

  Brett Emison | September 14, 2010 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Legal and safety news of interest: Texting and Car Accidents [Spencer Farris at St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyers Blog] [more on this topic at IB here and here] Real-Time Googling of Jurors...

• Inmate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Lymph Node Surgery

  Chrissie Cole | June 04, 2007 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Menard Correctional Center inmate, serving a 70-year murder sentence, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and the prison's medical service provider.He claims, had a growth on his larynx been properly diagnosed, he would not have had to undergo two unnecessary lymph node biopsy surgeries that have left him suffering with permanent nerve damage.Last year he voluntarily...

• Largest Illinois Malpractice Insurer to Issue $18.4-million Dividend to Policyholders

  Christina Cole | April 24, 2007 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a dividend that reflects an improved financial picture, Illinois's largest medical malpractice insurer is planning to reimburse $18.4 to policyholders for a more secure liability environment for doctors.ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. also says they will leave premium rates unchanged for the new policy year which starts on July 1. Premiums paid by doctors to ISMIE and other insurers spiked in 2002...

• California State Appeals Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Suit

  Shannon Weidemann | April 18, 2007 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  UCI Medical Center was sued for medical malpractice in 2004 over their liver transplant program. The plantiff settled with UCI but then later wanted the settlement thrown out. A judge would not allow that and she appealed the decision to the California State Appeals Court. Irvine, of Irvine, appealed that ruling and scored a victory Monday when a four-judge panel for the 4th District Court of...