Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Numb Tongue From Wisdom Tooth Removal

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Most people have their wisdom teeth removed -- the 3rd molars. If the teeth are removed wrong a patient can leave the oral surgery or dental office with a permanently numb tongue. The lingual nerve provides sensation, including taste, to the tongue.If your tongue is still numb the day after your wisdom teeth have been removed, you should report the problem to the dentist or oral surgeon who...

• New Book Reveals Where Doctors Go Wrong

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An article in Time magazine discusses a doctor's new book on why doctors make medical mistakes. The research found that 80% of medical mistakes are due to thinking errors on the part of the doctors and 20% are due to technical errors.The book is "How Doctors Think" and is a good read for anyone trying to get the best possible care and help protect him/herself from medical errors.

• Medical Malpractice Suit Declared Mistrial

  Christina Cole | February 24, 2007 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A medical malpractice lawsuit brought by Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis has been declared a mistrial after two defendant doctors helped a juror who had collapsed during testimony.The unidentified gentleman began to moan before he collapsed during testimony by an expert defense witness.Weis' attorney moved for mistrial after the juror was removed from the courtroom to be taken to the hospital....

• Oregon Malpractice Payouts Decline

  Christina Cole | February 06, 2007 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  For many years, physicians groups in Oregon and nationally have railed about a malpractice crisis said to be the cause of driving up costs and forcing doctors to close shop.But a study published on Wednesday suggests malpractice damage awards have declined considerably in recent years.Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen mined the federal government's National Practitioner Data Bank to track...

• Judge Rules Medical Malpractice Settlement Cannot Be Sealed

  Staff Writer | September 14, 2006 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Many are praising a judge's recent refusal to seal a medical malpractice settlement and are encouraging others to take the same stance. The judge's decision in the case went against the common practice within the legal community of allowing medical malpractice settlements of lawsuits to be filed confidentially.Defendants often request medical malpractice settlements be confidential and try to...

• Oregon Jury Returns $1.4 Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Verdict

  Staff Writer | September 07, 2006 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Portland, Oregon jury returned a $1.4 million dollar verdict in a medical malpractice case today against Oregon Health Sciences University. The medical malpractice case is significant because it is the first verdict in Oregon since the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that individual doctors at OHSU can be sued beyond the tort claims cap of $100,000 non-economic damages and $100,000 economic...

• New Trial Denied in Lingual Nerve Injury Verdict

  Staff Writer | August 24, 2006 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In June, Jane Paulson won a $600,000 verdict for injury to our client's lingual nerve from a wisdom tooth extraction. The defense filed a motion for new trial which was heard and rejected yesterday by the court. The defense now plans to appeal the lingual nerve injury verdict.The lingual nerve is on the tongue side of your teeth and can be permanently damaged if a dentist errs, most often by...

• Medical Malpractice Case Against OHSU Begins

  Staff Writer | August 23, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Trial began this week in the first medical malpractice trial against OHSU in Oregon since last month when the Oregon Court of Appeals overruled the cap (in another malpractice case). Ken Ackerman, a former Portland TV anchorman, is the plaintiff and is suing Oregon Health & Science University for medical malpractice from a back surgery. There is a tort claim cap in Oregon, against valid public...

• Medication Error Lawsuit Settles

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On July 26, 2006, our firm successfully concluded a case which involved both a medication error and medical malpractice. Our client was placed on Coumadin, a blood thinner, due to a rare clotting factor in her blood. Her doctor erred by taking her off the medication and she had a life-altering stroke, permanently disabling her.On April 29, 2005 Jane Doe sustained a massive stroke to the brain...

• Family Wins Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | July 28, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Five year old Alexis Hayes' cerebral palsy, lack of speech and need for a wheelchair came as a result of medical malpractice, an Ohio jury ruled last week. The jury awarded Hayes' family nearly $18 million for what they deemed was an anesthesiologist's error. The injuries occurred as Alexis was about to undergo surgery to remove a benign cyst on her neck.The hospital, which settled out of court...