Posts tagged medical malpractice

• 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...

• Hospital Liability Cap Overruled in Medical Malpractice Case

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Though a state law limits jury awards against public agencies to $200,000, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled on July 5 that the family of a brain-damaged child could sue for millions of dollars. The family of Jordaan Michael Clarke sued Oregon Health & Science University for more than $17 million alleging their boy suffered permanent brain damage in 1998 due to medical malpractice while a...

• North Portland Car Accident Kills Man

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A sixty-seven year-old Portland man was killed this weekend when his Ford Explorer rolled over during a crash in North Portland around North Chautauqua Blvd. and North Columbia Blvd.According to police, the man who was killed was slowly changing lanes when he struck another vehicle going in the same direction. The vehicle he struck ended up with minimal damage, but the man's Ford Explorer...

• Arizona Senator Wants Medical Malpractice Trials Sans Juries

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2006 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  My colleague in Phoenix, Randall Udelman, takes issue with Arizona senator Jon Kyl. Kyl wants to solve the "medical malpractice crisis" by trying with medical malpractice cases without juries. I agree with Randy that this is a ridiculous idea. Be sure to check out his comprehensive medical malpractice and tort reform section.

• Damages Caps in Medical Malpractice and Other Areas

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2005 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Caps "fix" high jury verdicts by cutting down the ones where the jury finds that the reasonable amount of the damages is a number larger than the cap. Caps do not fix high premiums. States with caps have premiums that are similar to those without caps.High malpractice premiums have to do with how insurance companies work. Long ago, I thought the formula was premiums less claims and...