Posts tagged medical malpractice

• NFL doctor sacked with negligence fine, again

  Gray Ervin | January 07, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

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• Three Million Dollar Verdict in Myrtle Beach Wrongful Death

  Will Parker | June 02, 2010 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Late last week, an Horry County jury awarded our client, Sean Fay, a $3 Million verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case. In 2002, the Plaintiff took his 25 year old wife, Kelly Fay,...

• Medical Malpractice Caps May Be Removed by Two State Supreme Courts

  Will Parker | September 29, 2009 4:08 PM | 3 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent article from American Medical News by Amy Lynn Sorrel states Supreme Court judges in two states are set to decide whether or not to do away with limits on non-economic damages in medical...

• Falsified and Missing Records Cover Up Medical Malpractice

  Will Parker | July 28, 2009 2:04 PM | 2 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Most of trust that doctors and hospitals will do the right thing and put us, the patients, first. I mean, doctors take an oath to the effect, right? Well, if you do put all your trust in their...

• 10,000 Veterans Possibly At Risk After Medical Procedure With Unsterilized Equipment

  Amanda Wick | April 02, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It seems like just yesterday I remember when The Washington Post wrote about the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a medical facility for Veterans located in Washington, D.C. I was living...

• Children at Higher Risk for Medical Errors

  Amanda Schlager | September 22, 2008 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Although medical errors are common in both children and adults, the consequences of these mistakes can be more serious in children, according to doctors. Pediatrics, a medical journal, published a...

• Deaths Reported in Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation of Tumors

  Courtney Mills | 2007-12-13T09:50:40 | 0 Comments Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The FDA made a public announcement recently about the association between radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of lung tumors and patient deaths. The FDA has received several reports of patient deaths linked to lung tumor ablation with RFA devices. According to the government agency, patient selection, follow-up care, and technical use of these devices may have contributed to patient...

• Four Transplant Recipients Contract H.I.V. in Chicago

  Courtney Mills | 2007-11-14T17:26:13 | 0 Comments Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Four patients in Chicago tested positive for H.I.V. after receiving organs from an H.I.V. - infected organ donor. Two patients were infected at the University of Chicago Medical Center, one at Northwestern University Medical Center, and one transplant patient was infected at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.The story was first reported by the Chicago Tribune. The transplant recipients...

• Health Courts?

  Ric Davis | 2007-09-14T12:01:57 | 0 Comments Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The following is an interesting article from Lawyers Weekly on Health Courts. Should medical malpractice claims be decided by an administrator in the medical profession? Should the injured patients' remedies be capped and limited in the interest of economic expediency? You decide............Doctors and tort reformers are pushing legislation in both houses of Congress to fund pilot projects...

• Teen Dead After Wisdom Teeth Removed

  Jenny Albano | 2007-07-15T12:35:07 | 0 Comments Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A teen attended a dental surgeon in Waterloo, Ontario last week to get his wisdom teeth removed, but instead he died.After Leejay Levene was put under general anesthesia, the anesthesiologist noticed that he was struggling for air. After the anesthesiologist attempted to resuscitate Leejay, 911 was called.Paramedics and doctors tried everything to try and keep the boy alive, but the next day...