Posts tagged malpractice

• Texas Medical Expert Report Ruled Constitutional

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 08, 2011 10:15 PM | 2 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a Texas medical doctor and Medical Malpractice attorney, I am providing this case law update and commentary. As part of Texas's tort reform laws, enacted by the Texas legislature in 2003, one...

• Health Insurance Premiums Rise Again

  Beth Janicek | September 29, 2011 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Health insurance companies areraising their rates again. A study released yesterday by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that annual premiums for a family rose 9% in the last year. The average...

• San Antonio Seeks to Regulate Senior-Care Homes

  Beth Janicek | September 02, 2011 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The San Antonio City Council will soon have the opportunity toregulate assisted living facilities with three or more residents. The Housing and Neighborhood Services Department is preparing a...

• Hospital Poses “Serious Threat to Patient Health and Safety”

  Beth Janicek | August 12, 2011 1:27 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in a letter written this week that Parkland Hospital of Dallas, Texas poses a “serious threat to patient health and safety”...

• Texas Tort Reform Harms the Public

  Beth Janicek | August 05, 2011 1:21 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Dr. Stefan Konasiewicz has beenin the news a lot this week. He is on trial this week in Minnesota on charges that he committed medical malpractice. The Plaintiff has accused Dr. Konasiewicz of...

• Is Laser Hair Removal Medical Malpractice?

  Andrew Skemp | July 29, 2011 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Texas Courts of Appeals have issued two conflicting opinions in recent weeks dealing with whether laser hair removal is an ordinary claim for negligence or medical malpractice. The distinction is...

• Hospital Fined $50,000 for Negligent Treatment

  Beth Janicek | July 19, 2011 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has been fined $50,000 by federal regulators for negligent treatment of a patient. Mike Herrera died after languishing in the waiting room of the hospital for 17...

• Doctor, Sheriff, and Attorney: All Must Pay for Terrible Trio

  Beth Janicek | July 12, 2011 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I have Blogged three times prior to this on the topic of the Winkler County nurses that were unrightfully accused of misusing private information. Here are my first three: · July 24,...

• Hot Coffee Spills The Secrets of Tort Deform

  Bryan Pope | June 27, 2011 6:00 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Tonight on HBO, the documentary movie Hot Coffee by Susan Saladoff, the former president of Public Justice will premier at 9 pm EST. This movie will finally provide a strong and persuasive response...

• Wrong Site Surgery Still a Risk

  Beth Janicek | June 24, 2011 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In 2004, the Joint Commission, a Chicago-based group that accredits the nation’s hospitals, unveiled mandatory rules intended to prevent operations on the wrong patient or body part. The...