Posts tagged malpractice

• New York Doctor Reused Needles

  Scott Kappes | November 19, 2007 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Last week the New York state health officials informed over 600 patients of Dr. Harvey Finkelstein, anesthesiologist, after learning that the doctor may have put his patients at risk by reusing syringes. They began investigating Finkelstein back in 2005 after two of his patients contracted hepatitis C. In 2005 officials notified 98 epidural recipients of possible infection after the two cases...

• Lawsuit Over Stolen Bone Implanted in Man's Neck

  Jenny Albano | October 02, 2007 1:04 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A man from Texas found out the bone implanted in his neck to relieve neck pain was stolen from a corpse and now he is suing the medical technology company as well as some tissue processing businesses.James Livingston filed a suit against Medtronic Inc. for fraud and negligence and is also suing Tenn.-based Sofamor Danek Inc.; Knoxville, Tenn.-based Spinalgraft Technologies Inc.; Alachua,...

• Texas Jury Awards $19.4 Mil in Remicade Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | December 15, 2006 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Security Advisory by the American Association for Justice reports that December 13, a Corpus Christi, TX jury awarded $19.4 million to a woman who had filed a Remicade lawsuit. The woman contracted lupus as a result of taking the prescription arthritis drug. A Texas jury has found that Centocor Inc. negligently failed to warn doctors and consumers about potential side effects of Remicade and...

• Former Cy Young Pitcher Jim Palmer Wins Malpractice Suit After Botched Eye Surgery

  RLF Staff | February 06, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer was awarded $890,000 after a West Palm Beach jury found an ophthalmologist liable for damaging his vision. After a two-week trial, it took a jury about four hours to decide Palmer should receive the money for suffering, lost wages and mental and physical pain. The jury awarded Palmer $327,000 in lost earnings and $563,000 in pain and suffering.Palmer sued his...

• $2 Million Jury Verdict in Dental Malpractice Case

  Beth Janicek | August 24, 2009 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A South Carolina woman has won a $2 million verdict in a dental malpractice case after a dental clinic mistakenly pulled 13 teeth. Elizabeth Smith, 28 years old, went to the Sexton Dental Clinic...

• Medical Malpractice From Foreign Care?

  Brooks Schuelke | October 09, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Yesterday's Miami Herald had an article about a recent trend of American and Canadian citizens seeking medical care in foreign countries, particularly Cuba. The entire article was interesting, but this quote about potential medical malpractice stuck out:René Rodriguez, a Cuban-born physician now living in Miami, thinks Cuba would be a ''lousy place'' to have surgery. ``If anything happens to...

• 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...

• 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...

• Medical Malpractice Attorney in Dallas: What You Should Know

  Jeff Rasansky | December 02, 2008 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Not everyone can afford to spend dollars on pursuing their cases in courts. However, lack of money should not become a deterrent in getting justice. That’s why there are medical malpractice...

• Patients Die in Waiting Rooms

  Beth Janicek | February 17, 2011 6:36 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Antonio Express News recently reported that a man spent more than 16 hours in the waiting room of University Hospital before dying of unknown causes. According to another patient in the...