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Feds Test The Medical Malpractice Reform Waters
On January 24, 2011, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives (H.R. 5) that would have made changes to medical malpractice laws on the federal level. If H.R. 5 became law,...
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Has The Fear Of Medical Malpractice Claims Resulted In Fewer Medical School...
If there is any truth to the anecdotal threats of doctors leaving their profession and closing their medical practices because of their fear of medical malpractice claims, is there any evidence that...
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Teens Who Lost Their Baby
Two 19-year-olds were looking forward to the birth of their baby. In preparation for the birth of a healthy baby, the expectant mother began prenatal visits with a gynecologist when she was six weeks...
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Poor People Sue For Medical Malpractice Less Than Others
It is a not-so-uncommon belief among doctors and other medical providers that the risk of being sued for medical malpractice by a poor patient is much greater than the risk of being sued for medical...
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Missouri Medical Malpractice Cap Being Challenged
A 2005 Missouri law that placed caps on non-economic damages in the amount of $350,000 is presently being challenged as unconstitutional in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case...
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Texas Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Surgeon’s Disability
A Texas woman has recently filed a medical malpractice claim against her former surgeon, claiming that the surgeon was dealing with his cancer at the time of her surgery that led to the surgeon’s...
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Study: Improving Economy Associated With Rise In Nursing Home Deaths
A recently published research study by a well-respected nonpartisan research group operating under a grant from the Social Security Administration found that during improving economic times when...
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Surgical Fires
The last place you would expect to suffer burns from a fire would be while lying on a table in an operating room. But that is just what happened to a New York woman who was undergoing a...
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Medical Malpractice Claims Lead To Legal Malpractice Claims
A Putnam County, West Virginia attorney and his two former law partners are being sued for legal malpractice for the third time in a year for their alleged wrongful handling of medical malpractice...
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