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Report Indicates U.S. Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums Remain Stable
A recent report by Medical Liability Monitor (MLM) showed that medical liability insurance coverage premiums remain stable across most parts of the country, as costs dropped by an average of 1.1% for three specialties…
Settlement Reached In Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Case During Jury Selection
Roughly 100 possible jurors were in attendance in the preliminary phase of a medical malpractice trial in Berks County Court. Craig MacGregor, the plaintiff, had brought the suit against Reading Hospital, a 695-bed…
Buildings At Johns Hopkins Hospital In Baltimore Evacuated Following Tuberculosis Scare
The Baltimore Fire Department was suddenly notified earlier this week of a tuberculosis (TB) spill at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. A research department within the facility was using a sample of tuberculosis in…
Pennsylvania Court Orders Reevaluation Of Prison Inmate’s Claim Of Inadequate Medical Care
Dennis McKeithan is serving a 50+ year sentence in Pennsylvania's SCI Houtzdale prison facility that houses roughly 2,500 inmates. He filed a claim against the contracted medical provider for failing to treat a…
Teen Boy Forced To Take Estrogen Without Consent
The family of a teenage boy in Los Angeles has filed a complaint against the county for administering female hormones . According to the complaint, the family alleges their son was prescribed estrogen without getting…
Paralysis From Misdiagnosis Of Spinal Injury Encounters A Federal Cap On Recoverable Damages
In a U.S. District Court in Louisiana , Judge S. Maurice Hicks has allowed a motion for provisional appeal in a case where the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) and Louisiana medical malpractice laws…
Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case Settled Involving Man Who Had Both Legs Amputated
A settlement agreement was reached in a Pennsylvania federal court in the case of Pierson v. U.S.A. Douglas Peterson, a 72-year-old army veteran, had brought a medical malpractice case against the Philadelphia VA…
West Virginia Nursing Home Patient Brings Malpractice Case That Spirals Into A Second Suit
Basil Crookshanks had abdominal surgery in 2015 to treat a punctured bowel and went to a nursing facility for a recovery period. The claim contends that the staff that cared for the wound used tools that were not…
Difficulty May Await In COVID-19 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
The United States--and the world at large--is in the midst of a period of uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are experiencing firsthand an unprecedented time filled with new challenges which are being…
Attorney Who Suffered Serious Brain Damage Awarded $20 Million Malpractice Settlement
An attorney who suffered brain damage after he was misdiagnosed at a hospital outside of Chicago was awarded a $20 million medical malpractice settlement.
John Oliver Highlights Bias In Medicine
Comedian John Oliver seeks to entertain and inform on his HBO show Last Week Tonight . Oliver recently tackled a topic that we have also been discussing: bias in medicine. Earlier this week, we discussed LGBT bias in…
Permanently Disabled Patient In Washington, D.C. Files Claim Of Medical Malpractice
Hospital emergency physicians at George Washington Hospital are facing allegations of failing to diagnose and treat a patient who has been left disabled. The medical malpractice lawsuit filed in the D.C. Superior Court…
Leading Breast Cancer Drug May Cause Permanent Alopecia
Taxotere , also known as docetaxel, is a cancer medication that helps to prevent the growth and spread of cancer cells in the human body. The medication is given intravenously by way of an IV and the dosage varies…
Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Collision
Biloxi, Mississippi was recently the site of a harrowing accident . A bus, carrying passengers from Texas, many of them senior citizens, was struck by a train. The bus was stopped, and stuck, on the train tracks. The…
New Mexico Releases Medical Malpractice Case Settlements
The New Mexico Governor's Office has been releasing information about state lawsuit settlement since last year. Details published on the state's Sunshine Portal provide information about medical malpractice lawsuits…
OxyContin And Off-Label Drugs For Children
Last August, the Food and Drug Administration caused an uproar when it approved the use of the narcotic painkiller OxyContin for some children.
Lawsuit Filed Against Philadelphia Over Lead In Drinking Water Supply
In 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan began to source drinking water from the Flint River. Previously, the water had been sourced from treated Detroit Water and Sewage Department Water (drawn from Lake Huron and the…
Following Up: First U.S. Uterine Transplant
Last week we wrote about the United State's first successful uterus transplant . Lindsey, the 26-year-old patient, was born without a uterus and hoped the transplant would allow her to conceive children. However…
Proton Pump Inhibitors May Increase Risk For Kidney Failure
Proton Pump Inhibitor, or PPI, as it is more commonly known, is a drug used to treat chronic heartburn and other gastrointestinal disorders related to the production of acid. Brands of this drug include Prevacid…
Doctor Faces Malpractice Lawsuit For Overprescribing Pain Meds
Doctors are generally given a lot of latitude when it comes to their decisions to prescribe pain medications to their patients. However, overprescribing drugs can lead to addiction for the unsuspecting patients. When…
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