When going to the hospital, patients hope to be cured of an ailment or injury. The thought of being exposed to even more dangerous circumstances is something every patient dreads. A recent study by the New York Times has uncovered an unusually high amount of cases of high radiation in people receiving CT scans across ... Read more

By Oskar Garcia (AP)   LAS VEGAS — A jury in Las Vegas ordered two drug companies to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages in the first of hundreds of civil cases stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak two years ago.   The Clark County District Court jury on Friday ordered Teva Parenteral ... Read more

As originally reported by John Hochfelder, March 12, 2002 was a fateful day for Thomas Dockery. Dockery was a Verizon employee and generally healthy 34 year old.   Sadly, while sleeping one night, he suffered from a grand mal seizure and was hurried to the hospital.   According to Hochfelder:       “At the ... Read more

Saturday, December 12, 2009 By Katherine Sayre, www.al.com    A Mobile County jury awarded $20 million this week to the family of a woman who plaintiffs’ lawyers said died after receiving improper anesthesia care.   The jury returned the wrongful death verdict against medical group Coastal Anesthesia, Dr. Randall Boudreaux and Don Ortego, a certified ... Read more

Medical malpractice is any action or omission by a medical professional that injuriously deviates from accepted standards and practices or causes accelerated injury or death. As such, malpractice can be considered those actions or inactions that cause damage that would have otherwise been avoided.   From that definition, we are able to dive into the ... Read more