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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Brian Skoloff Associated Press Posted August 21, 2009 A pregnant woman was mistakenly given a drug that quickens labor. She and the father are now suing because their baby is brain-damaged as they struggle to pay medical bills that have topped $3.5 million. WEST PALM BEACH — A hospital mistakenly gave a [...]
Published October 21, 2009 by newsinferno.com A patient who received a radiation overdose from a CT brain scan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has filed a class action lawsuit against the hospital. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also names GE Healthcare as a defendant. Last week, we reported that [...]
Published Oct. 9, 2009 by UPI.com BALLSTON SPA, N.Y., Oct. 9 (UPI) — A jury in New York State awarded $43.5 million in damages Thursday to a young woman for injuries she suffered during her birth in 1984. Tiffany Busone, now 24, was born in Bellevue Maternity Hospital in Niskayuna, N.Y. Sources [...]
Published on August 23, 2009 by Dentonrc.com A Denton County jury has awarded the family of a Denton woman who died of misdiagnosed cancer $3.5 million, one of the largest awards in Denton since the tort law reform of 2003. Civil suit law, however, will cut that amount to $1.5 million to be shared [...]
ABQJournal.comBy: Jim McElroy Friday, 31 July 2009 12:24 Las Cruces man alleged surgeon was negligent in repairing a colon perforation A Las Cruces man who sued a surgeon that he alleged was negligent in repairing a colon perforation after a colonscopy has been awarded $1 million by a jury, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. [...]
May 2, 2009 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says 18 patients treated at its hospital in Murfreesboro have tested positive for a form of hepatitis since the agency began an investigation into the use of improperly sanitized equipment in colonoscopies there. Five have tested positive for hepatitis B, and 13 have tested positive for [...]
