Blog Posts in August, 2010
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Posted on Aug 31, 2010
Some foot surgeries that are not necessary because there is no pain are raising concern in the medical community because discomfort can occur after the surgery and lead to malpractice cases. Many ...
Posted on Aug 30, 2010
The medical malpractice case of Dr. Mark Weinberger who allegedly performed unnecessary nose surgery on a patient has resulted in the verdict of $300,000 going to the plaintiff. William Boyer will be ...
Posted on Aug 30, 2010
Due to the high cost of a young girl's ongoing medical needs, a medical malpractice settlement of $5.5 million is in order for a Redondo Beach, CA, family as reported by the Contra Costa Times. It is ...
Posted on Aug 29, 2010
In Los Angeles County, payouts that are used to settle medical malpractice lawsuits have increased in the last few years although the number of incidents leading to claims have decreased. However, in ...
Posted on Aug 28, 2010
In the medical malpractice case against Dr. Mark Weinberger, the patient is speaking up about the sinus surgery. William Boyer is claiming that the doctor deliberately misread his sinus scans and used ...
Posted on Aug 27, 2010
An Illinois medical malpractice case was settled for $5.3 million in the matter of a woman who died of a stroke. Her husband brought the lawsuit after doctors failed to properly evaluate and treat the ...
Posted on Aug 26, 2010
The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to a Georgia statute the exempts medical malpractice cases from the rule that statutes of limitation are tolled for those who are ...
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
A medical malpractice trial has started over an Indiana surgeon who has been on the run. It is being alleged that he billed insurers and patients for procedures that he didn't perform. Mark Weinberger ...
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
As reported by the Free Press in Mankato, MN, Rebecca Joecks has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Mankato Clinic for failing to diagnose a brain hemorrhage that killed her daughter, ...
Posted on Aug 24, 2010
In Minnesota, a medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed after a patient who was undergoing surgery reportedly fell off of the operating table. Max DeVries reportedly rolled off of the table while ...
Posted on Aug 24, 2010
As reported by Channel 9 News Denver, Richard Gellar, 61, of Aurora, Colorado, is suing the Denver VA Medical Center after surgeons left a clamp behind during his triple coronary artery bypass on ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2010
It has been found that in Michigan, a new system that requires full disclosure of medical errors accompanied by a monetary offer to the patient has resulted in fewer lawsuits and lower costs. The ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2010
William Hensley, 40, of New Jersey, Morris County, died on August 30, 2005 from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. A jury must now decide whether an alleged first bee sting, occurring a month ...
Posted on Aug 22, 2010
It has been reported that family practitioners and general internists have the highest number of malpractice claims and the highest number of indemnity payments of any group. This is due to the fact ...
Posted on Aug 21, 2010
Jurors have decided on the side of a gynecologist in regard to a medical malpractice case. The case was brought by a woman who claimed that during a 2006 operation to remove ovarian cysts, he ...
Posted on Aug 20, 2010
In the Sacramento area, a woman is pursuing a medical malpractice case after she was given an alleged overdose of Herapin, a medication that thins blood. The elderly woman has since reportedly been ...
Posted on Aug 19, 2010
A doctor has been absolved in a case where a man claims that he suffered complications due to medical malpractice after his leg became infected during knee replacement surgery. While the man claims ...
Posted on Aug 18, 2010
In New Jersey, a medical malpractice matter reached a settlement. A woman has received $$3.9 million after sustaining severe damage to her eye as the result of a mistake made by her physician during a ...
Posted on Aug 17, 2010
A woman whose medical situation was misdiagnosed ended up having a partial amputation of one of her feet, another leg and a few fingertips. As a result of the unnecessary amputation, the woman has ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2010
The Swanson family began a medical malpractice suit against Westchester Hospital four years ago as they allege the staff is responsible in an ill-fated delivery of their son on October 23, 2003. A ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2010
In California, a cheerleader has been awarded $5.5 million in a medical malpractice settlement where she suffered permanent brain damage after an accident three years ago. After she toppled to the ...
Posted on Aug 15, 2010
A woman is suing her gynecologist as a Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh was used on her and allegedly caused her to suffer permanent injury and disfiguration. The complaint also includes product liability ...
Posted on Aug 14, 2010
A woman underwent a double mastectomy but later discovered that she did not have breast cancer. As a result, she has been awarded $198,000 in her settlement. According to reports, Ana Jimenez-Salgado ...
Posted on Aug 13, 2010
According to reports, more than 60 percent of doctors over the age of 55 have been sued at least once for medical malpractice. This means that an average of 95 medical malpractice lawsuits have been ...
Posted on Aug 13, 2010
Jack and Connie Plumlee are suing a Tulsa surgeon whom set Connie on fire during a breast reconstruction surgery at Saint Johns Medical Center last December. As reported by News On 6, Connie Plumlee ...
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