Birth injuries are often some of the most devastating injuries a family can encounter. Frequently though, families are confused by the cause of an injury and this may cause them to lose a cause of…
A recent story in the Virginia-Pilot details the corner that Virginia health care consumers have been painted in: A decade after a legislative panel found that Virginia allowed dangerous doctors…
We are constantly inundated with the news that medical malpractice reform, and particularly caps on damages, are necessary to keep medical malpractice insurance premiums low. The argument is that…
According to the FDA a drug used to treat epilepsy, Zonegran, can cause serious heart problems: Federal health officials warned doctors Monday that a drug used in epilepsy patients can cause…
A Dallas jury recently awarded a man $17.5 million dollars in damages after he obtained MRSA at a hospital, which his physician failed to properly treat. Despite the fact that a jury sat the though…
A Las Vegas jury recently awarded a family $2.5 million dollars after determining that a doctor failed to properly diagnose a twenty-seven year old Elisa Sanchez, a wife and mother, with colon and…
A recent story indicated that reported medical errors in Washington, DC hospitals occur about 1.5 times a day: An Examiner story Tuesday said there were 529 reported incidents in D.C. in the 12…
Tort reform is often offered as a solution to the problem of growing malpractice insurance rates for doctors, and as a solution to a given state’s doctor’s exodus. However, after 30 years of tort…
The District of Columbia Department of Health has published a report finding that 529 adverse events occurred in a 12 month period. The report may have been reluctant to title these problems as…
