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Tracks News and Trends in Medical Malpractice Law in United States.
By Mary R. Kennedy

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Last Entry: October 03, 2020 at 00:40:04

In Montana, $1.7 Million Jury Award

Posted on February 22, 2011
The Missoulan reports via Associated Press article on a medical malpractice jury award of $1.7 million in a lawsuit filed by a family over the death of a father/husband that alleged his chest pain was misdiagnosed as a torn muscle, rather than a leaky heart valve...

In Florida, $19.2 Million for Medical Error in Newborn

Posted on February 09, 2011
In Lee County Florida comes news of a medical malpractice lawsuit with a $19.2 million award filed by a family who's premature infant was given 100 times the intended dose of nutrients leading to cardiac arrest and complications believed to lead to cerebral palsy and blindness...

Looking at Mediation Instead of Trial for Medical Malpractice Cases

Posted on February 03, 2011
NPR's Health Blog, Shots, carries a post briefly outlining some of the financial incentives of mediation v. trial for medical malpractice cases. Writes author Michelle Andrews: "Plaintiff's lawyers typically work on a contingency basis in medical malpractice cases, earning about 30 percent of the settlement amount...

Medical Liability/Medical Malpractice Laws by State

Posted on January 29, 2011
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) does a great job of documenting medical liability/malpractice laws and legislation by state. We feature a link to the list in our Medical Malpractice Resources section, but thought a post here was in order to better publicize this excellent resource...

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Minnesota Sees Spike in Medical Errors at Hospitals There

Posted on January 27, 2011
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Tribune reports a sharp increase in medical errors in the state."Minnesota's annual report on adverse events -- a public accounting of preventable errors by hospitals -- shows 13 serious medication errors in the year ended last Oct...

In Massachusetts, Psychiatrist in Rebecca Riley Case Settles for $2.5 Million

Posted on January 26, 2011
Medical malpractice attorney Benjamin Novotny has been getting plenty of press lately related to the settlement of the medical malpractice case against Dr. Kifuji, a psychiatrist who treated young Rebecca Riley who died at age 4 of an overdose of psychotropic drugs...

The Hill: Obama Address Causes Heartburn for Tort Lawyers

Posted on January 26, 2011
In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama held medical malpractice tort reform out as a sacrificial lamb. The Hill's Healthwatch carries more on the president's thinking on tort reform in this articls: Obama address causes heartburn for tort lawyers ...

Malpractice Caps Challenged in West Virginia

Posted on January 19, 2011
An article in Renal & Urology News reports on a West Virginia couple challenging that state's medical malpractice award caps. According to the article, West Virginai has a cap of $500,000 for pain and suffering. The couple, who were awarded by a jury $1...

How to Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims? Study Says Surgical Checklists

Posted on January 18, 2011
Reuters reports on a study from Amsterdam which concluded that "...nearly a third of the malpractice claims arose from mistakes that likely would have been caught by a [surgical] checklist." The article also quotes Atul Gawande from the Harvard School of Public Health, "a surgeon who has written extensively on the topic...

In Connecticut, Malpractice Cases Missing from Physician Website

Posted on January 17, 2011
An investigative report by Matthew Kauffman for the Hartford Courant reveals that a Connecticut health department website, that is supposed to provide updated information medical malpractice payments made on physician profiles, was missing such information on more than 100 doctor profiles...

Huffington Post Puts Defensive Medicine on Trial

Posted on January 10, 2011
An article on Huffington Post puts defensive medicine on trial: It's Time to Call Their Bluff: "Defensive Medicine" Is a Fraud. The January 6 post by Joanne Doroshow states:While anonymous doctor surveys provide the principal foundation for the argument that widespread "defensive medicine" exists, credible organizations who have looked into the issue have had a very hard time identifying

Illinois Man Gets $17 Million for Brain Injury Lawsuit

Posted on November 22, 2010
An article in the ProvisioHerald reports that a Melrose Park, IL, man received a $17.7 million settlement for a medical malpractice lawsuit for incuring "a brain injury at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center due to medical negligence...

In California, Never Event Reporting Request Viewed by Hospitals as Set Up for Legal Action

Posted on November 18, 2010
CALIFORNIA ? A report in the Ventura County Star describes reaction by hospital officials to California's call for reporting of "never events" (major medical errors) as fear of a set up for legal action. 87 of the state's hospitals have reported no major medical error in 3 years...

Boston's Andrew Meyer Selected 'Lawyer of the Year'

Posted on November 18, 2010
Boston, MA ? Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. has been named Best Lawyers� 2011 Boston Medical Malpractice 'Lawyer of the Year' according to a report in Yahoo! News. Meyer is the founding partner at Lubin & Meyer PC, a law firm focused on medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury litigation with attorneys practicing in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island...

In Ohio, Jury Awards $13.9M in Birth Injury Lawsuit

Posted on October 27, 2010
Via Cerebral Palsy Law News we learned of news of a Trumbull County jury delivering a $13.9 million award in medical malpractice suit involving alleged birth injuries leading to cerebral palsy caused by failure to perform a Cesarian. This according to a report in the Warren Ohio Tribune Chronicle...

Medical Malpractice Claims Declining, Says Insurer

Posted on October 26, 2010
Schaumburg, Illinois ? Data collected from 1,600 hospitals in years 1997 through 2007 reveals that health care organizations? medical malpractice claim frequency is slightly declining and severity is leveling off, according to a report released by Zurich, an leading insurer of hospitals and health care organizations in North America...

In Minnesota, Jury Finds Hospital Negligent for Death of Woman

Posted on October 25, 2010
Minneapolis television station KARE11 carries news of a Wright County jury returning a $4.6 million verdict in a medical malpractice case involving the death of a 36-year-old wife and mother, finding the medical center negligent. Details of the case are not provided.

Study Reveals Cost of Malpractice Insurance, Verdicts and Settlements and Defensive Medicine Accounts for Only About 2.4% of USHealthcare Spend

Posted on October 25, 2010
A recent study published in the public policy journal Health Affairs, Low Costs Of Defensive Medicine, Small Savings From Tort Reform, provides important information about the costs of medical malpractice litigation and defensive medicine in comparison to the total cost of U...

Sylvester & Maley Attorneys Selected to Best Lawyers - Vermont

Posted on September 21, 2010
BURLINGTON, VT ? Four attorneys from the Burlington, Vermont law firm, Sylvester & Maley, Inc. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America� 2011. In the guide, Sylvester & Maley was top rated in Vermont for medical malpractice law having 3 attorneys listed...

Best Lawyers Selects Three from Boston's Lubin & Meyer - Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury

Posted on September 18, 2010
Boston, MA ? Lubin & Meyer PC is pleased to announce that three of its Boston plaintiff attorneys have been included in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers�, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Founding partner Andrew C...

Study Says Policies Needed for Disclosure of Large-Scale Adverse Effects

Posted on September 06, 2010
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to a research paper funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy and published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...

New Hampshire: Supreme Court Finds Negligence Is Jury's To Decide in Med-Mal Trial

Posted on April 16, 2010
CONCORD, NH ? Via NH Medical Malpractice News: The New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned the trial court's decision in a medical malpractice lawsuit, Beckles v. Madden, agreeing with Lubin & Meyer attorneys for the plaintiff in finding that the burden of proof for negligence in a med mal trial should be left for the jury to decide...

Maine: $1 Million Jury Award for Failure to Diagnose Cancer

Posted on April 12, 2010
PORTLAND, ME ? A Maine Sunday Telegram reports that a "Cumberland County jury awarded a Harpswell woman and her husband $1 million Friday in a medical malpractice suit..." for failure to diagnose her cancer. She had complained of chronic pain.According to the article, compensatory damages to the patient were $700,000, her husband was awarded $300,000, and an addition $160,000 was for medical

Birth Injury Resulting in Cerebral Palsy Brings $38.75 Million Verdict

Posted on March 26, 2010
This via Cerebral Palsy Law News: Morgan & Morgan, a personal injury law firm based in Orlando Florida, reports achieving a $38,750,000 in a case of medical negligence in a case claiming failure to perform a timely C-section resulting in a birth injury to the infant...

In California $16.5M Jury Verdict Against Neurosurgeon

Posted on February 05, 2010
Riverside, California ? An Associated Press article in the Silicon Valley Mercury News announces a $16.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a neurosurgeon who delayed care and surgery. According the the report, the patient,"...who had a fractured spine, was not seen until the next day and not operated on until two days after his injury...

Massachusetts Med-Mal Win Suggests Lawyers Rethink Strategy

Posted on January 28, 2010
A Dolan Media Newswire article: Massachusetts med-mal win suggests lawyers rethink strategy, published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, by Julia Reischel on January 18, 2010, recounts the trial strategy of the state's biggest medical malpractice verdict last year ? a $15 million award against Children's Hospital in a wrongful death lawsuit...

New Hampshire Couple Brings Lawsuit Against McLean Hospital

Posted on January 26, 2010
The Boston Globe today carries an article of a lawsuit filed by a New Hampshire couple claiming McLean Hospital at fault for discharged patient who killed herself and the couple's two children in an incident on a Lowell highway in 2008.According to the Boston Globe:The Lamberts told the Globe after the deaths that McLean psychiatrists had diagnosed Thibault with bipolar disorder in September 2007

More Medical Malpractice News

Posted on October 14, 2009
Medical Malpractice Law News is happy to announce that we have added a new resource to bring you more timely medical malpractice news. We have added the latest headlines on medical malpractice topics from the Kaiser Health News resource in our right column, just below the Google news feeds...

Massachusetts: Operating Room Fall Lawsuit Settles for $900,000

Posted on October 14, 2009
From The Boston Globe ? Two years to the day after a women's tragic fall from an operating room table following hip surgery, has reached a settlement. According to the report..."The settlement halted a trial that was set for today and saved Boston University?s teaching hospital a potentially embarrassing trip to Suffolk Superior Court...

Arizona Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settles

Posted on August 10, 2009
According to the ClaimsJournal.com, an Arizona medical malpractice case has settled for $312,000 to be paid to the plaintiff. The case involved "a boy who suffered permanent injuries during childbirth more than six years ago.""According to a medical malpractice claim, the medical staff at Maricopa Medical Center failed to offer Estela Cruz a Cesarean section in May 2003 despite ultrasound scans

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