Personal Injury Law

Clinics Fighting Back when Their Physicians Get Sued
Following up on my entry on the strain in doctor-patient relations, it seems that medical institutions have decided to play hard-ball with their patients over medical malpractice suits...

Kan. Clinic to deliver SOME abortion records
"A Planned Parenthood clinic in suburban Kansas City will turn over a limited number of patient records to a grand jury investigating . . . "

Gynecologist Face Malpractice Lawsuit, Possible Indictment
Barnstable, MA: A gynecologist is now facing a wrongful death suit after he performed an abortion on a patient at his Hyannis clinic in 2007, allegedly resulting in her death. The doctor is also facing a possible grand jury indictment.

Mistakes on the Plane: American Airlines Faces Likely Lawsuit Over Refusal to Give Dying Woman Oxygen and Then Using Empty Tanks
American Airlines is looking as a likely lawsuit after a series of mishaps and mistakes on a flight from Haiti to New York. After refusing repeated requests for oxygen from a sick woman, Carine Desir, the airline crew then used faulty equipment and empty oxygen tanks to treat her...

Sexual attack inside Children's Hospital alleged in lawsuit
A teenaged patient at Children?s Hospital in Seattle says she was sexually assaulted by another patient. According to the lawsuit, the alleged sexual assault happened while both the victim and her attacker were patients in the psych ward...

Illinois judge awards $4.5 in medical malpractice lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act; doctors failed to diagnose fatal illness
A $4.5 million medical malpractice award was recently made in Illinois following the wrongful death of a woman infected with AIDS. Because the woman was being treated at a federal clinic, the case was tried under the Federal Tort Claims Act...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Vioxx Lawsuits
Vioxx personal injury suits are a seroius concern for Merck and patietns

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn
Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn

Patient Awarded $10 Million
In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Doctor Paralyzes Patient
Hospital agrees to $3.7 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.

Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action
Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action

California Fertility Clinic Warned
For Not Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

LA Wildfires
Bring Widespread Destruction