http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www Malpractice in the news Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:49:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/73 Source: Dallas News Four years ago, Texas limited how much patients could win in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Since then, doctors, patients and lawyers have seen many of the changes predicted by both sides in that bitter debate come to pass. Doctors have seen their costs fall for liability insurance as ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/66 Source: Statesman.com Boyd died last summer at 60, having lived far longer than expected. Her lawsuit never went to trial, but her case isn't over. The Texas Supreme Court will decide in the coming months whether Boyd's two adult sons can continue her fight. Originally, the case focused on questions of ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/65 Source: Miami Herald At age 17, Katie Shreffler had been a ballerina for 15 years and was looking forward to more years of pliés and grand jetés, along with going to college. Then she suffered pain in her hip, and underwent surgery. Ten years later, the Coconut Creek woman is still ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/64 Source: Injuryboard The wife of a Texas man who died after surgery to upgrade his heart device has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against her husband's surgeon and the hospital at which the procedure was performed. Joseph Roberts was admitted to the hospital to upgrade his pacemaker, but the surgery left ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/63 Source: Huffington Post Another reason that we are losing birth centers is because they, and CNMs more generally, face rising malpractice insurance costs that make continued operation financially infeasible. Midwifery care costs insurance companies less that hospital births, but this makes it harder for birth centers to offset the rising costs ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/62 Source: Charleston Gazette WINFIELD — The public will no longer be allowed access to new legal documents filed in more than 110 medical malpractice lawsuits against Dr. John King, now known as Christopher Wallace Martin. Putnam County Circuit Judge O.C. Spaulding issued the order sealing all legal documents during a Friday ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/61 Source: Marietta Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Parkersburg hospital has been ordered to pay a $1.3 million sanction in a medical malpractice case for allegedly violating court orders and other misconduct. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Waters imposed the sanction against Camden-Clark Memorial Clark in an order issued last ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/60 Source: WVR CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a physician at Thomas Memorial Hospital, seeking more than $200,000 in medical expenses. Hugh C. Christy filed a suit against Paul D. Kyer III, M.D., on May 14 in Kanawha Circuit Court. According to the lawsuit, Christy ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/59 Source: Injuryboard A group of New Jersey ob-gyns has begun asking prospective patients to sign away their right to a jury trial, touching off a debate about the enforceability of the waivers. Citing the high cost of medical malpractice insurance, more than a dozen ob-gyns have joined Obstetricians & Gynecologists Risk ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/58 Source: injuryboard.com A San Diego jury awarded $5.7 million to Regis Reilly, now 53. They found that Reilly's doctor failed to diagnose his skin cancer. The verdict will be reduced to $1.9 million because of the medical malpractice caps that exist in California. In most other states, the entire verdict would ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/57 Source: The Record POINT PLEASANT - Two lawsuits involving Pleasant Valley Hospital have come to a conclusion, one resulting in an out-of-court settlement, and another in its favor. On Dec. 26, Mason Circuit Judge David W. Nibert dismissed with prejudice a malpractice claim Phyllis Mitchell on May 5, 2006. In her ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/56 Source: The Record POINT PLEASANT - Following the lead of a Mason County physician, an Ohio man has brought a malpractice suit against a former Point Pleasant doctor, now living and working in Illinois, without filing a certificate of merit. On Dec. 12, Ralph A. Barcus, of Gallipolis, Ohio, filed suit against ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/55 Source: Palm Beach Post Julie McPherson figured it would be easy to punish those she believes caused her mother's death. Hire a lawyer. Sue. Little did she know that her age (42) would scare off attorneys who initially indicated an interest in taking her case. According to Florida law, only spouses ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/54 Source: nwi.com HAMMOND | A Lake County Superior Court jury deliberated nearly nine hours Friday before awarding Steven Sangster $3 million in a medical malpractice suit. Sangster, 30, filed against orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Oni and anesthesiologist Dr. James Kim whose medical actions left Sangster with brain damage. After four days ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/53 Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer Attorney David Damick laid out his case against Dr. James Dalla Riva in a medical malpractice trial, telling jurors on Tuesday that the local obstetrician and gynecologist rushed through his treatment of a woman who had come to him complaining of severe abdominal pain. Dalla Riva was employed ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/52 Source: Naples Daily News A Naples gastroenterologist took the stand for more than four hours Wednesday, when a widower’s attorney grilled him about why he performed an "unnecessary" colonoscopy that resulted in a 59-year-old’s woman’s death four years ago. And although Dr. Michael Marks of Consultants in Gastroenterology contended the procedure ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/51 Source: Washington Post Continuing on the revelations that juries have been found to sympathize more with doctors in malpractice cases, the Washington Post is running an article that states "There is no empirical evidence to support the much-publicized notion that the tort system amounts to a lottery for injured plaintiffs, as ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/50 Source: Hartford Business The state House of Representatives unanimously approved SB-249 which would -- for the first time in Connecticut -- make chiropractor malpractice records public information. The vote followed the unanimous approval by the state Senate on April 11th. The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. M. Jodi ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/49 Source: Local News 8 DAHO FALLS, Idaho The trial is underway in a malpractice lawsuit against the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. The lawsuit was filed in 2002 by 23-year-old Brock Higham. Higham underwent surgery that year for a minor wrist injury. But his attorneys say negligence by the Idaho Falls ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/48 Source: AP LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The wife of a man who died during a hair transplant operation has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Southern California cosmetic surgery office. The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, was filed Monday in Superior Court, said attorney Ron Wilson who represents Yvonne Robison-Riley ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/47 Source: Sentinel A $2.27 million verdict handed down in a medical malpractice lawsuit Friday may be the largest verdict ever awarded by a Cumberland County jury in a personal injury matter, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. “Cumberland County is notoriously a difficult county to bring a medical malpractice case in,” said ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/46 Source: LA Times Court rules judged erred when he rejected a motion to overturn a settlement by a patient who spent 4 years waiting for a transplant. A state appeals court has resurrected the malpractice lawsuit that helped shut down UCI Medical Center's troubled liver transplant program. A lower-court judge threw out ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/45 Source: Sun Sentinel When I completed my residency in obstetrics and gynecology in 1961 and entered practice, my annual malpractice premium was $150. It would now cost me over $200,000 for the same coverage in the state where I practiced. In order to rein in the runaway costs of malpractice insurance, ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/44 Source: NMN There's a common belief that juries frequently side with patients in lawsuits involving medical malpractice. A legal professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Law insists that's not the case. Philip Peters, who is the Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law at MU, said that contrary to popular belief, ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/43 Source: The Age (AU) More than $150 million was paid out last year to Australian patients and their families who sued their doctors for malpractice following injury or death. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released a report on Thursday into medical indemnity insurance that found about 2500 claims were ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/42 Source: The Post Standard Doctors say multimillion dollar judgments in negligence lawsuits are pushing malpractice insurance premiums so high that some physicians are cutting the services they offer or are leaving the state. They want to restrict what patients can collect. Trial lawyers don't want any limits on damages patients can ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/41 Source: MSNBC SANFORD, Fla. - A woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria and had to have all her limbs amputated sued a hospital Monday for medical malpractice. Claudia Mejia’s lawsuit against South Seminole Hospital, filed in state circuit court, seeks unspecified damages, the Orlando Sentinel reported. It claims the hospital failed to ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/40 The state Senate on Monday unanimously passed a measure intended to limit medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee. Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris, of Collierville, said the bill would cut down on frivolous lawsuits against doctors by requiring attorneys to pre-certify the merits of their cases with independent medical experts. The proposal ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/39 Source: Pittsburgh Live An Allegheny County jury Friday awarded $7.2 million to a Butler County woman in a medical-malpractice case over the death of her mother, said the daughter's attorney. Carol Hyrcza, of Cranberry, was awarded the money after the jury found Dr. Yvette Ross Hebron and ChoiceCare Physicians liable for ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/38 Source: WLTX In November 2004, the former sergeant went to the Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon near Augusta for a simple surgery to repair hernias. "When the surgeon went in, they punctured her liver," Carter said. He said the doctor's failure to run pre-operative tests caused her to lose over ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/37 Source: SaukValley From 2000-2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Department report released Sunday. In Illinois, where the debate over medical malpractice reform has caused fireworks for many ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/35 Source: DOJ WASHINGTON - The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. BJS conducted a study of medical malpractice insurance claims that were closed from ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/34 Source: Waco Tribune The adult children of a 75-year-old Waco man who died five years ago after knee-replacement surgery are seeking up to $12 million in damages in the trial of a medical malpractice lawsuit that began Monday. Kathy May, David May and Suzanne Collier, all from the Waco area, claim ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/36 Source: St. Petersburg Times Distraught over the loss of her husband, Robin Shwedo did the only thing she felt she could do all by herself: Start a Web log. "It's got to start somewhere," said Shwedo, 53, whose husband, Paul Middleton, died at 71 last year after what Shwedo says was poor ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/33 Source: Playfuls.com Nearly two dozen Kazakhstan doctors are accused of contributing to the country's AIDS epidemic by ordering unnecessary blood transfusions. The 21 physicians are on trial on medical malpractice charges they ordered transfusions from which they benefit financially, The New York Times said Tuesday. About 100 children treated at a Shymkent ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/32 Source: Hindu.com 52 persons, including 45 doctors, charged with indulging in malpractices in the all-India entrance examination for admission to post-graduate medical courses, were given copies of charge sheet by a special court here on Tuesday. In all, 4,188 persons appeared for the examinations in Tamil Nadu on January 8, 2006. The ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/31 Source: JS Online The candidates for state Supreme Court argued over conflicts of interest and ethical questions at a debate Monday, two weeks before voters select one of them for a 10-year term on the bench. Madison attorney Linda Clifford upbraided Washington County Circuit Judge Annette Ziegler for ruling on cases ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/30 Source: Courant.com A 5-year-old boy with a fever visits Dr. Edward Volpintesta of Bethel. As he has done for 30 years, Volpintesta conducts an exam, listening to his heart and lungs, and issues a prescription. But a silent crisis is threatening the 62-year-old family physician. Each year, it's harder for Volpintesta ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/29 Source: Record Eagle PETOSKEY — A fatal mistake in a gastric bypass surgery resulted in a $1 million medical malpractice verdict in Emmet Circuit Court. Grayling resident Karin Lobaina, whose husband died following surgery at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey about four years ago, won the sizeable verdict last week, though ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/28 Source: Toronto Star Patients about to undergo surgery with Toronto obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Richard Austin have no way of knowing that more than a dozen women have claimed they suffered physical and emotional harm under his care. They wouldn't be aware that some of Austin's complication rates and unintentional cuts ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/27 Source: Business Wire Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCPK: LBTN) today addressed a recent report that fewer women are getting mammograms. Dr. Louis Keith, Lifeline’s Medical Director, commenting on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention statistics that show a drop in the rate of women getting mammograms in the United States, said ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/26 Source: Spero News Janet Mitchell has published "Taking a Stand", a book recounting her numerous surgeries and alleged bad practice by her surgeons. She offers tips to those seeking surgery or other medical treatment. Mitchell speaks to patient rights groups, ministries and civic organizations, alleging that 98,000 Americans die each year ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/25 Source: The Record Wendy Wiggings, having made numerous claims, has lost her malpractice suit against Dr. Tina Gingrich, who as one of the top doctors in the U.S. has received several awards. After deliberating three-and-a-half hours a Madison County civil jury cleared a Maryville obstetrician-gynecologist of claims of failing to diagnose breast ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/24 Source: WTAE TV The number of obstetricians in the area has dropped significantly in the last 15 years. The cost of malpractice insurance has forced them to leave or retire, but one community hospital has decided not to shrink but grow. Ohio Valley General Hospital is 100 years old. Like all ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/23 NANUET, N.Y., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A new school created by the Washington Online Learning Institute prepares registered nurses for careers as Legal Nurse Consultants (LNCs), a profession that provides guidance to lawyers through medical training and legal knowledge. Founded in 1999, WOLI is accredited by the Middle States Association ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/18 Source: Charleston Daily Mail The chief executive officer of the company set up by the Legislature to provide medical malpractice insurance in West Virginia received pay totaling $429,750 last year, according to a report filed with the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner. David Rader, president and CEO of the West Virginia ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/16 Source: Birmingham News Birmingham's ProAssurance Corp. said Monday it has reached a confidential settlement in a Florida case involving a $217 million verdict against a doctors' group it insured. http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/15 Source: NJMG Doctors are accustomed to their medical malpractice insurance bills rising, so Monday's announcement that one carrier was actually making refunds was a welcome surprise. NJ PURE, which insures nearly 900 physicians, announced that nearly a third of its policyholders would receive an average of $712. The payments cover just ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/14 Source: WVR CHARLESTON - Attorney J. Robert Rogers of Hurricane, seeking to prove that West Virginia's medical malpractice law does not apply to pharmacies, produced affidavits to that effect from five members of the 1986 legislature. Rogers himself, a former legislator, signed one of the affidavits. All five swore that they ... http://malpractice.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/17