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  • False Negative on Rapid Flu Test Nearly Kills Nine Year Old Girl (Hayli Murphy)


    Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority Authority: 135
    Hayli Murphy was given two H1N1, or swine flu, tests after she became ill a few weeks ago. Both of the tests came back negative, but Hayli did have the H1N1, and it almost killed her. Hayli was sent home from the emergency room after her first H1N1 test came back negative. The next day, after her fever climbed to 104 ...
    2 hours ago

  • Senator Seeks Financial Details From Medical Groups


    Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog — Authority Authority: 125
    As reported in the New York Times ,Republican Senator Charles Grassley has sent letters to the AmericanMedical Association, the American Cancer Society and 31 other diseaseand medical advocacy organizations asking them to provide details aboutthe amount of money that they and their directors receive from drug ...
    5 hours ago

  • Missouri Medical Malpractice - Constitutionality of Damage Caps to be Heard by Missouri Supreme Court


    Missouri Injury Law Blog — Authority Authority: 111
    In 2005 Missouri tort reform was passed and its main thrust was to eliminate personal injury medical malpractice cases in Missouri. One of the primary mechanisms to eliminate these cases was to institute non-economic damage caps of $350,000, which cannot be adjusted for inflation. The old caps were adjusted for ...
    1 day ago

  • Dennis Quaid to Help Prevent Medicine Errors


    Personal Injury News Blog — Authority Authority: 127
    Actor Dennis Quaid is helping launch a national program to help prevent medication errors like the one that hurt his newborn twins in 2007. Quaid on Monday was expected to announce the National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors at a conference in Las Vegas for pharmacists and other health professionals. ...
    1 day ago

  • It is time to Stop Tort Reform Myths


    Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority Authority: 127
    In Washington, President Obama stated that he would be open to suggestions about constraining medical malpractice lawsuits. However, repeated studies have shown that approximately 100,000 people die each year due to medical malpractice in our nation’s hospitals. These occur because physicians or hospitals fail ...
    1 day ago

  • What is Wrongful Death?


    Yodle Local Articles — Authority Authority: 155
    Jason Deitch is the owner of I-Need-a-Personal-Injury-Lawyer.com , a Boca Raton, Florida-based service that helps people select the most qualified personal injury lawyer for their case. He founded the website in September 2009. A wrongful death lawsuit is brought to court as a consequence of an injury inflicted on ...
    1 day ago

  • CT Scan Radiation Injury Toll Rises to 250 Patients


    Attorney At Law — Authority Authority: 440
    Another 50 patients have been added to the list of those who were exposed to potentially dangerous high levels of radiation during CT brain scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, officials said.The number of patients who received up to eight times the level of radiation that is supposed to be ...
    1 day ago

  • Monday law blog round-up


    On the Record — Authority Authority: 125
    Happy Monday! Ron Miller takes issue with The Ethicist’s advice to a doctor who doesn’t want to treat a medical malpractice lawyer. In the context of why most great blawgs aren’t written by big-law types, Carolyn Elefant has this to say : “Big firm lawyers are very, very good at practicing law, but I ...
    1 day ago

  • The Law and Lewis Carroll


    Medicine and Opera — Authority Authority: 107
    Originally published in 1986, this piece describes a legal climate that has not changed in the intervening 23 years. It also appears on the Commentary pageThe advent of medical malpractice litigation as a growth industry has spawned many reactions. Physicians, not unexpectedly, respond with outrage. They adduce that ...
    1 day ago

  • A Great Lesson on Attorney’s Fees Via the U.S. Senate!


    ThePopTort — Authority Authority: 421
    Good news out of the U.S. Senate yesterday.  A cynical amendment to the Senate health care bill sponsored by Senator John Ensign (R-NV) that would have effectively slammed the courthouse doors on countless numbers of injured patients was soundly defeated by a strong bi-partisan vote of 32-66. The amendment would ...
    1 day ago

  • Florida Doctor Who Lost License Over Malpractice Case Now Practices in NY


    South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog — Authority Authority: 116
    A Florida doctor lost his medical license in Tampa earlier this year after the Florida Medical Board deemed his actions unprofessional. The physician allegedly arrived late to his clinic in Hialeah, Florida, and his patient delivered a baby rather than getting the abortion shed planned. According to the complaint, ...
    2 days ago

  • When to Evaluate for a Hypercoagulable State


    Day On Torts — Authority Authority: 465
    The Doctors Company is a medical malpractice insurer.  Its website contains articles of interest to all Tennessee medical malpractice lawyers and, in fact, medical malpractice lawyers in every state. For example, one interesting article is titled " When to Evaluate for a Hypercoagulable State ."   Here is an ...
    2 days ago

  • Health Care Reform: Amendment to Cap Attorneys’ Fees Voted Down


    BernieHund: The Political Watchdog — Authority Authority: 126
    Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) lost the vote on his amendment to limit attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice lawsuits.  This is a victory for those who may suffer at the hands of doctors’ mistakes.Senator John Ensign and many of his Republican colleagues had offered an amendment to the current health care bill ...
    2 days ago

  • Psychiatrist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Has Settled Maryland Injury Lawsuits from Alleged Victims


    Maryland Accident Law Blog — Authority Authority: 111
    Psychiatrist Nelson H. Hendler is defending himself in a case brought by a former patient who says that he sexually abused her. This is not the first accusation against the once prominent physician, who lost his license to practice medicine in February 2006 after the Maryland Board of Physicians determined that he ...
    3 days ago

  • Cerebral Palsy Causes


    The Shopping Girl — Authority Authority: 146
    The causes of cerebral palsy (CP) are not fully understood however medical science does know that when damage is done to a developing fetus or newborns brain can result in CP. It is important to be aware of some risk factors regarding cerebral palsy such as: Infections in the Mother Maternal infections increase ...
    4 days ago

  • Unerstanding Cerebral Palsy Causes


    Talk Business Today — Authority Authority: 130
    Medical professionals do not understand fully as to what causes cerebral palsy. They do know however, that brain damage to a developing fetus can result in cerebral palsy. Doctors also know that if there is damage done to a babys brain during delivery, the child may suffer cerebral palsy. There are recognized factors ...
    4 days ago

  • Unerstanding Cerebral Palsy Causes


    Ask Sison — Authority Authority: 130
    The causes of cerebral palsy (CP) are not fully understood however medical science does know that when damage is done to a developing fetus or newborns brain can result in CP. It is important to be aware of some risk factors regarding cerebral palsy such as: Infections in the Mother Maternal infections increase ...
    4 days ago

  • Actor Settles Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital


    Bodily Injury Blog — Authority Authority: 428
    Actor James Woods has settled a lawsuit that accused a Rhode Island hospital of negligence in the death of his brother, the Providence Journal reports. The settlement calls for Kent Hospital to pay an undisclosed sum to the children of Michael Woods and to launch initiatives to improve patient care. Woods said an ...
    4 days ago

  • Medical Defence Unions Ten Point Plan To Help Hospital Doctors Avoid Medication Errors, UK


    Health News from Medical News Today — Authority Authority: 706
    Following todays publication of the GMCs study into prescribing errors in hospital1 which revealed that mistakes could be made by doctors at all levels, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UKs leading medical defence organisation, which represents over half of UK doctors, has published tips to help doctors avoid the ...
    5 days ago

  • Illinois Senator Fights for Medical Malpractice Victims


    Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog — Authority Authority: 127
    Recently Illinois Senator Dick Durbin gave a speech on the senate floor in defense of medical malpractice victims. He reminded the Senate that medical malpractice claims and lawsuit payouts are decreasing in America. Only one percent of doctors are being charged with medical malpractice and paying each year. In ...
    5 days ago

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