Medical Malpractice

• Male Infant Death More Likely

  RLF Staff | March 25, 2008 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Boys have about a 20 percent higher chance of dying by the age of one than girls, according to research released Monday. Though the gap has lessened in the past decades because of medical practices like increased Caesarean sections and intensive care units for premature babies, there is still a disparity between the genders. Some of this may be attributed to the data showing that boys are 60...

• Colorado vs. New Zealand - Medical Malpractice Liability

  RLF Staff | March 24, 2008 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  An interesting column by Senator Bob Hagedorn in the Rocky Mountain News looks at what he considers limitations and shortcomings of the medical malpractice systems in the state, as well as the nation, and compares those systems to one in place in New Zealand.Some of his outlined shortfalls in what he refers to as a lawsuit-based status quo include: Physicians are poorly policed with little...

• Transplant Doctor Accused of Speeding Death to Get Organs

  RLF Staff | March 21, 2008 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  In the first case of its kind in the United States, a San Francisco transplant surgeon will go to trial on one count of felony dependent adult abuse for hastening the death of a comatose patient in order to harvest his organs sooner. Dr. Hootan Roozrokh was sent by his employer as part of the California Transplant Donor Network to perform the transplants after the mother of 26-year-old Ruben...

• Dennis Quaid: Medical Mistakes Far Too Common

  RLF Staff | March 17, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  While Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly are lucky that their twins are still with them today after a hospital-administered overdose of an adult blood thinner had them fighting for life in November, not all victims of medical mistakes are so lucky. In fact, according to a 2000 Food and Drug Administration article, 44,000-98,000 Americans die each year not from the medical conditions they checked in...

• John Ritter's Doctors Cleared in Malpractice Case

  RLF Staff | March 14, 2008 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  After his death from a torn aorta in 2003, the widow and children of actor John Ritter filed a lawsuit against his cardiologist and radiologist for medical negligence. Radiologist Matthew Lotysch was cleared today of the claims that he had failed to spot an enlargement of the aorta in a body scan done in 2001 - two years prior to Ritter's death. Additionally, Cardiologist Joseph Lee was cleared...

• Is Your Doctor Sleeping Enough?

  RLF Staff | March 12, 2008 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A recent Internet survey by the American College of Chest Physicians' Sleep Institute (ACCP) found that most physicians are probably not getting enough sleep for top performance at work.As a patient, anxiety may affect your ability to sleep the night before a medical procedure - we all get a little nervous, right? What if you knew your doctor didn't get much sleep either? The average physician...

• Surgeon to Appeal $1.75 Malpractice Verdict

  RLF Staff | March 10, 2008 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Dr. Eric Leefmans is expected to appeal a $1.75 million verdict awarded to a patient of the surgeon who sued for medical malpractice during treatment following a 2003 automobile accident.Attorney Emily Rice of Boston said her client, Dr. Eric Leefmans, plans to appeal a $1.75 million-plus-interest medical malpractice verdict issued by a New Hampshire Court last week. The plaintiff was...

• Botox for Cerebral Palsy Goes Under Review

  RLF Staff | February 11, 2008 6:46 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Washington officials is warning doctors about using Botox for cerebral palsy children. Botox is most commonly used on adults to smooth out wrinkles, but has also shown positive results in chilrden with cerebral palsy. Although the government has never officially approved botox injections to treat cerebral palsy, it has been shown to increase mobility in children and adults with cerebral...

• Former Cy Young Pitcher Jim Palmer Wins Malpractice Suit After Botched Eye Surgery

  RLF Staff | February 06, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer was awarded $890,000 after a West Palm Beach jury found an ophthalmologist liable for damaging his vision. After a two-week trial, it took a jury about four hours to decide Palmer should receive the money for suffering, lost wages and mental and physical pain. The jury awarded Palmer $327,000 in lost earnings and $563,000 in pain and suffering.Palmer sued his...

• Former Dallas Cowboy in a Coma: Wife Files Malpractice Lawsuit

  RLF Staff | January 24, 2008 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Adriane Springs, the wife of former Cowboys running back Ron Springs, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in state district court after her husband, Ron Springs, 51, fell into a coma in October during a surgical procedure to have a cyst removed from his elbow and reportedly remains in an incapacitated state. According to published reports, named in the lawsuit, which is seeking unspecified...