Medical Malpractice

• Woman Left in Vegetative State After C-Section Receives $17 Million

  Clint Gilbert | May 01, 2006 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Norwalk Hospital, located in Norwalk, Conn has settled a lawsuit involving themselves and a former doctor for nearly $17 million. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of Mia House, who suffered permanent brain damage after her blood-oxygen levels were allowed to drop dangerously low during a routine Caesarean section. Mia House has been in a vegetative state since the procedure.The C-section was...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Hosptial and Doctor

  Staff Writer | April 06, 2006 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Ethel Wright filed a lawsuit against Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University and Saiyed Aon Ali Mohib, M.D., stating that they failed to exercise reasonable care, which caused her to loose her husband.Doctors and hospitals nationwide make mistakes that result to death and injury to their patients. An article by Steve Gonzalez in the Belleville Bureau on Monday, April 03, 2006 describles a...

• Preventable Medical Errors - The Third Leading Cause of Death

  Robert Wolf | January 23, 2006 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The number of hospital patients who die from preventable errors may be far higher than previously thought, and this trend shows no sign of stopping, according to a new national review of Medicare records by a Denver-based health care ranking group. The findings would make medical mistakes the third-leading cause of death in the country, behind heart disease and cancer. A 1999 study by the...

• New Package Inserts May Reduce Medical Errors

  Staff Writer | January 21, 2006 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  It's about time. Revamped package inserts are about to hit pharmacy shelves in the near future. In the first time in a quarter of a century, the FDA will change the requirements of the lengthy package inserts included in your prescription drugs. Pharmasicts, doctors and even patients welcome this change. Currently, many people rely on resources such the Physicians Desk Reference and on-line...

• Not Surprising - Nursing Homes are Still Deficient

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2006 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  As reported in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/politics/16nurses.html?th&emc=th.Does it surprise you that state inspectors often over look serious deficiencies in nursing homes. From a new report from the General Accountability Office, Congressional investigators report that state inspectors either miss serious problems or just do not report the severity of the problems...

• Tenet HealthCare Settles $215 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

  Robert Wolf | January 16, 2006 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Hospital chain Tenet Helathcare Corp, a publically-traded health care company, announced a deal to settle class-action lawsuits for $215 million, mostly regarding unnecessary surgeries occurring at one of its California hospitals. There are "bigger fish still to fry," said Ryan Beck analyst Robert Mains. "The securities litigation, in our view, was a relatively small item."The deal, which...

• Plano Teen Can File Birth Injury Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2006 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The Wisonsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that one of our clients can file a birth injury lawsuit claiming the Wisconsin doctor and hospital are responsible for denying the client's brain of oxygen in the moments before and after his birth, which led to the child developing cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy lawyer Jeremi Young represents the family. The defense argued the lawsuit was past the...

• Caps On Medical Malpractice

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  In Texas, the legislature has placed caps on medical liability. Effectively, there is now a cap of $250,000 per claimant on non-economic damage awards in cases involving health care providers or an individual health. The limit applies regardless of the number of providers involved or the number of issues upon which the claim is based. If the claim involves several institutions, the cap is $...