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Inmate Wins $1M Med Mal Verdict
The type and quality of health care provided to inmates has at times come under controversy. With states now outsourcing the medical care to private agencies that manage the hospital’s needs, it has created a bit of a blur between what constitutes a public or private tort. Recently, a former Virginia prison inmate alleged… Read More »
School Teacher’s Death During Childbirth Prompts $6.5M Verdict
The $6.5 million verdict set a State of Kansas record for medical malpractice. Edgar and Zander Perez were each awarded half of the total after Edgar’s wife Lindsey died in childbirth. Zander, who is the three-year-old son of Edgar and Lindsey, will spend the rest of his life without his mother, and his father… Read More »
Hospital Ratings System Shows Shines a Troubling Light on Dangerous Hospitals
A non-profit group named Leapfrog recently produced an analysis of over 2,600 U.S. hospitals. These hospitals were graded from A to F and ranked in terms of patient outcomes and risks of injury or death. At hospitals rated D and F, the study showed a more than 92% greater risk of death, infection, or… Read More »
Can You Access Your Health Care Records?
In most situations, federal law allows patients to access their own health care records. However, there remain compliance problems in key areas. Hospitals can and do deny patients access to their own records in certain situations. This appears to be in direct conflict with federal and state laws that govern health record disclosure. A… Read More »
How the System of Referrals Benefits Hospitals
You’ve probably noticed a growing number of health care facilities that cover a wide array of medical practices. It isn’t uncommon to find a dental practice tucked inside a complex with a general practitioner and orthopedic doctor. Hospitals too are taking care of more patients for general checkups. Who are these doctors sending their… Read More »
Study Says Electronic Health Records are Responsible for More Malpractice Claims
Your medical records provide your doctors with necessary information regarding your allergies, current medications, and past surgeries. What happens if some of the information is left out? What happens when your doctor is not aware of a serious allergy? The results could, in some cases, be fatal. In other cases, they could lead to… Read More »
Did Medical Software Cost a Woman Her Life?
In 2012, a woman who suffers from migraines goes into see her doctor complaining of unusual pain. The doctor runs some tests, but nothing happens. Two months later, the woman is dead. The family sues Stowe Family Practice which is a federally qualified health care center. They accused Stowe Family Practice of failing to… Read More »
Why Didn’t Florida Fine All Children’s Hospital
It’s been well-established in the aftermath of the debacle at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital that the State of Florida could have sent a strong message to health care providers that provide a chronic, substandard quality of care to their patients. Additionally, All Children’s neglected to inform state regulators concerning at least nine cases… Read More »
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case that Challenges Feres Doctrine
The Supreme Court of the United States has not rejected a case challenging the Feres Doctrine. The Feres Doctrine prevents U.S. service members from suing the federal government for injuries occurring in the line of duty. The question the Supreme Court will be asked to answer is whether or not the Feres Doctrine applies… Read More »
Florida State Law Prevents Family of Marine from Filing Wrongful Death
The week before, we touched on the Feres Doctrine and how it limits active duty soldiers from suing the federal government for injuries incurred in the line of duty even when those injuries occurred as a result of medical malpractice. In addition to facing federal roadblocks to recovering damages for medical malpractice, everyone in… Read More »
