May 15, 2013
The lawsuit involving Mark G. Midei, MD, and unnecessary stent procedures for St. Joseph Medical Center patients, has settled after six weeks of trial.
May 15, 2013
Senate Bill 1792 would change requirements for expert witnesses, and enable attorneys to question patients' subsequent healthcare providers.
February 19, 2013
A proposed new bill in Georgia seeks to take medical malpractice cases out of the court system and treat them more like worker's compensation cases.
February 19, 2013
Senate Bill 438 proposes the state create patient safety commission to discuss and mediate malpractice incidents before cases go to trial.
February 19, 2013
An elderly man opted for "no heroics" if things went wrong in surgery, but his family felt differently.
December 18, 2012
A malpractice suit involving a physician who prescribed antidepressants without seeing his patient for years serves as a warning against overmedication.
December 18, 2012
A New York court ruled in a favor of a patient who sued her physician for medical malpractice after their affair ended.
December 18, 2012
An eager, young clinician makes a serious mistake that causes a heart attack.
November 20, 2012
Court dismisses concerns that medical malpractice expert panels exert too much pressure on juries.
November 19, 2012
Details of the implementation of pay for performance incentive programs and the context in which they are introduced may have an important bearing on their outcome.
October 19, 2012
Health officials have confirmed the presence of the fungus Exserohilum rostratum in unopened recalled steroid vials from New England Compounding Pharmacy.
October 16, 2012
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in favor of reducing the damages awarded to a patient who had the wrong ovary surgically removed from $759,679 to $334,679.
August 20, 2012
Miscommunication among hospital staff was cited as the top reason why respondents believe most medical mistakes occur.
August 20, 2012
The program allows clinicians to acknowledge making a mistake without it being used as an admission of liability.
August 20, 2012
According to the decision, the cap "infringes on the jury's constitutionally protected purpose of determining the amount of damages sustained by an injured party."
August 20, 2012
A lack of communication between a surgeon and an anesthetist has disastrous consequences.
July 16, 2012
Many hospitals scored fewer than 50 points on the 100-point hospital safety scale, which rated facilities based on their performance in six categories.
July 16, 2012
The new law incentivizes defendants in medical malpractice cases to make settlement offers early in the litigation process to cut back on the time, expenses and uncertainty associated with malpractice lawsuits.
July 16, 2012
Was a clinician negligent in the administration of a standard drug used for treating pancreatitis?
June 18, 2012
A Bronx jury awarded close to $120 million to a woman who suffered brain damage after being treated at three New York area hospitals.
June 18, 2012
Medical malpractice lawsuits can take anywhere between 20 months to 44 months to be resolved, study findings suggest.
May 22, 2012
Accusations of racial discrimination are raised against an unsuspecting supervisor.
May 22, 2012
Employing professional translators for non-English speaking patients in hospital emergency departments (EDs) reduces miscommunication and errors, study results suggest.
May 22, 2012
Consumer rights groups contend that declines reflect a nationwide reduction in malpractice lawsuits, but the Pennsylvania judiciary attributes the changes to two rules implemented in 2003.
May 22, 2012
Seven healthcare systems in Massachusetts will formally pilot a project that will attempt to resolve medical liability issues without malpractice trials.
A former airman who lost his legs due to a botched gallbladder surgery is challenging the Feres Doctrine and suing the U.S. government, the Air Force and the David Grant Medical Center for medical malpractice.
New York state spent the most in malpractice payouts in 2011.
Clinicians' ability to provide patient care may be impaired immediately after surgical catastrophes, but few report receiving time off.
Malpractice laims in which an indemnity payment was made were associated with higher mean defense costs -- $45,070 vs. $17,130 -- an analysis reveals.
April 17, 2012
A patient undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging claims the IV led to nerve damage.
