The Case for “Apology Laws” in Healthcare One of the biggest arguments against an apology law is that when negligence occurs healthcare professionals should be held accountable. However, this is not hindered by an apology law. All an apology law provides is the ability for a physician to apologize for an outcome, no matter the […]
Nurse Diverts Patient Fentanyl and Loses License It doesn’t suprise me that this happened in Florida, but its shocking all the same how far we’ve fallen: hooked on these meds in the name of the almighty dollar and attacking each other like zombies trying to take them off each other.
Opinion: Raise Old Caps On Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform” swept across the country during the ’80s. Pushed by heavy lobbying and promises of lower premiums from the insurance industry, States made it more and more challenging to pursue remedies against health care providers and obtain total and fair compensation. Most of us in the business […]
Mistake: Doc Does Vasectomy Instead of Circumcision, Patient Sues I remember a case when I did defense work where an ophthalmologic surgeon heard his nurse say “two and a quarter turns” of the eyeball when she actually said “two quarter turns” as she read the instructions for a procedure he had never before performed. The […]
Well, I guess eliminating elective procedures is one way to cut down on the malpractice.
76 Counts of Prescription Abuse Against an Ohio Neurologist
This study shows that the US has an increasingly high rate of maternal death compared to other countries.
In protecting children and families from the devastating consequences of medical error in obstetrics. That has been a constant theme of my practice for over thirty years and continues to this day.
The jury didn’t even get to hear that … “At the time he treated Hoag, the oncologist was on federal probation after pleading guilty in 2014 to one misdemeanor count of receiving an adulterated or misbranded cancer drug.” New Mexico Jury Finds for Patient in Failure to Diagnose Cancer Case
The small group of lawyers litigating these cases will argue over the type, order, and ranking of these examples. But this list is a reasonable primer for patients and families concerned about protecting themselves from medical error and getting answers and deserved compensation when catastrophe strikes. The 5 Most Common Medical Errors Resulting In A […]
