A former football player for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a neurosurgeon he claims botched his spinal surgery and cost him his potential professional football career. Beau Orth, a defensive back and linebacker for the Runnin’ Rebels football team, filed the medical malpractice lawsuit after he learned that a […]
Authorities in Texas are accusing a Dallas neurosurgeon of “intentionally, knowingly and recklessly” committing medical malpractice against patients with debilitating injuries. Prosecutors allege that Dr. Christopher Duntsch committed medical malpractice on up to 15 patients in only two years. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office claims that Dr. Duntsch used his tools and skills as […]
A former University of California at Berkeley football player has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the school. The suit alleges that the Bernard Hicks, who played for the Cal Golden Bears from 2004 to 2008, sustained numerous concussions in games and practices. The medical malpractice lawsuit also claims that the school failed to inform […]
Las Vegas urologist Michael Kaplan is once again the target of a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the widow of a former patient. Arlene Muller filed the medical malpractice lawsuit on July 24 against Dr. Kaplan, alleging that his negligence caused her husband’s death. Connie Mulick filed a similar suit in February against Dr. Kaplan. […]
The Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission has suspended an obstetrician for numerous instances of medical malpractice. The commission has accused Dr. Alexander M. Ortolano, a Richland obstetrician, of “committ(ing) a high volume of malpractice and patient abuse” in his practice. The group also claims that he “represents an immediate danger to the public health” […]
A Florida appeals court ruled this week that patients waive some of their privacy rights when filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. The three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeals upheld recent changes to the state’s medical malpractice law that allowed for the waiving of a patient’s privacy rights during communications regarding a malpractice […]
A proposed New York medical malpractice law failed to reach the Senate floor before the end of the legislative session. The proposed medical malpractice law would have doubled the deadline for filing claims against doctors working in the state’s public hospitals. The current deadline is 15 months after the date in which the malpractice occurred. […]
A family from Fort Worth has filed a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital after the mother died from repeated seizures. The Stingley family filed the Texas medical malpractice lawsuit against Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, as well as a neurologist and an emergency room doctor, for failing to diagnose the reasons for […]
The family of a Connecticut man won $3 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after the man died of a preventable heart attack. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by Cynthia Olsen, the wife of Andrew J. Olsen, against Mr. Olsen’s primary physician and his cardiologist. The jury ruled that the primary care physician, Dr. […]
A Virginia man won a medical malpractice lawsuit after a recording of his procedure revealed that the doctor and anesthesiologist made insulting remarks and falsified his medical records. The man, who was identified only as “D.B.” in court documents, filed the medical malpractice lawsuit after he listened to a recording of his colonoscopy. The recording […]