The House of Representatives recently passed a measure that would prohibit plaintiffs who file medical malpractice lawsuits from using federal patient ratings as evidence of poor or incompetent care. The measure, a provision in a bill that received overwhelming support, would bar patients from using physician performance ratings required by Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable […]

A Florida couple filed a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that their obstetrician’s use of a vacuum pump during delivery resulted in their child’s mental disability. Robert and Melissa MacDonald filed the medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Samuel Kaufman, a Boca Raton obstetrician. The MacDonalds claim that Dr. Kaufman improperly used a vacuum pump to […]

Hundreds of women will receive shares of a $5 million medical malpractice settlement after they were implanted with unapproved intrauterine devices. An estimated 700 women will receive around $3,800 each, while the first women to file the suit will receive an additional $30,000 each. The medical malpractice settlement came after a class action suit against […]

A prisoner in the Manhattan Detention Center filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the City of New York and Corizon Health Services for an incident in which he lost a finger. The medical malpractice lawsuit, alleges that a Corizon doctor failed to give the prisoner, Rudolph Richardson, proper treatment after a cell door slammed on […]

A California oncologist was fined $550,000 in a medical malpractice case related to his use of unapproved chemotherapy drugs. The fine issued to Dr. Prabhjit Purewal was part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services. The medical malpractice case against Dr. Purewal alleged that he violated […]

A Dallas nurse who contracted the Ebola virus last year has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital that employed her. Nina Pham, a nurse at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, filed the medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that the hospital did not take adequate precautions to protect her, other staff members or […]

Former professional wrestler Phil Brooks alleged that a staff physician for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) committed medical malpractice by misdiagnosing a potentially deadly staph infection. Mr. Brooks, who went by the ring name “CM Punk”, stated that Dr. Chris Amann diagnosed a staph infection on his lower back as a “fatty deposit.” Dr. Amann responded […]

A proposed bill that would place medical malpractice award caps on lawsuits involving nursing homes passed the West Virginia House of Delegates last week. The bill must pass the state Senate and be signed by the Governor before it becomes law. Supporters of the bill maintain that medical malpractice award caps will keep doctors and […]

The recent legislative sessions have spurred debates on medical malpractice law reform in state houses across the nation. A medical malpractice law reform bill proposed in the Georgia Legislature would create a new government agency that would replace the court system in handling medical malpractice disputes. Democratic senators in Kentucky have accused their Republican counterparts […]