A professor of medicine at the University of Illinois published two papers stating that medical malpractice award caps do not significantly lower health care costs. Professor David Hyman co-authored the papers that examined the relationship between medical malpractice award caps and health care costs. One of the papers found that award caps had no effect […]
After the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that medical malpractice damage caps were unconstitutional, some of the state’s lawmakers are pursuing ways to reinstate those limits. Republican legislators and business groups want the medical malpractice damage caps reinstated on both civil injuries and on punitive damages. The lawmakers want to create a constitutional amendment that would […]
A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit accused a Tampa-area doctor of dispensing “potentially lethal” doses of several powerful prescription drugs. Dr. Edward Neil Feldman was accused of prescribing drugs such as the anti-depressant Valium, the muscle relaxant Soma and the painkiller oxycodone in heavy doses. The heavy doses mentioned in the Florida medical malpractice lawsuit reportedly […]
A state senator will propose changes to Wisconsin medical malpractice law that will remove limits on which family members can file claims. The current Wisconsin medical malpractice law only allows spouses, minor children and parents of minor children to file wrongful death claims. State Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd (D-Milwaukee) plans to propose a bill that […]
A recent ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rescinded a long-time exemption for cruise ship medical malpractice lawsuits. The ruling came in the case of a passenger who had died on a cruise ship in 2011 after the ship’s medical staff neglected to care for his head injury. The decison revokes […]
A Dallas-area neurosurgeon faces a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit for his incompetent performance of several spinal surgeries. The Texas medical malpractice lawsuits also cite Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano and the Baylor Health Care System as defendants, claiming that they promoted Dr. Christopher Duntsch’s practice and referred patients to his spinal surgery center. The […]
What does tort reform mean for Texas? It means that a hospital emergency room can negligently cause an Ebola outbreak without facing medical malpractice liability. Earlier this month, Thomas Duncan visited a Dallas area hospital. He was discharged while infected with the deadly Ebola virus. He had the symptoms and the hospital knew that he […]
Arlington resident Glenn Hermes filed a medical malpractice lawsuit when he learned that his surgeon removed a healthy kidney from his body, rather than the diseased organ. Mr. Hermes learned the news when his surgeon, Dr. Robert Stroud, told him that he had inadvertently removed the healthy right kidney instead of the left one, for […]
A recent report in USA Today illustrated the extent of physician drug abuse in the medical community. The report illustrated how doctors, nurses, anesthetists and other medical professionals have engaged in systematic theft and abuse of prescription drugs, including Percocet, Vicodin and Oxycontin. The report has raised concerns among medical professionals, insurance companies, patients and […]