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Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
On Monday the Montana Supreme Court ruled in a 5-2 decision that a father's wrongful death medical malpractice claim on behalf of his 16 year old son was time-barred. In Runstrom v. Allen , the plaintiff' son sustained a broken femur in an ATV accident (I wonder if was a Yahama Rhino ATV , which has been the subject of numerous lawsuits around the country). The ambulance took him to the emergency...
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The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In many jurisdictions, you can find court-approved interrogatories, such as model interrogatories for motor vehicle, medical malpractice, and divorce cases approved by the Illinois Supreme Court. Even if your case doesn't fall under one of the standard categories, you can...
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TortsProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that "[a] lawsuit testing the constitutionality of Illinois' medical malpractice reforms is expected to come before the state's Supreme Court this fall — and with it the very real possibility that the law will be...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
A nurse has been suspended from the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) register for six months following a repeated failure to keep records of the care she provided for a patient at the Peartree Care Centre in Sydenham, Kent. The NMC heard that Janet Eruvbetere, 58, admitted while working at the centre in January 2006, she failed to record the administration of antibiotics and did not record the...
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Legal Profession Blog (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed a jury verdict in a case brought against an attorney by a former client. The lawyer had been retained by a husband and wife to prosecute a medical malpractice claim on behalf of them and...
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Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
MEDIA COURTHOUSE -- A Collingdale woman was awarded more than $2.78 million in damages in a medical malpractice suit in which she maintained she has suffered excruciating and chronic pain, first after a physician attempted to remove contraceptive implant rods,...
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Php Array (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
1. You're alive. Some victims of malpractice don't survive and die as a result of injuries inflicted on them. 2. You can walk. Some malpractice victims lose the ability to walk. Having this freedom is something we all take for granted each day. 3. You can talk. The ability to speak and communicate is priceless. Those people who have had brain tumors or neurological injuries are speech impaired. They...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday in an address to the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club said Texas should serve as a model for improving access to health care nationwide because of its success in limiting malpractice lawsuits brought against physicians, the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Php Session (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
If you believe all they hype by "tort-reform" zealots, every injured victim is a 'money-hungry, selfish and health-care destroying monster." Contrary to all the hype, practically every single injured medical malpractice victim who walks in my door is just the opposite. Here's what I mean: The people who come to me never started off their medical treatment by looking for a lawsuit. Instead, they went...
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Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A settlement was reached in the wrongful death case in which a high school principal died during a routine dental procedure in Chicago, Illinois last year. The patient was over medicated while undergoing a routine procedure and was not monitored properly . This medical malpractice led to the patient's wrongful death while still in the dental office. The doctors performing the procedure are currently...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
The U.S. Supreme Court's "sensible" 8-1 ruling in the case of Reigel v. Medtronic, stating that medical devices approved by FDA are exempt from product liability lawsuits in state courts, "makes sense for many reasons" but has "nonetheless sent up yowls" from Democratic members of Congress who have proposed the Medical Device Safety Act (
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A nurse who had forged signatures to help her qualify as a midwife has been cautioned for five years by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). Katie Elphick, 30, from Shoreham, was sentenced to 12 months community service by Worthing Magistrates Court in August 2007 for forging at least 11 signatures of supervising midwives while she was a student midwife, to boost her Continual Assessment Portfolio...
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mnblue - (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Today's a Triple Dose Of Dumbya Day! "The trial lawyers are very politically powerful. But here in Texas we took them on and got some good medical malpractice." read more
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Enforcement officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with assistance from Thames Valley Police, seized approximately 100,000 diazepam (Valium) tablets (a Class C Drug) and 20,000 medicine tablets believed to be either unlicensed or counterfeit. These consisted of Kamagra tablets (an unlicensed medicine used for male impotence) and a quantity of Viagra and...
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ArticlePower.org (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
If you or someone close to you has suffered an injury by a doctor, nurse, or someone in the medical field, you need to call a lawyer immediately. Chances are good that you are going to file a lawsuit for medical malpractice. A personal injury lawyer is what you need.
