http://www.malpractice-central.com Malpractice-Central Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:06:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 The 2007 lawsuit alleges the defendants didn’t follow a doctor's orders to perform MRIs. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6853.html Wellesley Hills and Westborough , Mass . Dawn Effron , former medical malpractice litigation attorney and presently an adjunct professor at New England Law Boston (formerly New England School of Law), has joined the Zeytoonian Center for Dispute Resolution as Of Counsel. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6852.html In the past month the federal government has agreed to pay $2.77 million to settle three medical negligence claims against Jacksonville Naval Hospital, the Navy said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office negotiated settlements with three separate plaintiffs and has mediation scheduled to attempt to resolve four other negligence lawsuits against the ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6851.html Jurors are asked to leave the courtroom so they can wheel Sheila Matthews in. She was transported here from Lely Palms nursing home and has been in the hallway with two nurse's aides and was expected to testify at 2 p.m. But it's late and she may have to return ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6850.html A law practice tied to Bonnie Sweeten, the Bucks County mother who faked her own abduction in May, is being sued for malpractice by a former client. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6849.html A Saipan resident who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a former Hawaii-based doctor for alleged negligence in exercising due care and follow-up care in her breasts' reconstructive surgery has decided to drop the lawsuit. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6847.html Sheila Matthews, a Naples mother of three, walked into NCH North Naples Hospital’s emergency room in March 2005 in extreme pain. Six days later, Matthews would become a quadriplegic. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6848.html The high cost of medical malpractice insurance is the main factor in rising health care costs, according to Dr. Doug McKinney, chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6846.html We've just finished the third malpractice crisis of the past 35 years, and the script is always the same. Physicians complain that high malpractice premiums make health care too expensive or unavailable at any price. Plaintiffs' lawyers respond that the problem is that physicians are routinely committing malpractice and getting ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6845.html If President Obama is serious about controlling the costs of medical treatment, and about arriving at a bipartisan solution to health care reform, then why not make a start by getting rid of the frivolous malpractice lawsuits? Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6844.html Sen. Bob Johnson, cranking up to run for U.S. Senate against Blanche Lincoln, says he’s a Harry Truman Democrat.  So. Truman was a pork-barreling, machine-style politician who believed in making it harder for victims of medical malpractice to sue over their losses and who evinced little concern about safety of ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6843.html A Cook County resident who is an Iranian citizen is suing her former immigration attorney for legal malpractice and fraud, claiming she was termed a terrorist because the lawyer filed an asylum application containing false statements that she was a supporter of the Mujahedeen. Plaintiff Afrouz Kheirkhahvash came to the ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6842.html Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has again taken to her Facebook page, this time to position herself in the national debate over health care reform. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6841.html An attorney representing Michael Jackson's dermatologist Arnold Klein has refuted reports police officials raided his office in search of new evidence, amid speculation the medic faces charges of medical malpractice. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6840.html A relative of a 28yearold man who died of acute lung disease earlier this month has called on the Medical Council to probe the ethics of a physi¬cian at a private hospital in the Bang Na area for medical malpractice. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6839.html For some patients, malpractice reform presents a hurdle to fair compensation. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6838.html A federal appeals court has been asked to limit the right of judges to do their own research in bench trials, lest they be swayed by facts not before them. A federal magistrate no-caused a medical malpractice claim after consulting cases not cited by the parties that involved the type ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6837.html Suit alleges legal malpractice and conflict of interest A member of Chicago's wealthy Bucksbaum family is suing the family's long-time attorneys for legal malpractice, blaming them for more than $300 million in investment losses in her trusts. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6836.html The New Hampshire Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. The state had asked the Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6834.html http://www.malpractice-central.com/6835.html CONCORD — The N.H. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6833.html CONCORD (AP) – The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. The state had asked the court to expedite the appeal. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6832.html The New Hampshire Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6831.html OPINION/ANALYSIS: Conservatism's principles suggest that states, not the federal government, take the lead on reforming health care to preserve its three hallmarks: access, affordability and innovation. To do that, conservatives from more than 30 states came up with these ideas at a meeting this month in Chicago: Medical malpractice reform. ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6830.html A private equity fund manager has no personal claim of legal malpractice against Pepper Hamilton because he ignored the firm's legal advice and should have known the firm was representing the fund and not him individually, a Philadelphia judge said. The judge found that Philip H. Behr could not prove ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6829.html BENTONVILLE — Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital faces a malpractice lawsuit after a sleep study patient went blind and suffered paralysis, according to a recent filing in Benton County District Court. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6828.html A doctor performing a mammogram missed a sign of Robin Farley's breast cancer in 2001. In 2004, she learned she had stage IV incurable breast cancer. As she spends the rest of her life fighting the disease, the Court of Appeals has affirmed a $2.78 million judgment in her favor. Read ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6827.html A law practice tied to Bonnie Sweeten, the Bucks County mother who faked her own abduction in May, is being sued for malpractice by a former client. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6826.html The law firm of Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey is proud to announce that attorney Paul F. Schweiger, a member of the Duluth office, has been honored with a “Best Lawyers in America” distinction. He was voted one of the best in Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation. ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6825.html The New Hampshire Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Oct. 15 in a dispute between the state and medical providers over $110 million in a malpractice fund. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6824.html News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6823.html Nevada-based Premier Physicians Insurance Co. said Monday it will issue its first shareholder dividend in the third quarter after three years in operation. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6822.html The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case because the defendant helped treat a juror who fell ill during closing arguments. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6821.html Heed the callIf President Obama is serious about lowering health care costs, the "America’s Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009” should have addressed legal reforms to limit abusive malpractice lawsuits. In America, filing malpractice lawsuits is inexpensive but defense costs are not. Hence, health care providers practice defensive medicine by ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6820.html HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case because the defendant helped treat a juror who fell ill during closing arguments. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6819.html HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case because the defendant helped treat a juror who fell ill during closing arguments. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6818.html The family of a Connecticut woman who died five days after ovarian surgery has received $1 million from the insurance company of two doctors sued for medical malpractice. The lawyer for Barbara Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6817.html Part of the legal case for taking $110 million from a medical malpractice fund was that other states have raided similar funds. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6816.html A $2 million medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora and one of its staff obstetrician-gynecologists, accusing the physician of sterilizing a Naperville woman last year without her consent while overseeing the birth of her third child. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6815.html BANGKOK, Aug 15 (TNA) -- Faced by a number of negative reports appearing in international media about malpractice problems and scams taking place at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday ordered airport officials to resolve the problems and restore confidence among foreign tourists. Link to original ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6814.html A West Knoxville woman dying of breast cancer Friday called the state Court of Appeals' ruling this week upholding the $2.78 million medical malpractice judgment she received "a sweet piece of justice." Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6813.html A longtime Morristown-based lawyer who specialized in medical malpractice and personal injury cases agreed to disbarment Wednesday as part of his guilty plea to forgery and misusing $47,498 in settlement funds for three clients. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6812.html The family of a Norwich woman who died five days after ovarian surgery has received $1 million from the insurance company of two doctors sued for medical malpractice. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6811.html China is to start a two-year inspection campaign of construction businesses in a bid to curb "serious" corruption and malpractice, a senior anti-graft official said Friday. He Yong, deputy secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said all regions should reduce the high incidence ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6810.html A group of medical providers is challenging New Hampshire's request for a speedy appeals process in a dispute over a malpractice fund. Lawyers for Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia and Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6809.html A group of medical providers is challenging New Hampshire's request for a speedy appeals process in a dispute over a malpractice fund. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6808.html On Monday, Mayor Bloomberg announced he would extend his grade retention policies to 4th and 6th grades -- meaning that all NYC students through 8th Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6807.html Gov. David Paterson has signed legislation to freeze medical malpractice insurance rates in New York for another year, but the state's largest insurer said it leaves the company financially weaker Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6806.html A lawsuit alleging medical malpractice by Grand Traverse County jail doctors and a nurse causing the death of an inmate can go to a jury after an appeals court overruled a decision by a local judge. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6805.html A doctor who claims he had to take on a huge tax burden to pay his ex-wife $1.2 million pursuant to a divorce settlement can bring a malpractice claim against the matrimonial lawyer who advised him to sign the allegedly "unrealistic" stipulation, a New York state appeals court has ruled. ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6804.html BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - A jury in a Wyoming County civil trial rejected the claims of a woman who alleged malpractice in connection with the death of her newborn child. Kim I. Bennett of Montrose had filed a suit against Dr. William R. Walker, ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6803.html A group of medical providers is challenging New Hampshire's request for a speedy appeals process in a dispute over a malpractice fund. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6801.html Mr. Branson, founder of The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson is highlighted in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers for his work in cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury litigation, product liability litigation and professional malpractice. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6802.html The "Dead by Mistake" story that appeared in Sunday's Herald incorrectly stated the party who initiated an appeal in the malpractice case involving Stanley Stinnett of California. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6800.html The president of Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co., one of New York's largest insurers, says the firm will be significantly weakened as malpractice issues stall. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6798.html HAYWARD, CA--(Marketwire - August 11, 2009) - Peter Rothschild, M.D., renowned radiologist and infection control authority, applauds medical malpractice insurance company CNA's Alert Bulletin, titled, "MRSA Alert: MRI Infection Creates New 'Superbug' Concerns." The Alert Bulletin is available at http://www.patientcomfortsystems.com/PR/CNAAlert_Bulletin_AB09_Issue_4.pdf . CNA is the 7th largest Link to ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6799.html ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has signed legislation to freeze medical malpractice insurance rates for another year. Dr. Robert Menotti, president of Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co., the state's largest insurer, says the measure positions them Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6796.html Incorrectly treated fractures in children are one of the errors most frequently confirmed in the arbitration process. This was the conclusion reached by Heinrich Vinz and Johann Neu of the Arbitration Board of the North German Medical Associations, Hanover, in the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6797.html David Phillips, you are guilty of weather malpractice. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6795.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson has signed legislation to freeze medical malpractice insurance rates in New York for another year. But the doctor who heads the largest insurer in New York says it simply leaves them financially weaker while efforts to resolve malpractice issues have stalled. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6793.html Associated Press - August 10, 2009 12:25 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson has signed legislation to freeze medical malpractice insurance rates in New York for another year. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6794.html John Glander and Robert Meadows of Professional Risk Associates Inc. understand the nuances of medical malpractice insurance. Their company has specialized in medical malpractice insurance for physicians and physician groups since Glander founded the firm in 1989. He started the company with one employee, Don Riley. The company employs 25 ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6792.html WINCHESTER -- Two people claim doctors affiliated with Winchester Medical Center in 2007 caused them to suffer severe burns during surgery. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6791.html Independent Groups contesting Jaffna Municipal Council Election alleged ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) supporters of engaging in malpractice as voters began casting their votes from Saturday 7:00 a.m, sources in Jaffna said. UPFA supporters were seen persuading the voters going to the polling centres offering them polling cards printed ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6790.html A former client of Motley Rice claims that the South Carolina law firm botched his malpractice case against another law firm that handled his divorce. Attorney Denis Ventriglia alleged in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that plaintiffs class action firm Motley Rice was inexperienced in pursuing legal malpractice claims and ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6789.html Blank Rome said Friday that it has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a malpractice case brought against the law firm by the bankruptcy trustee for defunct payday lender American Business Financial Services. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6788.html CARSON CITY (AP) — A Las Vegas neurosurgeon who served as Nevada lieutenant governor has agreed to give up performing operations as part of a state medical malpractice settlement. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6787.html ( Deutsches Aerzteblatt International ) Incorrectly treated fractures in children are one of the errors most frequently confirmed in the arbitration process. This was the conclusion reached by Heinrich Vinz and Johann Neu of the Arbitration Board of the North German Medical Associations, Hanover, in the current edition of Deutsches ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6786.html A Hazleton law firm has asked to incorporate evidence of disgraced former judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.'s testimony at a hearing last month into their campaign to have a $3.4 million legal malpractice verdict overturned. Attorneys from Laputka, Bayless, E Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6784.html A Las Vegas neurosurgeon who served as Nevada lieutenant governor has agreed to give up performing operations as part of a state medical malpractice settlement. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6785.html A 45-year-old woman is suing Scott & White Memorial Hospital for medical malpractice, claiming negligence that resulted in multiple surgeries and a condition in which she has “no hope of recovery,” according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Bell County District Court against the hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6783.html CONCORD — New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6782.html Maricopa County will pay $312,000 to the family of a boy who suffered permanent injuries during childbirth more than six years ago. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6781.html PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County will pay $312,000 to the family of a boy who suffered permanent injuries during childbirth more than six years ago. The county's Board of Supervisors approved the settlement Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6780.html New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The state counted on $65 million of the money to Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6779.html Noncompliance with the affidavit of merit statute in a legal malpractice suit does not preclude a plaintiff from bringing a common-law fraud case against her lawyer, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6778.html Neurosurgeon and former Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren has agreed to no longer perform surgeries as part of a medical malpractice settlement. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6777.html A Hazleton law firm has asked to incorporate evidence of disgraced former Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.'s testimony at a hearing last month into their campaign to have a $3.4 million legal malpractice verdict overturned. Attorneys from Laputka, Bayless, E Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6776.html Judge Helen Toor said Wednesday that she will push to have longstanding cases involving alleged priest sexual abuse and malpractice resolved. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6775.html A week after a judge cast the new state budget into question by ruling Gov. John Lynch's plan to seize $110 million from a state-established medical malpractice insurance fund unconstitutional and invalid, the state has appealed the case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6774.html The New Hampshire Joint Underwriting Association - the medical malpractice carrier now in the midst of a major state lawsuit - was designed as an insurer of last resort for doctors and hospitals. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6773.html Two witnesses in a wrongful death and malpractice lawsuit against Life Care Center of Elizabethton testified in court on Tuesday. Before their testimony on Monday, downtown Elizabethton was abuzz with activity as 250 individuals were summonsed for jury selection. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6772.html Roll over any note to read it in its entirety or click to read all. • City Council President Richard Clark has scheduled his next town hall budget meeting. It’s Monday at 6 p.m at the South Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville in the Wilson Center. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6771.html With that threatening boom in his voice, he waves an angry finger to the camera and delivers his signature spiel to purveyors of injustice and malpractice alike: “Hindi namin kayo tatantanan!” Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6770.html THE summer of upset continues at a local school after an investigation was launched into allegations of malpractice during final examinations. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6769.html New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6768.html To seize money held by the medical malpractice insurance fund known as the Joint Underwriting Association, the state used a troubling argument. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6767.html NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 4, 2009) - J. M. Woodworth Risk Retention Group, Inc. has been approved by the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System to provide medical malpractice insurance to physicians and surgeons with admitting privileges at any North Shore affiliated hospital. Woodworth provides medical malpractice insurance ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6766.html Q: The president did not mention malpractice reform in his recent press conference on health care reform. Isn't it still considered an important issue? Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6765.html Port Harcourt — The Federal Government has been called upon to establish an examination malpractice commission as a necessary basis to checking the rampant cases of examination fraud in secondary and tertiary institutions in the country. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6764.html A midwife has been found guilty of professional misconduct after a baby died following a prolonged pregnancy. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6763.html WILKES-BARRE – Attorneys for a Hazleton-based law firm asked a judge on Monday to allow them to use recent testimony of former county Judge Mark Ciavarella in their quest to overturn a $3.4 million legal malpractice lawsuit. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6762.html The family of late TV weatherman Brian Teigland filed a wrongful death suit Monday against Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals alleging malpractice and negligence in his death last year. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6761.html A midwife has been found guilty of professional misconduct after a baby died following a prolonged pregnancy. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6760.html Cindy Teigland, the wife of late local meteorologist Brian Teigland, has filed a malpractice suit alleging Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Methodist . Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6758.html A $1.8 million medical malpractice claim was paid last week following a jury's verdict in late June that a doctor misdiagnosed a 25-year-old woman's heart condition — causing her to need a heart transplant. More... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6759.html Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk today accused House Democrats of moving too quickly on a costly partisan health care reform plan that he said fails to address doctors' malpractice costs and could lead to employers dumping workers from company health insurance plans. Read more in Clout Street on chicagotribune.com ... http://www.malpractice-central.com/6757.html The family of late TV weatherman Brian Teigland filed a wrongful death suit today against Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals alleging malpractice and negligence in his death last year. Link to original article http://www.malpractice-central.com/6755.html One proposal floated would limit the number of suits by tightening New Yorks comparative negligence rules to match those of most other states. Read more here http://www.malpractice-central.com/6756.html The Law Office of Michael C. Rakower, P.C. announces victory in defense of a $5,000,000 legal malpractice action against its client by settling the case for a "nuisance fee" of $950. Click here for more info http://www.malpractice-central.com/6754.html