Medical Malpractice

• Surgeon gives up license after being accused of child molestation

  Oguz Ozdemir | February 26, 2009 1:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Dr. Peter Chi, of Livermore turned his license after being accused of molesting his young patients when giving them routine medical procedures. The California based cosmetic surgeon was the director...

• Medical Malpractice at an All-Time Low

  Oguz Ozdemir | January 13, 2009 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Many different counties across the United States have seen all time low rates of medical malpractice in 2008. This is a very interesting turn of events as we have seen the rate of medical...

• Medical Malpractice Leaves Man Without Leg

  Marc Jay Bern | November 06, 2008 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Healthcare today has changed from what it used to be. Healthcare used to be one of the biggest prides of our country, and now it has changed because of the overwhelming amount of mistakes,...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Family When Patient Dies After Surgery

  Paul Napoli | November 04, 2008 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  After a patient undergoes surgery they are often considered very vulnerable and are normally watched carefully in order to make sure than they recover properly. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Are Becoming Common

  Marc Jay Bern | October 27, 2008 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  This week in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin a verdict was announced in a lawsuit that awarded more than $11 million dollars to a family whose son suffered brain injuries during birth that was the...

• When Improper Administration of Anticoagulants Causes Injuries to Patients

  James Paglinawan | October 09, 2008 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  When Improper Administration of Anticoagulants Cause Injuries to Patients Anticoagulants are frequently administered to prevent both arterial and venous clots. Arterial clots are the most common...

• Medical Malpractice: Most Legitimate Claims Never Pursued

  Paul Napoli | October 03, 2008 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Medical malpractice has been underreported in the media for years, but due to a number of higher profile cases, it has become a major priority in this country. Despite having what some consider the...

• $24 Million Awarded in Medical Malpractice Case

  Shannon Weidemann | February 18, 2008 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A man from Illinois was awarded $24 Million in a medical malpractice case that he brought against the doctor and nurse practioner that treated him. He was undergoing surgery for kidney stones when he had a heart attack. The man is now confined to a wheelchair. As a result of the oxygen interruption, Porter lost most of his fine motor skills and suffers from spastic movement, severe double...

• Massachusetts Woman Misdiagnosed With HIV Awarded $2.5M

  Chrissie Cole | December 13, 2007 1:23 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A Massachusetts woman, given HIV treatments for nearly nine years before discovering she was misdiagnosed, was awarded $2.5 million in damages.The medical malpractice lawsuit claimed the doctor treating her at the University Of Massachusetts Medical Center, repeatedly failed to order proper tests to confirm the diagnosis, even though regular blood tests did not show the presence of HIV.The...

• Lab Mislabeling Caused Women to Get Mastectomy

  Jenny Albano | October 03, 2007 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  At first doctors told Darrie Eason that she had breast cancer, but then four months later, after she had already completed a double mastectomy, the doctors told her that the results had been a mistake. Apparently her tissue sample had been mislabeled at CBLPath medical lab in Rye Brook.Eason sued CBLPath in state supreme court in Mineola last month, seeking an undisclosed sum of money. The 1...