$20 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Includes Hospital’s Participation in Case Study

$20 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Includes Hospital’s Participation in Case Study

In an odd twist of events, a software designer who was injured at a hospital has settled his medical malpractice case for $20...

Children’s Hospital Sued over Emergency Room Malpractice

The parents of a 19-month-old toddler are suing her hospital because of the delayed treatment she received after swallowing a battery. The incident...
Hospital Sued for $1.5 Billion for Exposing Patients to Tuberculosis

Hospital Sued for $1.5 Billion for Exposing Patients to Tuberculosis

Accused of not protecting newborn babies and patients, the parent company of a Texas hospital is being sued for $1.5 billion in a...

Why Defective Medical Products Make It to the Market

Everyone wants a better life. That means a life that is healthier, longer, and less painful. The creation of medical aids to add...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 3)

10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 3)

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog post, we’ve seen some shocking medical errors—doctors insulting a patient during surgery, an anesthesiologist...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 2)

10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 2)

In our last post, we saw how anesthesia awareness can cause a patient to be trapped during surgery, unable to move, but feeling...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 1)

10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 1)

Did you know there’s a phobia specifically for surgical operations? If you have tomophobia, you never want to go under that scalpel. And...
Broken Tube Left in Heart Leads to Surgical Malpractice Lawsuit

Broken Tube Left in Heart Leads to Surgical Malpractice Lawsuit

We go to the hospital when we are sick and expect that we will receive the proper treatment and care. We trust that...
$12 Million Dollar Fraud Settlement with Hospital

$12 Million Dollar Fraud Settlement with Hospital

A $12 million dollar settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought against a Miami Hospital was recently reached. The federal lawsuit alleged that a...
Gastric Bypass Surgical Malpractice Results in Multi-Millions Dollar Verdict

Gastric Bypass Surgical Malpractice Results in Multi-Millions Dollar Verdict

Recently, a botched gastric bypass surgery performed at Memorial Hospital Jacksonville resulted in a $178 million jury verdict. In this case, a young...