Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Patient Awarded $40.1 Million In Burned Heart Case

  Greg Webb | March 24, 2008 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Washington State Superior Court jury awarded $40.1 million, including $8.35 million in punitive damages, to Paramjit Singh who had to undergo a heart transplant because his was so badly damaged by a defective machine during an operation. The incident in question happened in October 2004, when Singh checked into Providence Everett Medical Center for cardiac bypass surgery. A monitor...

• Virginia Court Rules Doctors Liable Even If Affiliated With Charitable Foundations

  Greg Webb | March 20, 2008 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled that doctors affiliated with charitable foundations are not immune from malpractice suits. The cases involved the University of Virginia Health Services foundation whose lawyers argued that since its doctors were working for a non-profit organization, they should be immune from malpractice suits. The court, however, ruled that although the work done by...

• New Report Proves Perils of Physician-Owned Hospitals

  Greg Webb | January 30, 2008 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A new report, made by federal investigators, shows most physician-owned hospitals were not properly equipped to handle medical emergencies. This investigation took place due to the increase in physician-owned hospitals in the United States, where the number of facilities has increased from 110 in 2001, to 180 in 2007. The report shows 55 percent of the 109 physician-owned hospitals under...

• Study Shows Medical Malpractice Suits Tied Closely to Quality of Care

  Bryan Slaughter | December 03, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A new study of medical malpractice cases shows what ethical trial attorneys have always known -- medical malpractice settlements are closely tied to merit and quality of care. Although tort reformers have claimed settlements in malpractice suits are a "lottery", where fault and settlement are not related, a new analysis of eleven studies of medical malpractice settlements and claims have shown...

• Nursing Home Oversight Lacking

  Greg Webb | April 25, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A report to be issued in late April 2007 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that the Department of Health and Human Services does not hold nursing homes with a long history of bad care of residents accountable. Nursing homes that have a history of harming residents often do not face sanctions, and when they are sanctioned the Bush Administration gives them a grace period in...

• New Study Finds Children Most at Risk for Surgical Medication Errors

  Bryan Slaughter | March 08, 2007 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A new study has found that the most likely victims of surgery related medication errors are young children. Mistakes are most likely to happen when the patient is transfered from the surgical team to the recovery room. The study was confined to errors made on patients undergoing surgery, and the rate of harm, 5 percent, was much higher than is typical for medication errors. Among children it...

• Surgeon Wins Self Insurance Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 3:08 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a ruling on Tuesday, a West Virginia Court upheld a Charleston surgeon's right to have his own medical practice insurance.In a 2004 lawsuit, the doctor alleged that Charleston Area Medical Center took away his privileges after he attained $1 million worth of self funded medical malpractice insurance rather than going with a commercial vendor, according to court documents.CAMC said Hamrick's...