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Ohio Hospital Settles Medical Malpractice Claim Alleging Brain Bleed

On February 27, 2013, the Court of Claims of Ohio approved a medical malpractice settlement in the amount of $499,900 in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed on January 7, 2013 that alleged that an Ohio...

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$7.4 Million Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict

On March 22, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after less than two days of deliberations in the amount of $7.4 million in favor of a 26-year-old woman who...

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FDA Warns About Worn/Damaged Hospital Mattresses

On April 19, 2013, the FDA issued a “safety communication” warning “that damaged or worn covers for medical bed mattresses can allow blood and body fluids to penetrate medical bed mattresses, posing a...

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Alabama Supreme Court Reinstates $3.2 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

It its decision issued on May 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) reinstated a $3.2 million verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff that the Alabama Supreme...

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Hospital Mergers Result In Higher Patient Care Costs

There are about 5,724 hospitals in the United States presently. It is expected that about 1,000 of them will have new owners within the next seven years. In 2012, there were more than 100 hospital...

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Hospital That Threw Out Healthy Donor Kidney Denies It Was Negligent

The University of Toledo Medical Center (“UTMC”) in Ohio acknowledges that its nurse threw out as trash the healthy donor kidney that a brother had lovingly donated to his ailing sister but contests...

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New Estimate: Over 400,000 May Die Each Year In U.S. Due To Hospital Mistakes

In an article appearing in Scientific American entitled, “How Many Die from Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?,” the frequently quoted figure of up to 98,000 annual deaths in U.S. hospitals due to...

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Pennsylvania Hospital Patient Care Whistleblower Fired, Then Sues

A 13-year employee of a regional hospital in Pennsylvania, who at times worked as director of acute care services and quality project coordinator, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer on...

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Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections In Hospitals

Between 250,000 and 500,000 central line-associated blood stream infections (“CLABSIs”) occur in hospitals in the United States annually. CLABSIs cause serious complications leading to longer inpatient...

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Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?

You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the...

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