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...
View Article$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...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleAlabama 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...
View ArticleHospital 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...
View ArticleHospital 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticlePennsylvania 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...
View ArticleCentral 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...
View ArticleHey, 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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