According to a new study, malpractice claims involving electronic health records (EHR) have been on the rise over the last 8 years. While they represent only a small percentage of
A Cook County jury awarded $101M to mother Tequila Snow in a medical malpractice case against West Suburban Medical. Snow gave birth to a severely brain-damaged boy who is now
The family of Alabama’s Auburn University student Hope Johnson was awarded $9M in a medical malpractice case naming emergency medicine physician Dr. Zenon Bednarski and Dr. David Randall Willis, DO.
Baltimore City Circuit Court judge Audrey S. Carrion denied Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s motion for a new trial after a jury awarded a record $299.6M judgment against the hospital
How are hospital administrators accountable in medical negligence cases? While physicians and nurses deliver healthcare directly to patients, the hospital’s leadership is responsible for implementing the policies and procedures that
Urology deals with the medical treatment of diseases of the urinary tract. Urologists are M.D.s who complete five years of specialty training during a postgraduate residency in urology. Those who
The family of Sarah Crayton will receive a $2.6M settlement in the medical malpractice case against the University of Chicago Medical Center and cardiologist Dr. Mardi Gomberg-Maitland. Crayton died in
Doctors, physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioners are all professionally obligated to order the appropriate tests to diagnose potentially fatal conditions like cancer in a timely way. In Doctors Kept Dismissing
Terry Lee Courts filed a medical negligence lawsuit against internist Matthew Harris M.D, in West Virginia’s Cabell Circuit Court (case number 19-C-284). Mr. Courts is the administrator of the estate
Dr. Rui Amaral Mendes, associate editor of BMJ Case Reports, writes that doctors need to listen carefully to their patients and build a timeline of what happened rather than relying
A Suffolk County, MA, jury awarded the family of Aiden Boulter $30.6M after finding that Cross Country Staffing Inc. was negligent in the care of Kim Boulter and her newborn
What is the role of the cruise ship and maritime medicine expert witness? When a cruise ship passenger suffers an accident, injury, or acute medical condition which results in litigation,
Minnesota couple Leotha Pinkney and John Richardson filed a malpractice lawsuit against the medical staff at Regions Hospital and HealthPartners in St. Paul, MN, alleging that medical staff did not
Medical malpractice insurance experts take note: the definition of “medical occurrence” in an insurance policy may be as straightforward as you think. In John Patty, D.O., LLC v. Missouri Professional
In an unusual case in Washington state, the plaintiff’s medical expert witness failed to persuade the court that a Department of Veteran Affairs primary care physician had breached his duty
