Medical Malpractice

• Medical reform

  Pete Burns | June 22, 2009 6:04 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  We must be alert that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries do not further limit the rights of victims of medical errors to recover fair compensation. No one knows who will be the victim of...

• Assisted Living Regulations Available for all 50 States

  Billy Cunningham | April 11, 2009 9:05 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently compiled a summary of the assisted living regulations in all 50 states. The Assisted Living State Regulatory Review can be found at this web...

• Policy Limits Demand

  Pete Burns | April 07, 2009 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The policy limits demand is a powerful tool for the plaintiff and should be taken seriously by the insured defendant. The plaintiff is saying that she will settle her case for a specific sum or the...

• Lasik Surgery: know your risks

  Pete Burns | March 02, 2009 2:04 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Lasik surgery is a highly profitable and consequently aggressively advertized medical procedure. Before you undergo Lasik surgery get all of the facts including the likelihood that you will develop...

• Medical Negligence Experts: The Conspiracy Of Silence

  Pete Mackey | March 01, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In my last post, I discussed the proposed State Senate Bill in Utah which would, among other things, subject out-of-state medical experts to disciplinary proceedings for submitting false testimony...

• Utah: A Proposal To Rein In ER Malpractice Claims

  Pete Mackey | February 27, 2009 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A proposed bill in the Utah State Senate would make it more difficult for claimants to prove their cases where the allegation of malpractice takes place in an emergency room setting. That bill...

• Medical Errors

  Billy Cunningham | February 10, 2009 9:18 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  There have been recent blogs on InjuryBoard about the Chamber of Commerce’s attacks on the tort system. That attacks are often point to medical malpractice – most often to insinuate your...

• Dissecting Aorta: Timely treatment or death and malpractice

  Pete Burns | January 11, 2009 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  There are about 2,000 cases of aortic dissection in the United States each year. With timely treatment the survival rate is approximately 85%. Without treatment 25% of patients die in the first 24...

• Apology Laws

  Gaines Drago | August 19, 2008 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Surfing the internet a few weekends ago I came across this article from a Dallas based plaintiffs firm discussing new measures state legislatures are taking to curb medical malpractice payouts. The...

• Man Awarded $24 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | March 01, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Streator man was awarded nearly $24 million in a medical malpractice case for brain damage he suffered while in the hospital to have a kidney stone removed, according to court records regarding the case.In 2001, the man, who is now 34, was in St. Mary's Hospital to have a kidney stone removed. While in the hospital's care he suffered cardiac arrest which cut off the flow of oxygen to his...