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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Misdiagnosis

  Pete Burns | August 17, 2009 2:36 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is yet another anti consumer republican trying to shift the focus from insurance reform by pretending that problems in health care are the result of “junk...

• Finding Quality Medical Care ... And Avoiding Bad Care

  Pete Mackey | August 15, 2009 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  When a lay person calls me about a legal problem, it is generally a friend or former client. We encourage them to call us because, although we confine our practice to civil jury trials, we want them...

• 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...

• 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...

• A Shocking Report Relating To Medication Errors

  Tom Methvin | October 10, 2006 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I was shocked to learn that medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually. While I knew that the error rate was fairly high, I certainly didn't realize how bad it actually was. The Institute of Medicine, the nation's most prestigious medical advisory organization, released a report,...