Medical Malpractice

Man Dies During Extramarital Threesome, His Family Gets $3 Million

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Threesome-Death, Gary Lovell, William Martinez, Medical Malpractice, Weird Deaths, Family Sues Over Threesome Death, Georgia, Things You Can't Do Naked, Video, Rod Edmond, Weird Lawsuits, Man Died in Threesome, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Sex Death, Weird Sex, Threesome Death Medical Malpractice, Tricia Hoffler, Weird News News

The family of a man who died while having a threesome with a woman and a male friend has been awarded $3 million from his cardiologist because the doc...

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A Mother's Hunch and A Doctor's Mistake

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Emmelyn-Roettger, Mensa Society, Blindness, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Parenting. MENSA, Parents News
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

The picture is adorable; a pink little angel with feathery wings, wearing a faux pearl necklace and toddler-sized glasses atop her button nose. Her na...

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Dentist Dropped Tool Down Woman's Throat, Lawsuit Claims

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Screwdriver in Throat, Dumb Crime, Dentist Screwdriver in Throat, Lena David, Medical Malpractice, Dentist Dropped Tool Down Throat, w.b. Galbreath, Anatomical Wonders, Dentist Lawsuit, Wb Galbreath, Weird News News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky woman is suing a dentist, accusing him of dropping a small screwdriver down her throat that migrated to her digestive tr...

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Obamacare Is Not the Only Health Care Law in Town

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Reform, Medical Malpractice Law, Path Act, Protecting Access to Health Care Act, Miami News
Spencer Aronfeld

I hope that Americans are not too distracted by the Obamacare debate to allow H.R. 5 to pass the Senate.

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Michael McAuliff

House Votes To Repeal Cost-Control Board In Health Care Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Speaker John Boehner, Video, Health Care Reform Repeal, Independent Payment Advisory Board, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Repeal Affordable Care Act, Repeal Health Care, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to repeal a key cost-control provision of the health care law Thursday. The House p...

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Yet Another Attack on Women -- The Medical Malpractice Bill

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Women's Health, Medical Malpractice Bill, H.R. 5, Womens Rights, Medical Malpractice, Republicans, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Up until now, there has been so much opposition to the bill that House leaders haven't had the nerve to bring this bill to a vote. Now they've suddenly decided to force the issue. But if I were them, I might think twice.

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John Celock

Kansas Lawmakers Have It Both Ways, Vote To Ban State Worker Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Abortion, University of Kansas, Joe Patton, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Medical Malpractice, Abortion Rights, Sam Brownback Abortion, Anti-Abortion, Fetal-Heartbeat, Breast Cancer, Wrongful-Birth, Sam Brownback Abortion Bill, Kansas Politics, Kansas Legislature, University-of-Kansas-Medical-Center, Sam Brownback, Sam Brownback Kansas, Vicki Schmidt, Sean-Gatewood, Politics News

The day after a Kansas legislative committee adopted an amendment to protect accreditation of the OBGYN residency program at the University of Kansas ...

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John Celock

Arizona Senate Passes Abortion Bill That Would Protect Doctors Against Lawsuits

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Abortion, Governor Jan Brewer, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Birth, Anti-Abortion, Wrongful Life, Arizona-Abortion-Bill, Arizona Legislature, Video, Jan Brewer, Matt Heinz, Anti-Abortion Bill, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Nancy Barto, Arizona-Abortion, Arizona Politics, Gov. Jan Brewer, Politics News

The Arizona Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will prohibit medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors who withhold information from a woman that co...

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Rick Santorum's Wife Sued Doctor For $500,000 In 1999

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum Tort Reform, Video, Karen Santorum, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Rick Santorum 2012, Rick Santorum Wife, Rick Santorum for President, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has advocated capping medical malpractice awards at $250,000, but in 1999, his wife sued her doctor ov...

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Doctors Use Arbitration Agreements to Escape Jury Trials

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Lawyer, Lawsuit, Medical Malpractice, Plastic Surgery, Suing, Arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Florida Courts, Miami News
Spencer Aronfeld

By allowing arbitration agreements to be used in the context of medical procedures, patients often unknowingly give away their rights to sue doctors in courts of law.

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Florida's Hospitals Have a Secret

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Hospitals, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Miami, Medical Malpractice, Lynda See, Medical Records, Confidentiality, Hospital Records Public, Miami News
Spencer Aronfeld

Florida's medical secrecy laws are buried deep into Florida's statutes and are supported in part by federal laws. Hospitals are permitted by law to practice under a veil of secrecy that no public corporation or government division enjoys.

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The Doctor Made a Huge Mistake

Amy Parmenter | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Malpractice, Healthcare System, Physicians, Medical Malpractice, Elderly Care, Doctors, Heart Disease, Patient Advocacy, Healthcare, Seniors, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Amy Parmenter

I got my mom back. But, just as easily, I might not have.

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After Recent Revelations, Hospitals Must Finally Become Safety-First Environments

Pearl Korn | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Montefiore Medical Center, George Bush, New York Daily News, Tort Reform, Public Citizen, Medical Malpractice, Hospitals, Medicaid, ABC News, Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Congress, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
Pearl Korn

For decades, and through one administration after another, the lack of safety in our healthcare system has gone un-addressed, placing us at greater and greater risk.

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Nursing Angels and an Update to 'Its a Wonderful Life'

Don McNay | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Medical Malpractice, It's a Wonderful Life, Don McNay, Dr Fred Hadley, Joe McNay, Angels, Wealth Without Wall Street, Prostate Cancer, Dr William Rogers, Cincinnati, Urology, Jimmy Stewart, George Bailey, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Don McNay

I've spent my life chasing fame and glory, trying to achieve great things. I've never been one to stop and smell the roses. This forced me to. I've been stunned by the outpouring of love, prayers and support.

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Med Mal Caps Hurt Patients

Shirley Svorny | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Medical Malpractice Caps, Health Insurance, Insurance, Jobs Through Growth Act, Medical Malpractice, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Shirley Svorny

Placing caps would reduce malpractice insurers' incentives to oversee physician practice patterns and reduce incentives to manage risk in our health care system, and make health care that much riskier for all of us.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About Secret Settlement Agreements

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Child Molesting, Michele Bachmann, Medical Malpractice, Sexual Assault Claims, Sexual Harassment, Herman Cain, Confidentiality Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, National Restaurant Association, Secret Settlements, Waiver of Non-Disclosure, Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Settlement, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

No matter how these claims play out on the political stage, the practice of hiding wrongdoing through the avenue of non-disclosure settlements agreements is worthy of further consideration.

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Woman Sent To Morgue ... While Still Living

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Rosangela Celestrino, Video, Woman Alive in Morgue, Medical Malpractice, Living Woman Morgue, Rosa Celestrino De Assis Dead, Brazilian Woman Morgue, Morgue, Rosa Celestrino De Assis Morgue, Brazillian Woman Morgue, Rosa Celstrino, Live Woman Sent to Morgue, Rosa Celestrino De Assis, Rosa Celestrino, Healthy Living News

When a nurse and doctor in Brazil found Rosa Celestrino de Assis, a woman who was in the hospital for pneumonia, without vital signs, they pronounced ...

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Rick Perry's Snake Oil Cure for Our Sick Health Care System

Wendell Potter | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Texas, Obamacare, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, Massachusetts Health Reform, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Rick Perry, Health Care Tort Reform, Elections 2012, Politics News
Wendell Potter

In his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is perpetuating a convincing hoax: that implementing Texas-style tort reform would go a long way toward curing what ails the U.S. health care system.

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Hospital Files $9.2 Million Claim Against Deceased Woman's Estate

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Rick Scott, Video, Coral Springs, Guardianship, Medical Malpractice, Tampa, John Kelner, Florida, Health Insurance, Health Care, South Florida, Business News

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Tampa General Hospital has filed a $9.2 million claim against the estate of a woman who died after spending five years in the ho...

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Lawsuit: Hospital's Accidental Sodium Overdose Killed Six-Week-Old Baby

Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Medical Malpractice, Genesis Burkett, Sodium Overdose, Advocate Lutheran General, Chicago, Illinois, Baby Sodium Overdose, Chicago News

Born last September, baby Genesis Burkett was born into a struggle. He was very premature, delivered at 24 weeks and weighing just one pound, eight ou...

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Lone-Star State 'Reform' a Texas-Sized Distortion

Wendell Potter | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Census, Texas, Census Bureau, Uninsured, Tort Reform, Bill Haslam, Tennessee, Medical Malpractice, Newt Gingrich, Malpractice Reform, Texas Malpractice Reform, Texas Health Care, Home News
Wendell Potter

When Republicans talk about how health care should be reformed, they typically mention malpractice reform, citing Texas as a role model. But a closer look at Texas raises doubts its claimed benefits.

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Medical Malpractice: The Rights of the Harmed

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Politics, Rep Gingrey, Courts, Medical Malpractice, Medical Errors, Patients, Damages, Amputation, Lawsuit, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

The ability to bring your grievances to a jury of your peers faces a very real challenge, as corporations and politicians seek to take away this critical right.

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Class Warfare III -- Losing Your Right to Fight Back

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Rape, Class Warfare, Medical Malpractice, Tort Reform, Halliburton, Judicial Elections, McDonald's, Tobacco, Hot-Coffee, Judicial Campaigns, Business News
Larry Beinhart

Litigation seems to be a particularly American disease. Why? We don't believe in collective responsibility and collective solutions.

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Our Unsafe Healthcare System Is The Issue, Not Caps on Tort Settlements

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Phil Gingrey, Congress, Tort Reform, Public Citizen, Medical Malpractice, Department of Labor, HR 676, Fda, ABC World News, Barack Obama, Deficit, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Care, Justin Bieber, Politics News
Pearl Korn

A little-noticed proposal in the President's budget managed to squeak by without a ripple in the media, or comment from savvy political pundits and progressive activists.

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NY Hospital Execs Try to Change Medicaid Rules Behind Closed Doors

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hospitals, Andrew Cuomo, Medicaid, Medical Malpractice, New York News
Joanne Doroshow

Whatever has been going on behind the closed doors of Governor Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team, loaded with self-dealing lobbyists and hospital ...

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