Medical Malpractice

• Health Courts?

  Ric Davis | September 14, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  The following is an interesting article from Lawyers Weekly on Health Courts. Should medical malpractice claims be decided by an administrator in the medical profession? Should the injured patients' remedies be capped and limited in the interest of economic expediency? You decide............Doctors and tort reformers are pushing legislation in both houses of Congress to fund pilot projects...

• Diabetes Drug Avandia Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

  Harold Christian | July 09, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A new study links the Type II Diabetes drug Avandia with a 43% increase in the risk of a heart attack, but the manufacturer of Avandia, Glaxo Smith Klein, continue to deny such claim and claim that such statements are "false and misleading". However, it appears that Avandia, much like Vioxx, was placed on the market without proper warnings for risk of harm to the patient, even though the...

• Health Care Lobby Contests Ability of Jurors to Make Decisions in Medical Malpractice Cases

  Harold Christian | July 02, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Even though jurors sit everyday and make decisions on criminal cases on the guilt and innocence of people, deciding who will go to jail and who will remain free, and even make decisions on who will receive a death penalty or be permitted to live, medical malpractice insurance companies do not believe that these same jurors are competent to receive testimony and evidence of medical malpractice...

• Medical Malpractice Could Be Reduced If New System Adopted

  Matt Christian | June 23, 2007 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A new electronic system developed which could allow doctors to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically could reduce medical errors and medical negligence. One study suggests that as much as 20% of the 550,000 physicians practicing could use this system but only about 5% are actually employing it.The system would allow doctors to use mobile phones or computers to send the prescriptions. ...

• Plastic Surgery Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled

  Harold Christian | May 29, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A woman who suffered from an infection after liposuction surgery has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the physician. Dr. Andrew Chontos performed the surgery on Julie Hays in 2003. This is the third malpractice suit settled against the former surgeon,The lawsuit says on Sept. 18, 2003, Chontos drained fluid from Julie Hays' abdomen. The fluid was infected, according to the suit.The...

• Medical Malpractice Crisis Found to be Fiction

  Harold Christian | May 16, 2007 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A recent article in the WashingtonPost.com site confirms that victims of medical malpractice often suffer without fair and just compensation. The article further establishes that empirical evidence runs contrary to those who contend that we have a medical malpractice crisis in our nation, and would not support the contentions of those such as President Bush who maintain that medical malpractice...

• Douglas County Sued for Not Serving Medical Malpractice Papers

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A county in Nebraska has been sued for not serving a doctor with medical malpractice papers. A woman is suing Douglas County for damages that she was not able to claim when her medical malpractice case was thrown out of court. The county sent her attorney paperwork saying the papers had been served within the statute of limitations. The doctor testified in court that he was not served. ...