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Jury Awards $2 Million for Botched Back Surgery
iStockphoto/Thinkstock A man whose doctor accidentally cut into an artery during surgery to repair a herniated disk and didn’t notice his mistake more than a day later, won a $2 million jury award....
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Woman Wins $5 Million from Doctors for Amputated Legs
iStockphoto/Thinkstock A Georgia woman who had so much pain in her feet that she begged to be admitted to the hospital, but was turned away and misdiagnosed with a skin infection won a $5 million jury...
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Exposing the Lie of Tort Reform
Originally published on the Huffington Post Courtesy of Roger Johnson, Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci When Naython Watts turns six on Nov. 1, he won’t realize that it’s his birthday. He suffered...
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San Diego Chargers’ Doc Nailed Again for Malpractice
(AP Photo/Chris Park) Dr. David Chao, the head physician for the San Diego Chargers, lost a $7.5 million medical malpractice suit in August based on his prescription of a faulty cold-therapy medical...
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Surgeons Make at Least 4,000 ‘Never’ Errors per Year
iStockphoto At least 80,000 medical “never events” have occurred during hospital surgeries over the past two decades, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University. A “never event” is defined as...
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Newsbreak: Surprising Results in Three Cases [Video]
Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine broadcasts today’s Newsbreak, a round-up of legal news you can use. Why did the Indiana Supreme Court cut $7 million out of a jury award? You’ll find out as...
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Catholic Health Group Says Unborn Babies Aren’t People
iStockphoto/Thinkstock Attorneys for a Catholic health care organization are defending against a wrongful death lawsuit by making an unexpected argument: A fetus is not a person. Jeremy Stodghill...
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Limiting Personal Injury Awards [Poll]
It’s called “tort reform.” The state of Mississippi limits the amount juries can award people for pain and suffering in personal injuries to $1 million. A federal appeals court recently upheld this...
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Oklahoma Tort Reform Law Struck Down by Court
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down the state’s tort reform law with a pair of decisions that eliminate certain obstacles to plaintiffs’ court access but leave a number of legal questions...
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Doctor Who Mistook Stroke for Carpal Tunnel Must Pay $1.2M
iStockphoto/ Thinkstock A jury ordered a doctor who misdiagnosed a woman who had a stroke the next day and later died to pay $1.2 million to the patient’s husband. Barbara Mae Castleberry went to see...
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Hospitals Can Make You Sicker
Image Source/Thinkstock People who enter hospitals and other healthcare facilities are often ill or injured to begin with. They expect to get better. Sometimes, however, a healthcare-associated...
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