Five years after the Daily News told Lavern Wilkerson’s tragic story, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill extending the amount of time in which a patient can file a medical malpractice lawsuit for a missed cancer diagnosis. Lavern Wilkerson died in 2013…
While a jury has awarded a $43.32 million verdict against a Texas medical center and one of its doctors, the seriously injured plaintiff will only receive $9 Million. Why? Keep reading. The jury found that the hospital was grossly negligent in its retention and supervision…
A state district judge has ruled that North Dakota’s law limiting damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. Last April, a 35-year-old woman was awarded $3.5 million, $2 million in economic losses and $1.5 million for non-economic damages. The jury decision was the result of…
Cell phone use is not generally restricted in the operating room. They can actually be beneficial in terms of improved communication, providing assistance during care, and reducing medical errors by, for example, providing instant access to patient data or prescription details. However, far too often…
One of the country’s top-paid prostate surgeons has been under scrutiny for performing concurrent surgeries. Now he faces two lawsuits. In one lawsuit, the patient contends that his surgery was performed by an unsupervised resident while the surgeon operated on someone else. The lawsuit alleges…
Two unrelated medical malpractice lawsuits have been filed against a Kentucky healthcare system. The first lawsuit claims the company, its orthopedics and sports medicine office, and one of its doctors acted negligently in performing an orthopedic surgery. The lawsuit alleges that the doctor was not…
On October 24, the Oklahoma Supreme Court determined a state law in medical malpractice cases to be unconstitutional. The law required that a medical malpractice lawsuit must include an affidavit of merit from an expert, who has concluded that the case has merit. Basically, a…
Hospitals protect doctors, doctors protect doctors, and nurses protect nurses. Sometimes they even go so far as to cover-up for each other. Almost two years after an 87-year-old woman died in a Texas hospital, her family received shocking news. She did not pass away peacefully…
Many of my readers know that I recently wrote the book, “Betrayal of Faith“. Some of you may have already read it; thank you and I hope you enjoyed it. For those that are not familiar with the book, “Betrayal of Faith” is a fictional…
A Miami family was awarded $33.8 million in a 2013 medical malpractice lawsuit against a federally funded health clinic, after an obstetrician was found negligent during delivery of their baby. The clinic serves many of Miami’s low-income and uninsured residents. A young mother was in…