For the third time in four years, a medical malpractice case against Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii has resulted in a multi-million dollar ruling. A couple recently received payment from an…
Recently, I wrote about Governor Rick Perry’s relentless and nonsensical crusade against accident victims and, incidentally, their attorneys. Perry claims that artificial caps on recovery in…
In 2003, Governor Rick Perry pushed for and passed tort reform, which capped non-economic damages at $250,000. The Governor has stated that due to tort reform, doctors who once left the state…
Here is a case where a sloppy surgeon was stupid enough to leave a surgical sponge inside a JUDGE! And, of course, the judge (a 67-year old Palm Beach judge named Nelson Bailey) has had a come to…
I know, the weather is still hot and it feels like Summer; but, ski season is almost upon us. Currently, California has 32 largely unregulated ski resorts. Resorts are not required to publicly…
Sunday morning a phone rang…a call from a hospital hundreds of miles away. That day was the beginning of a long journey, full of highs and the lows, over the next 2 ½ years and…
As high school and college teams gear up for the fall football season, there has been increased attention given to the issue of concussions sustained by athletes. Concussions are being treated…
How is it possible for a doctor to operate on the wrong side of the brain or amputate the wrong limb? Unfortunately, medical errors happen all too often. Diagnostic errors can be the result of…
A 14-year-old cheerleader thought she would impress the coaches at her high school by performing a back tuck. She landed on her head, fracturing her neck. Now she is paralyzed from the neck down and…