According to a 2009 wrongful death lawsuit, Arlene Townsend was a resident of the Auburndale Oaks Healthcare Center from 2004 until her death in 2007, at the age of 69. The lawsuit claimed that Ms. Townsend suffered 17 falls at the nursing home due to…
In a 2009 malpractice claim, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Hospital admitted to doctor negligence. However, OHSUHospital may not have to pay out the full award. The case began when the child’s mother discovered a hard lump on her infant son’s body. The lump…
Attention-grabbing content can be as simple as posting a comment on Facebook, writing a blog or article, or as complicated as writing a novel or song. I have written and read many blogs and articles relating to tort reform, but I have never heard about…
With so much focus on patient safety and quality care over the last several years, why do thousands of people die every year due to medical errors? In 1999, the Institute of Medicine¹ published “To Err Is Human,” which reported that an estimated 98,000 people…
Georgia is one of a few states that has overturned damage caps (aka “tort reform”), declaring them “unconstitutional” and in violation of the right to a trial by jury, yet now victims are in jeopardy of losing those same rights. The latest assault on Georgia’s…
“Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government to do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before they reach the market.” ~ Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Americans assume that chemicals used…
A jury reached a $4 million verdict in a medical malpractice case alleging negligence in which an obstetrician delivered a baby. An expert witness testified that the obstetrician should have recognized signs that a cesarean delivery was safer. The case asserted that the obstetrician did…
A Louisiana Hospital may have avoided a lawsuit with the use of the RF (radio-frequency) Surgical Detection System in an addition to any safety measures already in place during surgical procedures. A man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that a doctor left a sponge…
Miltefosine, a potentially life-saving experimental drug to treat people infected with the rare, but deadly “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri, is now available to U.S. doctors directly from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The amoeba causes a deadly form of meningitis when
A family is mourning the death of an Indiana University freshman who died before she ever attended her first college class. Rachael fell down the basement stairs while attended an off-campus house party. Although the investigation is ongoing, it appears alcohol was involved; Rachael’s mother…
As football season gets underway, a growing concern in the game is the danger of concussions, and it’s not by chance. The number of annual injuries suffered to the head is on the rise and the danger is real. A Frostburg State University football player…
In 2009, a woman was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse after a drug overdose, but what happened next may shock you. Although the 41-year-old mother of three had slipped into a coma, doctors declared her dead despite other signs that she…