Juries in Indiana have awarded plaintiffs $1.21 million and $5 million in two medical malpractice cases, the Indianapolis Star reports. The verdicts stem from cases involving an unnecessary foot surgery and a miscommunication about X-rays which caused the plaintiff to lose a portion of her stomach. Awards of this size are rare in the state, [...]
Explaining the Cases
Zicam is a popular non-prescription zinc nasal spray. Its manufacturer markets it as a medication to shorten the duration of the common cold. Zicam has been associated with the onset of a condition known as anosmia, which leaves the user with a [...]
Arizona lawmakers are set to weigh a measure that would make it more difficult for plaintiffs to recover damages in medical malpractice cases, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Under the proposed bill, plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases would be required to prove by “clear and convincing evidence’ that doctors failed to meet expected professional standards. [...]
An Indiana jury has ordered several Indianapolis health care providers to pay a combined $5 million to a woman who was misdiagnosed in 2000. According to the lawsuit, Clarian Health Partners, Radiologic Specialists of Indiana and Dr. Richard L. Gilmor failed to diagnose that the woman had suffered a ruptured diaphragm. The misdiagnosis led to [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will provide $6 million in funding to help residents of a small Montana town who were sickened by asbestos exposure. The announcement comes as part of the agency’s first-ever public health emergency and will cover the towns of Libby and Troy. The Department of Health and Human [...]
A former military surgeon accused of falsifying medical research received more than $780,000 from Medtronic between 2001 and 2009, according to information released on Wednesday by the company. Medtronic said the payments to Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo were reimbursement for travel expenses, speaking engagements, training other doctors or other consulting services. The Justice Department is [...]
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a medical device maker and four of its executives on charges that they illegally tested and promoted a bone filler for unapproved uses. According to the indictment, Synthes Inc. pursued unapproved trials for its Norian XR product and promoted it aggressively among select doctors. It is unusual for federal prosecutors, [...]
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SURVIVORS DECRY
POSSIBLE STRIPPING OF RIGHTS IN PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE PLAN
NEW YORK - Sixty-four survivors of medical malpractice from 21 states sent a
letter to President Obama today expressing extreme concern that the rights
of medical malpractice [...]
Federal health regulators have issued a notice cautioning doctors about potential psychiatric side effects of the asthma drug Singulair and similar medicines. According to the Food and Drug Administration, drugs including Singulair, AstraZeneca Plc’s Accolate and Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc’s Zyflo and Zyflo CR may cause agitation, aggression, suicidal thinking, suicide, depression, insomnia and irritability. The [...]
The bankruptcies of Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Corp. have thrown scores of injury lawsuits into what one expert called “murkier waters” of the law’s treatment of future tort claims. In hopes of preserving consumers’ rights to recover damages, consumer organizations and plaintiff lawyers are petitioning the Supreme Court to preserve current and future [...]
