Medical Malpractice

• Lawyers' Fee in Medical Malpractice Case at Issue

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 12:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Next month, a Broward judge will decide whether or not to award lawyers a larger percentage of an $8.5 million jury award that Florida lawmakers approved for a paralyzed medical malpractice victim.Two separate trial courts were held last week - one in Fort Lauderdale and one in Tallahassee - to settle a dispute about the claims bill passed earlier in the year for a nineteen-year-old and her...

• Suit Claims Pharmacy Error Led to Premature Birth

  Chrissie Cole | July 20, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A woman claims her pregnancy complications were the result of a prescription error at CVS Pharmacy and is now suing the company for over $50,000."Defendant through its employees, agents, and servants, misfilled the prescription. Plaintiff subsequently suffered complications due to the misfilled prescription, was forced to deliver the minor plaintiff by C-section prematurely, and both suffered...

• California Hospital Loses Medical Malpractice Case

  Shannon Weidemann | July 08, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man was awarded $150,000 for pain and suffering he incurred after having an emergency appendectomy at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was sent home from his first surgery complaining of excessive pain. Testing on a return to the hospital showed that he had a small bowel obstruction that required more surgery. The medical malpractice case was heard by an appeals court last week.Last...

• Doctor Shortage is a Myth

  Staff Writer | June 06, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A trial attorney recently published an article in the Arizona Republic calling the alleged doctor shortage a myth and backing his claims up with some interesting facts. Here is an exerpt. It's an interesting read.This deception is not an accident. It is part of a coordinated effort by industry giants to mislead and deceive the public. In 2003, what then was called the General Accounting Office...

• House Awards Millions in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A Broward family and a girl left paralyzed after spinal cord surgery, may soon be able to claim their medical malpractice award.Following surgery in 1989, the girl was left paralyzed from the waist down after an operation on her spine when she was only six months old. She was born with spina bifada, a congential defect in which the spinal cord fails to properly close.In 1999, a jury found the...

• Palm Springs Man Given Wrong Prescription

  Shannon Weidemann | April 23, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man from Palm Springs claims that Walgreens gave him the wrong prescription that is not to be taken with his insulin medication. They dispensed him Prednisone which is not to be taken with Novalane 30/70. He has bene picketing the store in the hopes of getting an apology. A Walgreens spokesperson said that they apologize for the error and want to cover Kozlow's medical bills, WPBF...

• The Surgeon Who May Need A Long Vacation

  Bob Carroll | March 02, 2007 7:31 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  How many times does a plumber have to screw up when called to your house before you take him off your list? Would you give him 16 shots at doing things right?Well, there is this surgeon who is still putting on his scrubs despite an amazing trail of malpractice lawsuits.Suits allege hospitals negligent for allowing doctor to operateLANCASTER COUNTY, Pa - The 16 lawsuits pending against Dr....

• Nurse, Please Hand Me My Laser Sword

  Bob Carroll | February 23, 2007 7:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Earlier this week I happened to eat at Dave & Buster's in Jacksonville, Florida. For those who have never been to a Dave & Buster's I need to tell you that there were more video games there than tables.Anyway, I watched (as I ate my Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich) in amazement as all kinds of gamers destroyed armies of beasts, demons, aliens and criminals. Little did I know that I was watching...

• The Personal Injury Lawyer As Medical Resource

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2007 5:53 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The latest fad may not be the best medical treatment. But, what is the correct medical path to take?Surgeons cautious on hip surfacing techniqueSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A relatively new technique to repair hips got a cautious reception at an annual meeting of U.S. orthopedic surgeons on Wednesday, with many doctors skeptical that the technology is ready for widespread use.Surgeons cut away a tiny...

• So You Call Yourself A Hospital

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2007 5:18 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  "The fundamental problem with physician-owned specialty hospitals is that decision-making is more likely driven by financial interests rather than what is best for patients" These are not my words even though I have expressed this same thought many times. They come from a U.S. Senator, Chuck Grassley, who happens to be a Republican.Lawmakers Question CMS On Medicare Reimbursements To Texas...