Medical Malpractice Blog - Page 8 of 17

Sorry Seems to be The Hardest Word

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 16th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

A new study from the New England Journal of Medicine has found a link between certain doctor behavior patterns and likelihood of medical malpractice claims. Specifically, the study found that a small number of...

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Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 9th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

A stunning article from the Washington Post is sending shockwaves throughout the country about medical malpractice. According to a new study, medical errors are now the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. Regular...

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NY Lags Behind Most of US in Screening Process for Nurses

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 29th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

According to a recent report, New York has fallen behind most other states in how it vets and disciplines nurses. While nursing boards throughout the country have taken steps over the last 15 years...

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Bronx Woman Awarded $50 Million for Botched Delivery

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 25th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A jury has awarded a Bronx woman $50 million after a ruling that her obstetrician wounded her while delivering her baby in 2009. According to documents produced during the medical malpractice trial, the physician...

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Is $30 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Enough?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 22nd, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A family has reached a $30 million settlement to end a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor who performed several experimental surgeries on their son. It’s the fourth largest medical malpractice payment in Illinois...

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You’ll Never Guess How Many Mistakes Happen in Half of U.S. Surgeries

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 20th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

A study by the anesthesiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital has revealed that some form of medication error unforeseen drug side effect occurs in nearly half of all surgeries in the U.S. Coincidentally, numbers...

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What’s The Difference? Medical Malpractice Laws From State to State

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 11th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

In a recent blog, we shared results from a study that ranked states individually by how they handle malpractice claims. Because we have a network of counsel attorneys throughout the U.S. for medical malpractice...

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Have An Upcoming Procedure? How Safe is Anesthesia?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 1st, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

While under general anesthesia for surgery, a patient is cut off from more than mere consciousness. In addition to being put to sleep, an anesthetized brain is actually non-responsive to pain signals and reflexes....

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Surgical Errors More Common Than You’d Think

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 30th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A 60-year-old Connecticut woman is now suing a hospital for removing the wrong rib and subsequently trying to cover up the blunder by lying. The plan was for the woman’s eight ribs to be...

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Which State Is Best With Handling Medical Malpractice? Could It Be Your State?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 28th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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Because we at the Fitzgerald Law Firm handle medical malpractice cases throughout the country, we were particularly interested when BMJ Quality and Safety at the University of Michigan released findings of how individual states...

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