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Mom Forced Into Unwanted C-Section

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 27th, 2014 in Birth Injury Blog, Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

Recently, a Staten Island woman was forced to undergo a Cesarean section. She is now filing a lawsuit against the hospital and the physicians, according to a recent report. After two previous C-sections, mother...

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Brooklyn Mom Wins Suit After Botched Hospital Procedure

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 21st, 2014 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

Winthrop University Hospital Malpractice

Brooklyn mom Stacey Galette, 33, sued Winthrop University Hospital and won $62 million for a minor procedure that went horribly wrong, according to a recent report. In 2009, Galette went to Winthrop University Hospital...

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Healthcare Employees Arrested for Abuse of the Elderly

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 9th, 2014 in Accidents Injury Blog, Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

Seventeen employees of Highpointe, a nursing home in Buffalo, New York, have been charged with felonies related to complaints of mistreatment of residents, according to a recent report. Highpointe is a relatively new health...

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5 Facts Regarding Medical Malpractice Payouts in 2013

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 19th, 2014 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

Medical malpractice lawsuits and payouts of damages have been a political hot button for years across the United States. Many jurisdictions have enacted some form of ‘medical malpractice reform’ that generally makes it more...

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5 Troubling Statistics Regarding Birth Injuries in the United States

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 14th, 2014 in Birth Injury Blog

Birth is a complicated process, and even though it’s been happening since before history was even recorded the fact of the matter is that a lot can go wrong during the delivery of any...

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3 Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy According to the CDC

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 5th, 2014 in Birth Injury Blog

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood. Approximately 1 out of every 323 children in the United...

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Medical Groups Call for Reduction in C-Sections As Numbers Skyrocket

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 3rd, 2014 in Birth Injury Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

The Cesarean birth, more commonly known as the C-section, is obviously not a new procedure. Legend dates it back to the days of Julius Caesar, although in reality this procedure has been used for...

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The Top 5 Types of Injuries Leading to Medical Malpractice Payouts in 2012

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on January 20th, 2014 in Medical Malpractice Blog

The insurance industry does not earn billions of dollars in profits every year by accident. These companies know exactly what they are doing, and one of the many reasons that they continue to make...

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I’m Sorry – List of Jurisdictions with Medical Apology Laws Grows by One

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on December 31st, 2013 in Medical Malpractice Blog

I’m sorry – it’s a powerful sentence considering how short it is, and it’s something that has defused innumerable controversies over the years. Simply stating that you are sorry that something bad happened to...

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Report – Medical Malpractice Claims Stabilizing, Tort Reform Showing Cracks

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on December 16th, 2013 in Medical Malpractice Blog

In recent years, one of the many hot-button political issues that has dominated the news around the country has been tort reform in medical malpractice cases. Different states and levels of government have considered...

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