Mother of Brain-Damaged Boy Awarded $50M in Illinois Malpractice Suit November 8, 2019 A jury awarded $101 million to the mother of a severely brain-damaged boy who sued a Chicago-area hospital for medical...
Florida Children’s Hospital Facing Massive Fines Over Issues in Heart Unit September 24, 2019 Florida regulators were expected to issue one of the largest fines against a hospital in recent memory. The Tampa Bay...
Transgender Man Can Sue Catholic Hospital Over Hysterectomy September 20, 2019 A California transgender man can go ahead with a discrimination lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that canceled his hysterectomy, an...
Suits Filed Against Operator of Illinois Medical Equipment Cleaner August 22, 2019 Nearly three dozen people have sued the operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant they claim emits fumes...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Leeks Joins Everest Insurance as Lloyd’s Syndicate Underwriter July 9, 2019 Everest Insurance International announced the addition of Martin Leeks to its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786 as a medical malpractice and multi-national/...
Jury Awards $3M-Plus in Michigan Misdiagnosed Epilepsy Case June 26, 2019 By Ed White A Michigan jury has awarded more than $3 million to a woman who was misdiagnosed with epilepsy, one of hundreds...
Minnesota Supreme Court Malpractice Ruling Has Doctors Concerned May 29, 2019 A recent ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court saying doctors can be sued for malpractice even if they’re not directly...
Sorry, Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation April 5, 2019 Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt...
Ohio Hospital Reports 48 Nurses, Pharmacists Over Dosages, Deaths March 15, 2019 By Kantele Franko The Ohio hospital system where an intensive-care doctor is accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of patients has put...
Report: 11 Minnesotans Died From Medical Mistakes in 2018 March 5, 2019 Health officials say 11 people died and 118 were injured in Minnesota hospitals and surgery centers last year from medical...