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Fl. Supreme Court Overturns Ruling in Favor of Anesthesiologist
In 2009, a woman went to the doctor. They found that she had a tumor in her skull. They determined it was operable and they scheduled her for surgery to have it removed. During the surgery, her anesthesiologist conducted a pre-anesthesia evaluation of the patient that included an electrocardiogram. According to her husband, who… Read More »
Family Sues Fertility Doctor who Used His Own Sperm
A family is suing a fertility doctor who they claim used his own sperm to fertilize his patient’s egg. In a plotline that sounds like it was spun out of a television drama, the doctor is accused of switching out the sperm samples of a medical student with his own. The parents have now… Read More »
New York Doctor Accused of Gross Negligence and Fraud
An emergency room doctor who worked in Poughkeepsie and Elmira stands accused of gross negligence for discharging five patients with severe medical conditions that were in need of immediate attention. This same doctor subject to disciplinary hearings for the misconduct which occurred between 2012 and 2016. However, he attested on applications to other New… Read More »
Trouble at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital has been the subject of a number of news articles amid a scandal that saw patient deaths skyrocket over the three-year period during which Johns Hopkins took control. Initially, All Children’s had a great reputation throughout Florida as one of the premier hospitals for pediatric heart surgery. In an… Read More »
Doctor Mistakes Woman’s Kidney for Tumor and Removes It
A Palm Beach woman was scheduled to have a relatively simple spinal fusion surgery done at Wellington Regional Medical Center but left without her kidney. Now she’s suing for medical malpractice. The general surgeon, who was tasked with operating on the woman, mistook her kidney for a tumor and, without her consent, removed it… Read More »
Former Vikings Lineman Files $180 Million Lawsuit Against Renowned Surgeon
Former defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, Sharrif Floyd, has initiated a $180 million medical malpractice lawsuit against renowned orthopedic surgeon, Dr. James Andrews. Floyd has filed a litany of complaints against the surgeon alongside eight other named defendants in a lawsuit that alleges the doctor essentially ended his football career. Floyd alleges that… Read More »
Understanding the “Standard of Care” in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Medical malpractice lawsuits are much more complex than simple negligence lawsuits. Simple negligence lawsuits involve situations and scenarios in which an average person would be able to render a decision on liability. Take, for instance, a dog bite case. If your neighbor has an unruly dog that gets off the property and causes another… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court Allows Contentious Medical Malpractice Case to Move Forward
Florida has always been among the states that sought to curtail what it felt were “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits aimed at doctors. In the process, it passed some very bad laws, including damage caps, that were later found to be unconstitutional. While damage caps that limited the amount of money a patient or a… Read More »
Lawsuit Alleges that Palm West Hospital Lied to Parents After Son’s Death
In what’s becoming a troubling trend for doctors, hospitals, and patients, a recent lawsuit alleges that Palm West Hospital lied to the family of a man who died in their care. Now, the family of the young man is suing the hospital that they claim is responsible for their son’s death. The pain, they… Read More »
A Tale of Medical Malpractice and Revenge
The Tampa Bay Times recently ran a piece on a Florida emergency room doctor accused of medical negligence. When this doctor was hit with a medical malpractice lawsuit he was so consumed with defending his own actions that he failed to settle the suit even at the urging of his own malpractice insurance company…. Read More »
