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By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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Eight Babies Killed After Doctors Fail to Diagnose Problem

Posted on September 09, 2010
This week United Press International discussed a troubling report from some state health officials indicating that more than half a dozen young babies died in that state in the last year alone because of one particular type of medical mistake. In a letter sent to doctors, clinics, and hospitals, a state Department of Health official indicated that eight young children under the age of six months had died the previous year because of medical professionals who failed to diagnose them with whooping cough in time for proper lifesaving treatment...

Many Doctor Keep Treating Patients After Disciplinary Problems

Posted on September 08, 2010
The Sacramento Bee recently described the complex process often used to police doctors and helps ensure that medical licenses are only given to those medical professionals competent enough to handle the job. The information is helpful in understanding how many doctors with a history of mistakes remain able to treat other patients...

Man Dies Following Medication Error At Hospital

Posted on September 07, 2010
CBS TV 11 News wrote about a new example of medical malpractice yesterday involving the death of a beloved husband and father. Wendell Knox was a long time university professor when he died at a local hospital where he was being treated for a broken hip and pneumonia...

Jury Awards $3 Million in Pair of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on September 06, 2010
The Evansville Courier-Press reported on two separate medical malpractice suits in Vanderburgh County where juries found three doctors liable for errors. The first suit involved the death of Rebecca Moore following complications from a surgery to correct a bowel obstruction...

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Negligent Doctors Give Patient Medication From Wrong Syringe

Posted on September 05, 2010
Justice News Flash reported yesterday on a new medical malpractice lawsuit involving a syringe mix-up. Kimberlee Blocker underwent a surgical procedure at Forbes Regional Hospital. The surgery itself proceeded according to plan, but afterwards the doctors informed her that they had made a mistake...

Indiana Hospitals Report Medical Errors

Posted on September 04, 2010
The Indiana Medical Error Reporting System recently issued its annual report after collecting data from over 300 hospitals in the state. According to the Journal-Gazette the findings analyzed over two dozen different types of reportable medical mistakes...

Hospital Under Scrutiny for Repeated Medial Errors

Posted on September 03, 2010
A common critique lobbed against medical malpractice lawyers like ours at Levin & Perconti is that lawsuits are directed against doctors and hospitals that do not act negligently but simply have patients that happen to suffer severe medical problems. In reality, medical malpractice lawsuits are more often focused on rooting out those individuals and institutions that continually make clear mistakes leading to patient death and suffering...

Jury Awards $1.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on September 02, 2010
The Providence Journal recently reported on the end of a medical malpractice trial involving a problem hernia patch made by the firm Davol, Inc, which is owned by large medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard. This trial is only one case out of over 3,000 that have been filed involving the defective patch...

Caesarean Section Births Are Often Unnecessary

Posted on September 01, 2010
Researchers have long-known that woman are having C-section births at much higher rates than ever before. Amazingly, today nearly one out of every three children are born following the surgery. According to the Washington Post, that high rate makes C-sections the most common surgery at virtually all hospitals across the country...

Doctor Inserts Unnecessary Stents Into Patients' Bodies

Posted on August 31, 2010
Last year, St. Joseph Medical Center, located outside of Baltimore, sent a letter to nearly 600 former patients letting them know that stents that were inserted into their arteries by cardiologist Mark Midei were unnecessary. The letter suggested that they should go see a doctor to check on the status of the stents to determine the effect of the unneeded medical device on their body...

Doctor Inserted Unnecessarily Stents In Patient Hearts

Posted on August 31, 2010
Last year the St. Joseph Medical Center sent a letter to nearly 600 former patients letting them know that stents that were inserted into their arteries by cardiologist Mark Midei were unnecessary. The letter suggested that they should go see a doctor to check on the status of the stents to determine the effect of the unneeded medical device on their body...

Baby Dies After Alcohol Injected Into His Heart

Posted on August 30, 2010
A heartbreaking story about a medical error that took the life of a 7-month old baby is being reported at KTLA News. Tressel was the only child for Emilie and Scott Meinardi. Since birth, Tressel had heart issues; however, they knew that with surgery, the issues could be corrected...

Drug Trials Often Make Patients Worse

Posted on August 29, 2010
A New York Times article recently discussed an important issue is medical experimentation?what to do when new medical trials don?t work. Headlines are often littered with news of medical breakthroughs and new drugs that are supposed to help patients deal with previously untreatable problems...

Veterans Affairs Hospital Fined for Medical Errors

Posted on August 28, 2010
We have previous posted the news of radiation violations which affected thousands of patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country. Last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission finished its investigation into the incidents, and ultimately decided to fine the Department of Veterans Affairs $39,000 for the medical mistakes...

New Study Suggest Doctors Overexposing Patients to Radiation

Posted on August 27, 2010
The New York Times discussed a pair of studies that were recently released by the journal ?Radiology.? The research suggests that physicians should take a new approach to limiting the exposure of patients to potentially dangerous doses of radiation during screenings for breast exams...

Illinois Advocacy Groups Speaks Out For Patient Rights

Posted on August 26, 2010
The Morris Daily Herald recently posted a series of letters from advocates discussing the Illinois Supreme Court?s decision that found arbitrary caps of damage awards in certain lawsuits to be an unconstitutional abuse of the state legislative power. The state Supreme Court in that recent high-profile case, Abigaile Lebron v...

Infant Given Morphine By Hospital?More Details Emerge

Posted on August 25, 2010
Last week we reported on a particularly troubling medical error, where a newborn baby was mistakenly given a dose of morphine by negligent medical professionals. Good Morning America did a segment on the incident yesterday that explains more about the near-fatal hospital mistake...

Medical Tube Mix-Ups Affect Hundreds of Patients Each Year

Posted on August 24, 2010
The New York Times published an eye-opening story last weekend on an all-too-common medical device error that continues to injure and kill hundreds of patients in hospitals across the country each year. The problem involves medical tubes. Many patients have several tubes used throughout a single stay at a hospital...

Illinois Patients Lose Ability to Check Doctor History

Posted on August 23, 2010
The Chicago Tribune reported last night on a troubling new development in Illinois that will keep patients from accessing important information about their doctor. This development is another step backward in open, honest medical care?it is another blow to all those interested in patient safety...

Doctor Fails to Diagnose Brain Hemorrhage That Kills 20 Year-Old

Posted on August 22, 2010
A medical malpractice lawsuit was filed recently after a terrible medical mistake led to the sudden death of a young 20 year old woman. As reported in the Mankato Free Press, Elizabeth Moen was 19 years old when she made her first trip to a local clinic in late January 2008...

Patient Dies After Falling Off Surgical Table

Posted on August 21, 2010
Medical malpractice lawsuits often involve complex medical errors that would be difficult for any non-professional to sort through. That is why expert medical professionals are often used as witnesses in these cases to help explain what the negligent doctor did compared to what the reasonable doctor would have done in any situation...

Medical Mistakes Cause 32 Deaths in Oregon Last Year

Posted on August 20, 2010
A medical study was released this week which again emphasized the need to improve patient care at hospitals across the county. As reported in Oregon Live, an analysis of self-reporting by the state?s Patient Safety Commission recently identified thirty two patients who died in their hospitals last year alone due to preventable medical errors...

Newborn Baby Accidentally Given Morphine

Posted on August 19, 2010
Justice News Flash is reporting on a recent egregious medical mistake out of Mission Viejo, California. Jessica Blischke gave birth to premature triplets in a Caesarean section pregnancy at a local hospital in early April last year. To ease her physical pain following the complex pregnancy, Blischke was prescribed morphine...

AMA Study on Medical Malpractice Is Misleading

Posted on August 18, 2010
These days it is often impossible to talk about medical malpractice without instigating an endless political debate about whether these lawsuits cause healthcare costs to increase, whether reforms are needed, and, if so, what form they should take. However, the debate too often delves into irrational name-calling and exaggeration, instead of focusing on reaching the best balance between the rights of patients to receive standard care and the doctor?s need to avoid frivolous claims...

County and Family Agree On $5.5 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement

Posted on August 17, 2010
When hearing the words ?medical malpractice,? many people immediately think of drawn out legal battles and high courtroom drama involving diagrams of complex medical performances and experts testifying about unique medical procedures. However, in reality, when medical malpractice occurs many parties often never step foot into a courtroom for a trial...

Illinois Finally Begins Reporting Hospital Infection Rates

Posted on August 16, 2010
We have often mentioned on this blog the growing problem of hospital borne infections. These are illnesses that a patient contracts while they are at the hospital to be treated for another medical problem. These infections are almost always the result of medical errors and negligent conduct that can be prevented...

Doctor Sued For Failing To Diagnose Cortisol Problem

Posted on August 15, 2010
The Madison-St. Clair Record recently discussed a new medical malpractice lawsuit filed in southern Illinois. The suit involves two doctors from St. Elizabeth?s Hospital for their actions that contributed to the death of Sean O?Bonnon. Mr. O?Bonnon rushed to the hospital?s emergency room on Christmas Eve 2008 for severe strep throat...

Jury Awards $2 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on August 14, 2010
A medical malpractice case involving the tragic death of three year old twin brothers recently ended with a verdict for the plaintiffs, reports the Columbus Dispatch. The terrible trauma that still haunts the Legge family occurred in April 2006, when two of the family?s twin boys visited a Maryland otolaryngologist to perform basic tonsillectomies...

Negligent Hospital Misidentifies Infant Remains

Posted on August 13, 2010
This week the Houston Chronicle discussed an unfortunate hospital mistake that led to additional suffering for an already devastated family. Amy Ramos was five months pregnant when she began have physical problems related to the pregnancy. She rushed to the hospital only to discover that the fetus was without a heartbeat...

Jury Awards $2.35 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on August 12, 2010
A medical malpractice trial recently ended involving a terrible medical misdiagnosis of a kidney problem in a young 24 year old mother of two. As reported in the Washington Post, Yesenia Rivera went to her local emergency room several years ago complaining of pain in her left side...

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