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A Waco, Texas hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health, was hit with two separate medical malpractice lawsuits earlier this month, filed just days apart. In the first lawsuit filed, Randall and Sandra Clark, of Duck River, Tennessee, claims that Randall Clark entered the hospital in December 2013. His intent was to have a hiatal hernia…

For the first time ever, the National Football League has officially acknowledged that the sport leads to brain damage. The statement came from Jeff Miller, the league’s senior vice president for health and safety. In a roundtable discussion with the United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce, Miller was asked if there…

There are questions rolling in after a mother claims a pharmacist’s negligence injured her daughter. While many people first consider doctors when the subject of medical malpractice arises, pharmacists can be held just as liable. Many people are watching this case with bated breath to discover exactly what the outcome will be. According to reports,…

A child, born in 2004, suffered a brachial plexus injury. Because of the severity of the damage, the girl was left with limited, if any, function in her right arm. Rightfully, her mother filed a suit against St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in New York in 2007 on behalf of her daughter. A settlement was reached…

A doctor in Auckland, New Zealand has been accused of negligence after having ignored the advice of his colleagues and ultimately causing the death of an unborn baby. According to reports, a mother expecting her fifth child entered the North Shore Hospital after her water broke. The woman was deemed to be high risk due…

In 2011, a 6-year-old child suffered brain injury during an operation. His mother filed a lawsuit for medical malpractice and was awarded a $30 million settlement last week. The suit named Dr. Mark Holterman and Rush University Medical Center at fault in the child’s injury. According to details of the case, Ezequiel Chavez was born…

It is quite reasonable to expect that the team performing your surgery will be doing so while sober. Unfortunately for one patient, a nurse at a veteran’s hospital assisted in surgery after consuming four to five beers. Aside from being charged with driving under the influence and public drunkenness, the male nurse is also being…

Last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors decided to pay a man who had been left paralyzed $4.5 million. The settlement with former patient of L.A. County/USC Medical Center, Justin Malone, also calls for his $790,000 in treatment costs to be waived and for the county to cover the approximately $200,000 he would…

Rex Morgan, the iconic Jacksonville basketball icon, died of oral cancer last month. According to his widow Kathleen, his death was preventable. She has filed a lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics to prove it. According to records, Morgan was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. The cancer was located in Morgan’s tonsils, and the man underwent treatment.…

Arguments for and against a birth injury fund in Maryland are heating up. The fund, modeled after those already in place in Florida and Virginia, is aimed at protecting families of babies who have been born with birth injuries. Monies from the fund would eliminate the need for families to participate in litigation against medical…