New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

A man whose sister died 12 years ago after undergoing breast implant surgery at a doctor’s office is driven to try to make medicine safer for patients by putting cameras in operating rooms. Wade Ayer lost his sister, Julie Ayer Rubenzer, 38, when she died in a Brookfield nursing home on Dec. 26, 2003. Her…

The widow of a military veteran who died as a result of kidney failure after having been prescribed a medication has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The plaintiff, Janice L. Allen, filed the suit in U.S. District Court on September 15 on behalf of her husband, Lional…

A woman has been awarded $1.2 million after being injured at an Edwardsville surgery center. Also named in the malpractice suit is Granite City Illinois Hospital Co., which operates the surgery center. Connie Duft of Maryville, along with her husband, Ronald Duft, allege that Connie Duft became disabled after a back pain procedure was performed…

Across many parts of the medical profession, the pressure that clinicians feel in trying to avoid unnecessary tests and keep medical costs under control has led to an increased problem in diagnostic issues. This is the finding according to a leading healthcare expert who was one of the reviewers of the recently released Institute of…

The Supreme Court in New Jersey has ruled that doctors do not have to inform patients as to whether or not they have malpractice insurance for a surgery they are recommending. The high court handed down its ruling after a lawsuit filed by a patient against anesthesiologist, Richard A. Kaul. Dr. Kaul had been performing…

A former Cumberland County couple has won over $7.5 million in damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville after complications from a colon surgery performed in June 2010. A jury has awarded Melode Dickerson $7.24 million; $3.24 million in economic losses and $4 million for her suffering. Also awarded…

Jurors are now beginning to hear the opening arguments in a Stearns County civil malpractice lawsuit that accuses two Central Minnesota doctors of causing the death of a former Sartell police officer. According to records filed with the court, Joseph Schmitz died in March of 2014 after developing a hemorrhage in his neck while undergoing…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued draft guidelines in relation to the prescription of opioids in the treatment of patients. The agency believes that patients are too often being prescribed these painkillers and causing them to become addicted. The CDC went on to state that such overprescribing of opioids could lead to…

A settlement has been reached in which the North Breward Hospital District has agreed to pay some $69.5 million in restitution for false claims allegations made by the Department of Justice. The government alleges that the hospital district had provided above market value compensation in exchange for physician referrals therefore violating the government’s False Claims…

A Chief District Judge has denied a request for recusal of a judge assigned to a medical malpractice case against Summerlin Hospital. Ruben White, who claims malpractice led to the tuberculosis-related deaths of his wife and two daughters at the hospital asked District Court Judge Joe Hardy, Jr. to withdraw from the case because of…