The Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Blog

Jury Awards $2.88 Million Against Pain Clinic

By all accounts, Joel Burnette was a physically active 40-year-old…

What Happens When Doctors Aren’t Held Accountable-A Tragic, Preventable Case in Texas

By the time the Texas Medical Board had revoked his license to…

Jury Returns $10.6 Million Verdict Against Hospital and Surgeon

A little more than a month after a Kentucky jury began hearing…

The United Kingdom About to Make Hospital Errors Transparent

The United Kingdom is about to require mandatory reporting of…

Left Behind Surgical Sponges-a Never Event That May Lead to Technological Intervention

Among the more common surgical "never" events is a surgical sponge…

Jury Returns $20 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Malpractice Case

A Wayne County Michigan jury has returned a verdict of $20 million…

Medical Errors and Skilled Nursing Care

A recent government report notes that 1/3 of all patients in…

Medical Errors and What We Don’t Know About Them

A recent LA Times Op-Ed piece pointed out the disturbing fact…

Botched Elective Surgery Yields $1.3 Million Jury Verdict

On June 4, 2009, Kathie Pagan underwent a "tummy tuck" procedure…