Latest Medical malpractice Stories
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) today announced that the shareholders elected the eight director nominees to the Board of Directors at today's Annual Shareholders' Meeting. Other actions taken at the Annual Meeting included the approval by the shareholders of the proposals to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Infinity's independent registered public accounting firm, to approve, on an advisory...
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pa., Attorney Recognized Among Pennsylvania’s Elite Lawyers (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. personal injury firm Scartelli Olszewski, P.C., is pleased to announce that Founder and President Melissa A. Scartelli has been recognized by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia magazine, as a 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. She has received this honor each year since 2009. Scartelli founded the firm in 2001 to protect victims’...
The personal injury attorneys at d’Oliveira & Associates have posted a new infographic providing information on who may be liable for medical malpractice and what procedures may give rise to a medical malpractice claim. (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 According to a June 2009 Bloomberg article, it is estimated that expenses associated with medical malpractice amount to approximately $3.6 billion dollars per year (i). Additionally, in 2006, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimated...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, after a month-long trial, jurors in Broward County assessed career-threatening "strikes" against two local doctors arising out of a medical procedure that left a local man with permanent brain injuries. Dale Whyte, 33, never awoke from anesthesia after he underwent a Manipulation Under Anesthesia at a Pompano Beach surgical center in December of 2008. Whyte's attorney, Robert W. Kelley, said this is the first verdict of...
Insurance-tucsonaz.com has been rapidly expanding their list of services. Insurance-tucsonaz.com is adding medical malpractice insurance so medical professionals can obtain professional liability insurance to offset the risk and costs of lawsuits. Tucson, Arizona (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Insurance-tucsonaz.com has been rapidly expanding their list of services. Insurance-tucsonaz.com is adding medical malpractice insurance so medical professionals can obtain professional liability insurance...
A new study reveals the prevalence of diagnostic errors in the healthcare industry, suggesting that these incidents often lead to dangerous situations for patients. Personal injury attorney Michael Gopin comments. EL PASO, Texas, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- According to El Paso, Texas personal injury attorney Michael Gopin, medical malpractice is a critical form of negligence that can not only result in legal action against the provider, but in harm against patients. While...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury in Sanford, Fla. ruled in favor of a cosmetic surgeon represented by Steven Lubell, partner and co-founder of the Lubell Rosen medical malpractice defense firm, on April 27, 2013 in a medical malpractice trial. The case was presided over by Judge Debra Nelson, who is also presiding over the George Zimmerman trial, scheduled to start in June. When Zimmerman, accused of killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin in February 2012,...
A recent AllMed Healthcare Management webinar highlighted the importance of effective risk management and quality improvement functions in delivering safe and effective patient care. Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Dr. Amy Marr, AllMed’s Associate Medical Director, discussed the challenges that emergency physicians face when diagnosing and treating urgent and emergent conditions in patients they may never see again. According to Dr. Marr, who is also board-certified in emergency...
SCN members receive access to property, casualty and medical malpractice rate estimator and discounted insurance rates DALLAS, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgery Center Network (SCN), the most comprehensive network of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the U.S., has announced a partnership with Gallagher Healthcare, a division of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc., one of the nation's premier malpractice insurance brokers for healthcare practitioners. The...
New Simpson-Bowles Plan and Brookings Report Advocate Health Courts to Cut Medical Costs NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Momentum for the creation of specialized health courts continues to build, as the nation faces rising health care costs without addressing the avoidable waste caused by unreliable medical justice, which fuels billions of dollars in unnecessary "defensive medicine" annually. Two new proposals from widely respected groups add to the growing calls...
