Medical Malpractice

• How can I find out if my physician has been sued for medical malpractice?

  Beth Janicek | April 23, 2008 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  There are several resources to research whether your physician has been sued. They all have weaknesses and it is also important to remember that most all medical malpractice settlements are...

• Preemption-“Silent Tort Reform”

  Beth Janicek | April 04, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  There is a developing body of judicial opinion that will place new limits on the rights of those who buy or use products, consumer advocates say. It greatly benefits big companies as it insulates...

• Arbitration Agreements Increasing

  Beth Janicek | April 01, 2008 10:22 AM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Binding arbitration agreements are increasing between physicians, nursing homes and healthcare institutions. Some states have started taking legislative action to limit the agreements. An American...

• ARTHRITIS DRUG ADDS WARNING

  Beth Janicek | March 20, 2008 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Amgen and Wyeth adds strongest U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to the prescribing information for the arthritis drug Enbrel. Amgen who manufactures the drug has now highlighted the risk of infections, including tuberculosis. The warning, already in boldface, must now be highlighted inside a boxed border, the so- called "black box" warning. In studies of more than 20,000 patients...

• Contaminated Heparin Linked to Sickness and Deaths

  Beth Janicek | March 19, 2008 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, is facing another crisis. Heparin, a blood thinner that is manufactured in China, was contaminated. The contaminated Heparin has been linked to 19 deaths and made hundreds of people sick. The last big drug crisis from China was in 1999. Since then, we have increased the drugs coming for China. The FDA only inspected 13 or the 566 plants in China last...

• Dennis Quaid Twins' Victims of Medical Malpractice

  Beth Janicek | March 17, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Dennis and Kimberly Quaid speak out about the medical mistakes at Cedars-Sinai hospital that almost cost them their children's lives. Their twins were supposed to be given two doses of Hep-lock which is the children's version of Heparin. Hep-lock and Heparin are blood thinners. Instead of receiving the two doses of Hep-lock they received one-thousand times that amount. This is not the first...

• 70 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Settled Against Putnam General Hospital

  Beth Janicek | March 14, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Putnam General Hospital has agreed to settle 70 medical malpractice cases involving John Anderson King who they employed for six months between November 2002 and June 2003. King, so far, has not agreed to settle any lawsuits filed against him. King had medical licenses in approximately 15 states, but 10 of those licenses have been surrendered, suspended or revoked due to the lawsuits and...

• Study Finds Staffing Effects Survival Rate

  Beth Janicek | February 28, 2008 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A recent study released in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that survival rate was better for hospital patients who suffered cardiac arrest during the day as compared to the patients who suffered the cardiac arrest at night. "It may be that patients aren't checked as often or that there aren't as many staffers in the hospital to respond quickly to emergencies. Or it may...

• Former Dallas Cowboy Challenges Texas Medical Malpractice Caps

  Beth Janicek | February 27, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Ron Springs, a former Dallas Cowboy player, is one of eleven plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice caps. The lawsuit challenges if the limits awarded to Plaintiffs of medical malpractices are unconstitutional. The 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act limited awards for pain and suffering to $250,000.00 for doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes.

• 1 in 10 Hospital Deaths are Preventable

  Beth Janicek | February 04, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22940079/A study in London shows that 1 in 10 hospital patients can be precented. More than half of patients in the hospital are at risk for blood clots. Surgery patients are at most risk, but also patients with fractures, cancer, poor circulation, family history or obesity are at risk. Most patients can have preventative measures taken suck as blood-thinning drugs...