Medical Malpractice

• Kanawha Doctor Sued Over Amputated Leg

  Shannon Weidemann | August 24, 2007 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The estate of a woman is suing a Kanawha County doctor for medical malpractice after she needed to have her leg amputated following a heart catheterization. A review of the case found that the doctor did not act in a timely manner when complications arose after the surgery. According to the suit, Rosa Griffith underwent a left heart catheterization via the right groin artery June 13, 2005....

• Hospital Patients in Dangers of Blood Clots

  Beth Janicek | August 02, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Researchers have found that many patients are not getting treatments to prevent blood clots. Blood clots can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated and hospital patients are at an especially high risk of developing them. A study shows that less than half of the patients receive drug therapy to prevent blood clots. Short hospital stays greatly increase chances of developing a blood...

• Diabetes Drugs, Avandia and Actos, Double Heart Failure Risk

  Beth Janicek | August 01, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A study shows that patients taking Avandia or Actos have twice the risk of developing heart failure compared to people not on the popular medications.Meaning one out of every 50 patients with type 2 diabetes taking these drugs will develop heart failure within 26 months. More that 3 million patients are taking these drugs in America. 25% of patients under the age of 60 developed heart...

• 5.5 Million Dollar Verdict Against Pain Patch Makers

  Beth Janicek | July 11, 2007 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A jury awarded $5.5 million to the estate of Adam Hendelson. Mr. Hendelson died from an overdose of a painkiller patch, fentanyl. Adam Henderlson was in a car accident in 1996 that shattered his hip. Due to constant pain, he was prescribed a prescription pain patch called Duragesic. In Deccember 2003, Mr. Hendelson was found passed out while wearing a 75-microgram patch and never woke up...

• Medical Malpractice Limits in Texas

  Beth Janicek | June 22, 2007 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  In 2003, Texas limited how much a patient could win in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The limit for an injured patient is $250,000 on non economic damages. Doctors have seen their costs for liability insurance fall but there is not a savings going to Texas consumers. Additionally, there is a 50 percent increase in doctors applying to practice in Texas. Attorneys representing injured patients...

• Medical Malpractice Reform Law Heard by West Virginia Supreme Court

  Beth Janicek | June 16, 2007 5:07 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  On June 6, 2007, West Virginia's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could challenge the constitutionality of medical malpractice reform law.The malpractice case was brought by Mason County Dr. Danny R. Westmoreland against Point Pleasant urologist Shrikant K. Vaidya.The suit was dismissed in October, 2006 when the judge ruled that Plaintiff failed to follow the requirements of the...

• Hospital Ignores Dying Woman In The Emergency Room

  Beth Janicek | June 13, 2007 3:00 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  Edith Isabel Rodriguez went to Martin Luther King Jr. - Harbor Hospital on May 9, 2006. She was vomiting blood and writhing in pain for 45 minutes in the waiting area of the emergency room. Ms. Rodriguez died of a perforated bowel and her death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Experts have testified Ms. Rodriguez could have survived had she been treated. Edith...

• States Passing Laws to Make It Okay For Doctors to Say Sorry

  Beth Janicek | June 04, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Lawmakers in several states are now considering laws that would allow physicians to apologize and not fear that their words will be used against them in court. The laws would remove health care providers' apologies, expressions of sympathy, condolences or a "general sense of benevolence" as admissions of liability in court.For example, Vermont law only exempts oral statements of regret or...

• Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against West Virginia Doctor

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A doctor from West Virginia has had a medical malpractice case filed against him that asks for reimbursement for over $200,000 in medical expenses. The man from Kanawha County man was a patient of Dr. Paul D. Kyer III for multiple surgeries the he claims have given him multiple health problems. According to the lawsuit, between May 24 and June 25, 2006, Christy claims he was treated improperly...

• $10 Million Dollar Action Filed Against C.B. Fleet Company

  Beth Janicek | May 18, 2007 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  C.B. Fleet Company is the maker of Fleet Phospho-soda and is one of the best-selling bowel cleansing products in the world. Lora Joyce Goza, Plaintiff in this case, went to Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas in May of 2005 for a routine cancer screening colonoscopy. She took Fleets Phospho-Soda Bowel Prep solution, as part of the prep for this procedure. The Phospho-Soda combined with...