For 70 years, members of the U.S. Armed Forces have been left without recourse if military medical negligence caused them serious—even fatal—problems. A Supreme Court decision from 1950 left them without the legal recourse available to everyone else. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) began to address some of that injustice recently, although more work is still … [Read more...]
New Mexico High Court Rules on Medical Malpractice Damage Caps
Medical malpractice damage caps are a divisive issue in the legal, medical and political communities. They are now in front of the state Supreme Court of New Mexico. The court must decide whether the state legislature acted within its authority by imposing a $600,000 cap on damages awarded for medical malpractice. This particular case revolves around Susan Siebert, who won a … [Read more...]
Why Military Medical Malpractice Can Go Unpunished
Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal wheezed and coughed, but military doctors repeatedly told him it was pneumonia. After an incident where Stayskal began vomiting blood, a biopsy by a civilian specialist revealed that it was lung cancer. It could have been caught five months earlier. “I feel like my life has been stolen from me because people failed to do their job”, … [Read more...]
Debate Over Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Law Heats Up
Medical malpractice law is a hot topic in the Pennsylvania state government in 2019. A rule aimed at limiting venue-shopping when filing a malpractice lawsuit is under review and may change by the end of the year. What is the current Pennsylvania medical malpractice law? The year 2002 was when the current rule was established. The state supreme court ruled that lawsuits must … [Read more...]
The Implications Behind a New Report on Opioid Deaths
The national epidemic of opioid deaths reached another tragic level earlier this year. It was reported that death from opioid overdose was now more likely than death by car accident. Can opioid deaths be prevented? A bigger issue facing policymakers and medical institutions is the extent to which opioid deaths are, in fact, preventable. Or more precisely—at what point does … [Read more...]
Can Anesthesia Errors Lead to Medical Malpractice?
Every year, millions of Americans safely undergo surgery with the use of anesthesia. However, there are times when the administering of anesthesia goes terribly wrong, causing serious injury or death. Proving the damage was caused by negligence of the hospital or anesthesiologist can be a difficult task and will often require an experienced medical malpractice attorney to … [Read more...]
