In 2005, Missouri enacted a cap on awards for non-economic damages stemming from medical malpractice lawsuits. That cap was deemed unconstitutional in 2012 by the Missouri Supreme Court, but on Thursday, March 28, 2013, the Missouri House put the cap…

Medical malpractice can take a variety of forms, but commonly stems from misdiagnosis. Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis leads to incorrect or mistimed treatment. In the extreme, this failure can lead to death. However, a mistake in diagnosis is not in…

Medical errors and infections contribute to more than 99,000 deaths annually, in US alone as per the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report published a decade ago. In a recent update, death toll is reported to be approximately 155,000 deaths per…

Unfortunately, some beneficiaries of Medicare are finding themselves in difficult situations, as the money they thought they would be receiving from a personal injury case are sometimes going to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To combat this…

The Florida Medical Association distributed a waiver form demanding that patients waive their legal rights before being treated for their ailments. This once again makes it clear that the Florida Medical Association and the doctors’ insurance companies are more interested…

The number of medical errors leading to “patient safety incidents” rose in U.S. hospitals to 1.24 million between 2002-2004, compared to 1.14 million over the previous three-year period, according to a new study released Monday by the healthcare ratings company…

Although air bags can save lives, they also can cause serious injury or death, especially to children. Over recent years, many infants and children have been killed in low or moderate speed crashes by the deployment of air bags. Most…

Despite years of patient-safety efforts, an increasing number of health care facilities have reported mistakenly removing the wrong limbs or organs, slicing into the wrong side of bodies and performing surgery on the wrong patients. The Joint Commission on Accreditation…

This past November at the 2013 State Legislature Conference in Broomfield, Colorado, a new model of the “patients’ compensation system” took center stage. The approach, which has been introduced as a bill in the Georgia legislature, addresses issues with the…