Category Archives: Medical Malpractice
Don’t blame me for so-called defensive medicine
When a doctor orders a test, he or she is representing to the health insurance company that the test is medically necessary. Yet many doctors admit they order tests they do not believe are medically necessary because they are afraid of getting sued for failing to order it. So trial lawyers get the blame for [...]
Wonder if these are the students who later commit medical malpractice?
I’ll tell you one thing – law school professors have no problem in failing students who they think will be bad lawyers. Probably because lawyers have more loyalty to the profession than to each other. And over 40 percent admitted they had passed students who should have failed their course. Source: Why Failing Med Students [...]
Utah tort reform legislation requires doctors to rat each other out
Many times a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit isn’t exactly sure who to sue. Between primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, clinics and all of the other providers, it’s hard for an injured patient to know which party or parties is at fault. Usually, the default tactic for the plaintiff is to “Sue ‘em all [...]
What the “reformers” really want
I saw a news article earlier today about a new proposal in Michigan. Apparently the Republicans in the Senate believe that the best way to fix the economy is to prohibit medical malpractice cases unless the plaintiff can prove the doctor intentionally caused the injury. In other words, doctors can be totally negligent and they’re [...]
Dead Patients Cost a Hospital $4 million Dollars Less Than A Doctor’s Bruised Ego
In Florida, the maximum amount of money a hospital has to pay the family of someone who died as a result of a doctor’s negligence is $1 million dollars. Now read this: The Supreme Court will not overturn a Florida surgeon’s $5 million slander award after a hospital executive said he would not send his [...]
