Testimony has begun in an appendectomy malpractice lawsuit filed against Dr. Andrew Hearn. The North Carolina-based doctor of Hearn Vascular Surgery and Carolina Vascular and Vein Specialists is being sued for failing to remove the plaintiff’s entire appendix in a 2009 surgery, after discovering his... Read More

A cancer misdiagnosis is costing Hawaii’s Straub Hospital $5.6 million dollars. Plaintiff Jeff Kim sued the hospital in a malpractice claim after doctors told the once active 43-year old that he didn’t have cancer, when in fact a tumor was slowly growing in the back... Read More

In a recent report, the Obama administration championed the efforts of public and private collaborations that have succeeded in significantly reducing hospital malpractice rates. The report indicated that, thanks to these efforts, about 50,000 lives are estimated to have been saved between 2011 and 2013.... Read More

The California Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering. Currently, state law limits damages to a maximum of $250,000, under the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. In November, California residents voted on Proposition... Read More

A new bill put forward in the Ohio General Assembly would extend legal protection to physicians who admit to mistakes or take responsibility for them as part of private conversations with patients. The new Ohio medical malpractice bill would expand on a statute already on... Read More

A massive onslaught of funding contributed to the defeat of Proposition 46, a measure to lift the 1975 cap on some malpractice awards in California. Funding of nearly $60 million helped to finance opponents of the measure, which was rejected by two-thirds of voters on... Read More

In 2008, Marianne Pomroy underwent a potentially risky polyp removal procedure and died just after the surgery, prompting her spouse George to file suit against her attending doctor and the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. The malpractice case against Dr. Rosato claimed that the surgeon failed... Read More

Many veterans living in Los Angeles claiming to have suffered VA medical malpractice have been receiving compensation from the federal treasury, rather than the Department of Veterans Affairs. According to California Congressman Adam Schiff, the nearly $1 billion in payouts is not coming from the... Read More