A Bronx judge has been appointed to oversee the expansion of the program designed to negotiate early settlements in New York medical malpractice lawsuits. Judge Douglas McKeon, currently serving as Bronx County’s Administrative Judge for Civil Matters, will help grow the New York State Medical... Read More

Are pre-operative safety checklists an effective means for reducing surgery errors and potential complications? Doctors are debating the perceived advantages of this procedure, which is becoming increasingly popular in today’s clinics and hospitals.  In an era of rampant medical malpractice litigation arising from botched surgeries... Read More

An emergency room doctor accused of exhibiting a lack of care that resulted in his patient’s suicide has been cleared of wrongdoing by a jury in Colorado, who believed his argument that the patient never informed him that he was suicidal. It took the jury... Read More

We should expect to see diminishing medical malpractice awards and new challenges in medical malpractice litigation as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a recently published study. But the author, a volunteer professor at the University of Cincinnati, in the College of... Read More

A couple who lost their son due to what they claim was midwife malpractice was awarded $5 million by the Ingham County Circuit Court in Michigan. Unfortunately, the birthing center sued in this malpractice lawsuit closed two years ago, leaving the plaintiffs unsure if they... Read More

A 65-year-old Redding, Connecticut resident will receive $12 million in compensation from Danbury Hospital, after suffering a punctured colon during a routine hernia operation. Jurors in Danbury Superior Court rendered the medical malpractice award after less than four hours of deliberation. The plaintiff, Vivian Gagliano,... Read More

Hearing “you have cancer” is often one of the most frightening and perplexing diagnoses a patient can receive. However, as nearly 12 million Americans can attest, a cancer misdiagnosis is even more concerning – leading many on an endless trek of trips to specialists, second... Read More

A Manhattan plastic surgeon has reached an out-of-court settlement to pay a $2.3 million liposuction malpractice settlement to the family of a patient who died from surgery complications. Dr. Sharon Giese operated on 32-year-old patient Adriana Porras on June 25, 2009. Two days later Porras... Read More