This past May, over 330,000 newborn neck cradle support cushions were pulled off the market, when Children’s Medical Ventures issued a hospital pillow recall over concerns of mold contamination. Just last week, health regulators at the FDA announced an additional recall on infant cushions sold... Read More

An Australian child diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy has won a $7.5 million payout from the ACT government after the family claimed medical negligence was to blame for his birth injuries. The family had filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit alleging mistakes by the medical... Read More

In a groundbreaking new holding out of the Eleventh Circuit (which covers coastal jurisdictions including Florida, Georgia and Alabama), doctors and nurses aboard cruise ships are no longer immune from liability for medical malpractice in the event a traveler seeks treatment on the ship. The... Read More

Last month, an Illinois jury recently awarded $1 million to the plaintiffs in a brachial plexus injury lawsuit. The defendant, a Maryville doctor, was accused of failing to perform a Cesarean section to avoid injury. The lawsuit alleges that the doctor should have recognized that the... Read More

Countless medical errors committed each year by healthcare providers jeopardize patient safety and claim lives. About 80 percent of the most serious types of medical errors committed by U.S. healthcare providers stem from miscommunication among providers, most notably during patient handoffs. Now, a recent study... Read More

Nursing home mistreatment is a serious and under-appreciated problem in the United States but the spotlight is usually on treatment by nursing home employees and other caregivers. A new study shifts the focus, however, and highlights the problem of mistreatment of nursing home residents by... Read More

This past election day, California voters rejected Proposition 46, an initiative which would have imposed mandatory drug tests on doctors and increased medical malpractice settlements. Proponents argued that Proposition 46 would protect the public; according to opponents, however, the reform would only benefit trial lawyers.... Read More

Several cardiologists in Indiana are facing medical malpractice lawsuits over claims that the surgeons performed a host of unnecessary procedures causing patients to suffer lasting injury or wrongful death. The surgeons belonged to the Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc., and did business as Community Hospital.... Read More