The frequency of medical malpractice claims in America has dropped 40% from 2004 to 2012. However, the annual cost of these lawsuits is 50% higher in 2012 than it was in 2000. “Overall, there is still an unconscionably high number of claims,” says Richard Anderson,... Read More

A Florida mother has filed an Erb’s palsy lawsuit against the physician who delivered her infant son and Bethesda Hospital. She claims the defendants failed to properly train it’s labor and delivery nurses on shoulder dystocia and how to manage it, and failed to require... Read More

Asthma is a chronic disease that causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, leading to recurrent symptom flare-ups such as wheezing and coughing. Patients who have been diagnosed with asthma face the prospect of taking medication to manage the disease for their lifetime. However, recent... Read More

On December 17, 2013 a birth injury lawsuit against attending obstetric staff at Palms West Hospital was filed in Florida Circuit Court. The suit alleged that defendants failed to properly monitor the plaintiff during delivery, failed to identify fetal bradycardia in a timely manner and... Read More

Hospices perform a vital service.  They help care for dying patients.  Care that family members aren’t capable of performing, for people who don’t want to spend their last days in a hospital. But that ideal is being twisted by some hospices that are profiting from... Read More

Jahi McMath’s story is heartbreaking – and utterly perplexing. The 13-year-old went in for a common tonsil and adenoid removal surgery and came out brain dead. Neuroscientists say that there is no doubt about it: the girl is clinically dead, despite the fact that machines... Read More

A stroke misdiagnosis led to the death of a Louisiana man, according to the Louisiana Record. The victim of the stroke, Gaynell Martin, was diagnosed as drinking too much, which delayed his diagnosis and medical treatment. As a result of missed diagnosis, Martin died from... Read More

The parents of a boy who had his penis severed during a Jewish circumcision ceremony in April are suing the Pittsburgh rabbi who performed the procedure, according to Medical Daily. The boy was just eight days old when Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg, an Orthodox Jewish ritual... Read More