A man accused of practicing medicine without proper qualifications has paid a fine and returned home to the Dominican Republic, according to a news report in the New York Post. Licensed in his home country but not in the United States, Hector Cabral offered cut-rate... Read More

A brachial plexus injury lawsuit alleging birth injury malpractice has gone to trial this September in Alabama, more than six years after an infant girl suffered permanent injuries during birth.  The baby was delivered in an emergency Cesarean section in September of 2007, and the... Read More

A recent review of U.S. cardiac malpractice litigation slated to be published in the American Journal of Cardiology shows that only a small fraction of medical malpractice lawsuits related to interventional cardiology end with judgments in favor of the claimants. Furthermore, the study revealed that cardiac... Read More

Takeda Pharmaceuticals failed to warn patients about increased Actos bladder cancer risks, an attorney argued in state court in Baltimore earlier this month. This Actos lawsuit trial is one of more than 3,000 cases against the pharmaceutical company over the diabetes drug, according to Bloomberg.... Read More

An orthopedic surgeon has surrendered his medical license in one of the largest cases of medical malpractice in New York. The surgeon, Dr. Spyros Panos, allegedly performed as many as 22 surgeries in a single day, including “fake” surgeries where no real surgery was performed.... Read More

A family has filed a breech birth malpractice lawsuit against OHSU Hospital, alleging that the actions of the hospital and its personnel directly resulted in their son’s severe and permanent birth injuries. The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and $25.6 million in compensatory damages, which... Read More

Eight year-old Ruby Curtis was left with brain damage and cerebral palsy after she was starved of oxygen during her birth at a hospital in Leeds. “While it’s heart-breaking to see her unable to do so many of the things the majority of other children take... Read More

Any health care treatment including dentistry carries risk of potential harm, especially when performed negligently. Medical negligence cases involving surgeries gone wrong or children born with birth defects make the press, but dental malpractice happens too. Though laws vary from state to state, generally, medical... Read More