http://www.onlinelawyersource.com Daily Medical Malpractice News from Online Lawyer Source en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/virginia-birth-injury.html The parents of a brain damaged young boy have settled a birth injury lawsuit against the University of Virginia Medical Center for $1.35 million. At the time of the boy’s birth, malpractic... Tue, 06 May 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/san-fran-settlement.html San Francisco city officials have agreed to settle a medical malpractice case for $5.1 million, reportedly one of the largest such settlements in the city’s recent history.... Thu, 01 May 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/medical-errors-costly.html Medical errors at hospitals are costing the U.S. billions—$8.8 billion between 2004 and 2006 to be exact, a new study released Tuesday shows. "While many U.S. hospitals have taken ex... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/monmouth-birth-injury.html A 10-year-old boy who suffered injury at birth was recently awarded $19 million in damages by a Monmouth County jury. Bonnie Kowalski filed a... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/wrong-kidney-taken.html A surgeon who removed the wrong kidney from a patient at a Minneapolis-area hospital has agreed to stop seeing patients while an investigation into the error is conducted. Cancerous Kidney Left Behind The incident occurred at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park.... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/mass-widower-awarded.html A Massachusetts jury awarded $14.5 million in damages to a widower whose wife died less than 32 hours after an elective thyroid surgery in 2001. Shannyn MacPherson, 30, died when she developed a condition known as “abdominal compartment syndrome” after a minor surgical procedu... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/hepatitis-c-outbreak .html A hepatitis C outbreak at a colonoscopy clinic in Nevada may just be “the tip of an iceberg,” said the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. Large Number of Patients Potentially Exposed Last Friday, the Endoscopy Center of S... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/conn-cp-case.html A Connecticut jury awarded $38.5 million in damages to a boy born with cerebral palsy and his family. The verdict is believed to be one of the largest of its kind ever handed down in the state. Spencer's Birth Spencer Oram was delivered by Caesarean section in 200... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/medication-mistakes.html Medication errors are more likely to be made by depressed doctors, a new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests. As many as 98,000 people die every year as a result of such errors. The Research Researchers followed 123 residents at three... Fri, 08 Feb 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/kaiser-birth-injury-case.html Kaiser Permanente will pay $3.2 million to a teenage girl who suffered brain damage during her delivery at the HMO’s Anaheim hospital. Untimely C-sectionAriana Ehtemam, 14, was delivered by way of C-section and now suffers from attention deficits, hearing loss,... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 :: EDT