Medical Malpractice

Two hospitals based in a major metropolitan area on the west coast were fined $125,000 by state regulators for leaving "foreign objects" inside patients. These patients had to endure "corrective operations" to remove the left-behind items. State regulators learned of...

An Ohio woman is suing on grounds of medical malpractice after a doctor error committed during a procedure on the woman's shoulder. Reportedly, the doctor error occurred during a shoulder surgery when the doctor left the victim's arm at an...

When an Ohio resident goes under anesthesia for a medical procedure, they should feel confident that their doctor is well aware of exactly what they are doing. Furthermore, the patient should feel confident that they will be more than sufficiently...

Patients need to trust doctors. Medical mistakes are dangerous and expensive. Doctors understandably dislike making or admitting to a medical mistake. However, these errors happen and must be addressed to reduce similar mistakes in the future. Negligence of hospital staff...

In Ohio and elsewhere across the country, it is a doctor's responsibility to clear a patient for everyday activities. Often this approval comes in the form of a lack of prohibiting certain activities. While it may feel slightly embarrassing, sexual...

Pregnancy can be a beautiful time for a woman. However, it is also a very sensitive time that cannot afford missteps.An Ohio doctor had his license suspended in Kentucky when he advised a pregnant patient under his care to continue...

Pennsylvania residents worried about suffering a surgical error won't be pleased with the results of a study by the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program in Boston. According to a story by Fox News, the study found that surgeons in training...

Generally when a resident of Pennsylvania seeks the assistance of a medical provider it is because they are hurt or ill. The expected result is that they will be no worse after the treatment than they were when they sought...

In past posts, this blog detailed the horrific end to one Ohio 14-year-old girl's life. She has cerebral palsy and was grossly neglected by her mother and the nurses that were supposed to care for her. Upon starving to death,...

Medical malpractice reforms are reducing caseloads in Pennsylvania courts. The state Supreme Court celebrates its 10th anniversary of lower caseload reforms. Though the court system comes out ahead with the reforms, what about injured patients? Along with decreased medical malpractice...

Often, because doctors shoulder great burden, we forget in Ohio that they are still human. In between potentially life or death situations, doctors put their pants on one leg at a time, they drink coffee and they even need sleep....

It's an allegation of medical malpractice that is too sensational for most, including those in the Pittsburgh area, to miss. The case of the man who sued after his external male genitalia had to be removed due to an infection....