A bill in North Carolina (NC) that may become law plans to bar patients from recovering damages after being injured in emergency rooms. Under the controversial measure, patients would not be allowed to collect compensation, even if they were permanently harmed or disfigured by ER professionals when given medical treatment. Introduced by Senator Tom…
A Florida (FL) woman and her family received a bittersweet gift of justice just before Christmas 2010 when a jury awarded them $25 million for lasting brain injuries and mental and physical disabilities following a surgery at the teaching hospital of the University of Florida in 2006. Evidence presented in the civil lawsuit showed that…
A shocking report of surgical errors got largely lost in the rush of last-minute shopping, travel and visits with friends and family during the Christmas weekend. According to the December 24, 2010, Boston Globe, Massachusetts (MA) and federal hospital regulators uncovered evidence that three patients operated on at Boston’s Beth Israel Deacon Medical Center underwent…
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