WILKES-BARRE — The day after giving birth to her first-born son, Pittston resident Candice L. Perrillo posed for a smiling picture from the wheelchair she needed because of extreme pain, touching her premature baby through the side of an incubator. “There she is, the happy mother,” Kingston-based attorney Patrick Dougherty told jurors Tuesday…(Read More)
A Pennsylvania judge refused to seal a $4.25 million settlement in a 2011 medical malpractice case over the death of twin fetuses. The settlement came after five years of litigation. The lawsuit followed the 2009 death of the twins, who were stillborn after their mother suffered a seizure 33 weeks into her pregnancy. The…(Read More)
Now that it has been established that the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. are medical errors, it’s not surprising that the number of medical malpractice cases are up. Nationwide, payouts for medical malpractice cases were almost $4 billion. The 10 states with the most medical malpractice suits were: Louisiana (44…(Read More)
A Johns Hopkins Medical School study recently determined that the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. is medical errors. That is stunning news that leaves little doubt about the accuracy or authenticity of the data as it was accumulated and reported by physicians. Hospital Discharge When you break down the types of…(Read More)
It seems every day there is a new study about health or healthcare revealing some evidence that leaves most of us more confused than before we knew about it. Eggs are bad for you, eggs are good for you, it’s hard to put it all together and understand what’s really going on. However…(Read More)