Many of us take trips to the doctor every year but have you ever thought – which ones have a track record of malpractice lawsuits? A new report by Health News Florida reveals Southwest Florida doctor’s offices are among the highest for paid claims between 2000 and 2016. “Patient’s lives are at risk from…(Read More)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A state appeals court says Wisconsin’s $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. The case centers on Ascaris Mayo, who lost all her limbs after doctors didn’t inform her she was suffering from an infection. Mayo filed a lawsuit…(Read More)
Last week, a jury awarded a Pennsylvania man $620,000 for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice lawsuit he filed against a surgeon who mistakenly removed his healthy testicle, leaving the painful, atrophied one intact. However, if a bill before the House of Representatives passes, the maximum he would be able to receive for…(Read More)
A South Florida doctor fighting the state’s effort to revoke his license on grounds of repeated medical malpractice is the surgeon whose patient died this week after he performed an undisclosed cosmetic procedure at a clinic in Doral, Miami-Dade police said Friday. Osakatukei “Osak” Omulepu, 44, was…(Read More)
A slim majority of the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate court decision that overturned a 2003 cap on medical malpractice awards in personal injury cases. The 4-to-3 decision, stemming from a Broward County case, found that limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice…(Read More)