What were the circumstances of the 2013 lawsuit against Univ. of Chicago Medical Center?
In a medical malpractice lawsuit filed on behalf of a boy (Isaiah Ewing) and his mother (Lisa Ewing) in 2013 against the University of Chicago Medical Center, a Cook County jury recently awarded $53 million to the pair, the biggest birth...
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Month: July 2016
Proposed NY Legislation Will Change the Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice
How will newly proposed legislation affect medical malpractice law in New York?
Of importance to both patients and doctors in New York is a new piece of proposed legislation that, if enacted, will make serious changes to medical malpractice law in the state. The changes involved would allow patients to sue for malpractice years after...
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Survey of Dental Negligence and Malpractice
What dental procedures are potentially most dangerous?
An informal study of dental malpractice cases, although based on data from only 242 cases, has uncovered some important information for both dentists and their patients. The researcher, a dental expert who was asked to review cases over more than a decade in order to evaluate them for...
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Sacramento Bill Proposes that Disciplined Physicians Disclose this Information to their Patients
Do doctors have to let patients know about malpractice claims against them?
Many patients wonder about why doctors who continue to practice after they have been accused, or even found guilty, of malpractice do not have to inform their patients of their past history. In Sacramento, California, this issue is being scrutinized. A bill making...
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