Every four minutes, a car crashes in Kentucky and every 10 minutes someone is injured, according to Kentucky State Police. The state agency also reports that someone is killed in a Kentucky car accident every nine hours and 33 minutes. An investigative report by NewsChannel…
Medical malpractice is defined as negligence by act or omission by a medical provider where care deviates from accepted standards within the medical community and causes injury to the patient. Death can also occur as a result of medical malpractice. An injured patient can pursue…
From the Palm Springs Desert Sun: “A now-12-year-old Temecula boy who fell from a fast-food restaurant’s play structure and struck his head, causing brain damage, was awarded a $20 million settlement from the franchise’s parent company, his attorney said today. The money was awarded to…
From The Mercury News: “Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Alan…
From the Honolulu Star Bulletin: “A 45-year-old rancher won $6 million this week in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Wahiawa physician. In an Oahu Circuit Court judgment filed Monday, Antonio Richardson won $4.1 million in special damages and $2 million in general damages against…
Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions that harm hospitalized children have gotten more publicity since the case involving Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins in 2007. Quaid’s twins were given 1,000 times the common dosage of a blood thinner at the hospital. This case is…