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Report Finds Florida Rarely Punishes Doctors Sued for Malpractice

Florida doctors are rarely punished by state regulators even after they are sued for malpractice according to a newspaper report. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Sunday that the Florida Department of Health reviewed nearly 24,000 resolved state and federal …

Iowa Judge Says Wrongful Death Suit Can’t Name New Defendants

The family of a Des Moines, Iowa, woman who died of a prescription drug overdose is appealing a judge’s rejection of their motion seeking to name the doctor’s former health system as defendants. Brandy Stoutenberg’s relatives originally blamed Dr. Daniel …

New York Bill Seeks to Extend Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Deadline

Legislation before state lawmakers in New York would significantly change medical malpractice law by allowing patients to sue years after an alleged misdiagnosis or mistreatment. Patients currently must file lawsuits within 21/2 years after the alleged malpractice. The bill would …

Indiana Family Continues Fight Against Indiana Medical Malpractice Cap

An Evansville couple is keeping up a decadelong legal fight over their claims of medical malpractice in their daughter’s birth that left her a quadriplegic and unable to speak. A Vanderburgh County jury in 2013 awarded $15 million in damages …

Pennsylvania Defense Attorney Fights $1M Fine Over Banned Testimony

A single word of testimony at a medical malpractice trial has cost a Pennsylvania lawyer a nearly $1 million fine she says threatens her home, her family and her small law firm. Insurance defense attorney Nancy Raynor says her assets …

Bernie Mac’s Widow Drops Medical Malpractice Suit Against Doctor

The wife of the late comedian Bernie Mac has dropped a wrongful death lawsuit against his Chicago, Ill., doctor. Rhonda McCullough alleged in the lawsuit that dermatologist Rene Earles failed to recognize signs of respiratory distress in the weeks before …

Minnesota Appeals Court Revives Malpractice Case in Transplant Death

A malpractice case for a Minnesota woman who died after receiving a transplant of a cancerous pancreas may be headed for a trial. The Minnesota Court of Appeals this week ruled the case against Dr. Ty Dunn should head to …

Alabama Jury Awards $4M in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Walker County, Ala., jury has awarded a Carbon Hill woman millions of dollars in a medical malpractice suit against a doctor who mistook symptoms that led to her husband’s heart attack for a stomach illness. Al.com reported Wednesday the …

New York Man Awarded $2.3M in Malpractice Lawsuit

A jury has awarded $2.3 million to a Rockland County, N.Y., man who said the head of Nyack Hospital’s orthopedic surgery left a serious infection untreated. The Journal News says the jury found Dr. Jason Fond negligent in his treatment …

Doctors’ Lawyers Say Claims of Botched Circumcision Untrue

Two doctors deny claims by an Alabama man who says his penis was amputated during what was supposed to be a routine circumcision, one of their lawyers said Friday. Defense lawyer Will Axon said allegations in a lawsuit filed this …