In a prime example of medical malpractice, a doctor in Minnesota removed the wrong kidneys of a patient in 2008. Finally, after two long years, the doctor received their punishment – a ban from performing surgical procedures, according to The National Ledger. This isn’t the first time the wrong kidney has been removed from a patient….
A $1.5 million judgment for the husband of a Pennsylvania (PA) woman who developed breast cancer after taking the hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro has been revived despite an earlier court ruling that the plaintiff’s lawsuit was filed past a state statute of limitation on defective and dangerous product claims. The drugmaker originally ordered to…
Last week I received two pieces of news about Amtrak from different e-mail newsletters I subscribe to. The first concerned the derailment of a passenger train north of St. Louis, Missouri (MO). The second concerned Amtak’s plans to use federal economic stimulus money and some of its own funds to improve tracks and switches at…
In his latest post to the Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro notes that one-third of fatal traffic accidents involving tractor trailers, 18-wheelers and other large trucks occur between 8 pm and 7 am. He explains that so many serious truck accidents occur during the night because truckers do not always get enough…
A Chicago, Illinois (IL)-area family has received a $7.5 million settlement from a hospital, oncologist and treatment provider because medical records clearly showed that the mother and wife received harmful doses of radiation while being treated for endometrial cancer. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Patricia Quirk received 17 treatments from Little Company of Mary Hospital,…