Medical Malpractice

• Birth Trauma Case--Jury Returns $11.4 Million Verdict

  David Mittleman | October 29, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  In Crawford County, Wisconsin, a jury awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million for his injuries. The suit was filed over the negligent care by a nurse and nurse midwife at Gunderson...

• Colon Cancer Stealthy, but Deaths are Preventable

  David Mittleman | September 23, 2008 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Our country is a leader for advanced care. With highly skilled teams and sophisticated technology we are pioneers in treating disease. We must then wonder why colon cancer, a preventable and...

• The Frightening Reality of Wrong-Site Surgery

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2008 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Surgical procedures are intimidating. You put your life and your health in the hands of your doctor, allowing him to render you unconscious and to perform the most delicate of procedures with his...

• Dennis Quaid tells 60 Minutes About Near Fatal Heparin Overdose of Twin Children

  David Mittleman | March 17, 2008 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Dennis Quaid appeared on 60 Minutes on March 16, 2008, to talk about the near death of his twin children who were given a dose of heparin one thousand (1000) times greater than they should have received. Quaid's children were in the hospital being treated for a staph infection when they were given ten thousand (10,000) units of heparin, rather than the ten (10) units they were supposed to...

• Drug manufacturers pursue profit over innovation

  David Mittleman | February 05, 2008 8:25 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Over the next few years, the cost of prescription medications for some of the most prescribed drugs will plummet. The pharmaceutical industry's biggest name drugs, including Fosamax, Risperdal, and Lipitor, will all lose patent protection and be available for generic reproduction. This is a tremendous benefit to the consumer. The pharmaceutical industry would like everyone to believe they...

• Doctors compound medical errors by not admitting mistakes

  David Mittleman | January 18, 2008 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  No one likes admitting they made a mistake, no matter what it is about. According to a recent study, doctors are just like everyone else in this regard. Except the problem is, when a doctor makes a mistake people can die. Mistakes in medical treatment by doctors are only serious when there is a failure to acknowledge that a mistake was made. This deprives the medical community of an...

• Medical Malpractice Insurer Cutting Rates in 2008

  Chrissie Cole | November 24, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Starting January 1, 2008, Physicians practicing in Wayne County will see a 13% drop in medical malpractice insurance rates.Statewide and Wayne County malpractice rates will decrease by an average of 6.5 percent in 2008, making Michigan lower than Illinois and Ohio, according to data from the American Physicians Assurance Corp., the largest malpractice insurance company.The decrease is a clear...

• Alleged Malpractice Leads to Amputation of Leg

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2009 7:46 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  An Indiana couple has filed a lawsuit against a Fort Wayne-area health care provider, alleging that a failure to diagnose a blood clot in the woman’s leg ultimately resulted in the amputation...

• Florida man dies after dentist dropped tools down his throat twice

  David Mittleman | July 24, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  An elderly man in Winter Park, Florida eventually died after receiving two dental surgeries, during which, the dentist dropped two operating tools down the man’s throat. The...

• Victims of Medical Malpractice Receiving Little or No Compensation

  David Mittleman | July 10, 2009 8:03 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  A report issued last week by consumer watchdog group Public Citizen indicates that medical malpractice payouts reached all-time lows in 2008. Unfortunately, the decrease in malpractice payments does...