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February 23, 2024 at 5:22 AM. HYANNIS — Cardiologist Richard Zelman has resolved his lawsuit against Cape Cod Hospital and its CEO alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle on practices he ...
Former doctor William Husel has filed a new lawsuit against Mount Carmel's parent company, accusing Trinity Health Systems of malicious prosecution. Ex-Ohio doctor acquitted of 14 overdose deaths ...
Updated March 28, 2024 at 6:45 AM. CHICAGO — A lawsuit against two top Chicago hospitals accuses an OB-GYN of sexually abusing more than 300 women, most of them Latina and Spanish speakers, and ...
Jury Verdict Research, a database of plaintiff and defense verdicts, says awards in medical liability cases increased 43 percent in 1999, from $700,000 to $1,000,000. However, more recent research from the U.S. Department of Justice has found that median medical malpractice awards in states range from $109,000 to $195,000.
Medical law. Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.
Libby Zion Law. New York State Department of Health Code, Section 405, also known as the Libby Zion Law, is a regulation that limits the amount of resident physicians ' work in New York State hospitals to roughly 80 hours per week. [1] The law was named after Libby Zion, the daughter of author Sidney Zion, who died in 1984 at the age of 18.
The Kowalski family filed the lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and the Department of Children and Families seeking $55m in compensatory damages and $165m in punitive damages.
Veronica Prego v. City of New York et al. was a $175 million negligence lawsuit filed in 1988 by a medical doctor, Verónica Prego, against the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Dr. Joyce F. Fogel and Dr. Sheldon H. Landesman. [1][2][3] Prego contracted HIV in 1983 when she was working at Kings County Hospital Center. [4]
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