By Jan K. Seigel | Published July 22, 2014 | Posted in Medical Malpractice | Tagged Tags: Pelvic Mesh Implant, products liability | Leave a comment
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Court Upholds Ruling Favoring Victim of Defective Pelvic Mesh Implant
On April 3rd of this year, a Texas jury ordered the New Jersey-based company Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.2 million in damages to 64-year-old Linda Batiste for the faulty design of its TVT-O pelvic mesh implant. The mesh, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s unit Ethicon, Inc., is designed to treat medical issues such as Read More
Read MoreMedication Errors Leave Patients in the Dark
According to a recent report, patients are often not told when a hospital makes a mistake with their medications. The research indicates that hospitals inform patients about a medication error in only 2 percent of occurrences. Therefore, it’s important to remain vigilant about what you are given when you are hospitalized. The study revealed that Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Awarded $10 Million for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Misdiagnosis
In September 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to deny a request for an appeal from the Penn Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital. The appeal would have reexamined a $9,654,551 award issued to a former patient, Eric Davenport, who sued the hospital for medical malpractice after being misdiagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known Read More
Read MoreCommon sleep drug increases risk of falls
It’s said that in the hospital, it’s hard to find rest. Often, patients are prescribed Ambien, a common sleep aid, in order to rest through the night. However, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the drug may also be to blame for an increased risk of falls. The Mayo Read More
Read MoreFDA Issues Additional Warning on Possible Meningitis Infections
Since the outbreak of fungal meningitis has sparked fear and outrage across the country, a Massachusetts based pharmacy outlet has been in the crosshairs of federal regulators. According to a Time.com report, regulators are investigating the New England Compounding Center to determine if a rare form of meningitis could be linked to steroid shipments emanating Read More
Read MoreStudy: More Children Given Antipsychotic Drugs
While prescriptions of antipsychotic drugs to adults have certainly increased in the last decade, the number of such drugs prescribed to children has increased dramatically. According to a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, drug prescribing to children increased by eight times over the last 20 years, while five times as many drugs Read More
Read MoreThe Role of Hospitals in Medical Malpractice Cases
While medical malpractice claims are financially costly to the healthcare industry and image damaging, it is not nearly the same harm endured by medical malpractice victims who can suffer irreparable injury or die. One hospital consultant says hospitals in the Bergen-Passaic region of New Jersey and nationwide can play a big role in preventing injury Read More
Read MoreMedical Malpractice Defense Expensive; Cost Passed to Patients
A new study concludes that the high cost to physicians and other health care providers of defending against medical malpractice lawsuits and maintaining medical malpractice insurance ultimately harms patients financially. Doctors’ steep malpractice defense costs are in effect reflected in the need to charge higher fees for medical services. Medical malpractice lawsuits are necessary in Read More
Read MoreThe Doctor-Patient Relationship
The existence of a doctor-patient relationship, like other professional relationships, offers patents certain protections. For example, if a doctor-patient relationship does not exist, the doctor is not bound by a code of ethics and cannot be held liable for medical malpractice. Determining whether a doctor-patient relationship exists is often a simple task. Courts have found Read More
Read More“Distracted Doctoring”: A Dangerous New Trend
New Jersey residents would generally agree that it is common today to see people everywhere glued to their smartphones or tablets. But medical malpractice concerns can arise when these people are in the middle of performing their jobs – especially when those jobs involve matters of life and death. Hospitals and medical schools are involved Read More
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