Suit filed after man files from operating table
Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 6:32 am
A lawsuit has been filed against a Minnesota hospital after a man fell off of the operating table during surgery.
The suit was filed by the man’s son and it claims that the hospital did not take adequate care of the patient during his surgery. The 61-year-old man was undergoing a lumbar drain after a stroke when he fell off the table causing his exposed brain to hit the floor.
After the fall, the man underwent multiple other surgeries in order to correct any errors that occurred in the fall, but he later died of a massive stroke. The lawsuit is claiming that the velco straps on the table failed to hold the man down.
Medical malpractice cases can cause serious injury to everyone involved, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.
Woman receives 198K after medical malpractice case
Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
A woman from Los Angeles has recently won a $198,000 settlement after having a double mastectomy and then finding out that she never had breast cancer.
The surgery happened at the L.A. County USC Medical Center after two doctors told her that she had breast cancer after a biopsy in August 2007.
After having the surgery, pathologists then reexamined the breast tissue and found that there never was cancer cells, but that the woman had benign cells that resemble cancer cells. The woman’s lawsuit claimed that the hospital was negligent for wrongfully diagnosing her.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice, contact the New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529 today.
NJ board of medical examiners ranks low in discipline
Posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
According to a Washington non-profit group, Public Citizen, the New Jersey Medical Examiners board ranks low on taking action against negligent physicians.
According to a report, New Jersey was found to be ranked 40th out of the 50 states on how they sanction their doctors. Out of 1,107 complaints the board received only 24 resulted in license revocation and 45 resulted in temporary suspensions.
Therefore, the board threw out almost 93 percent of all cases. Fourteen doctors, one nurse, one accountant and three members of the public make up that board.
If you have been the victim of medical negligence, contact the New Jersey medical negligence lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529.
