Malpractice Doctor

Removing doctors in settlements can deflect oversight
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
But other medical malpractice attorneys who represent patients' families say that removing doctors as defendants has increasingly become a common negotiating tactic for hospitals' attorneys in reaching settlements in such cases in southwestern ...

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:11:51 GMT

Doctor involved in medical malpractice kickbacks is off probation
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan (contact) Las Vegas neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Venger, who admitted giving false testimony to enhance medical malpractice awards and then receiving kickbacks, has been released from probation by the state Board of Medical Examiners.

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:02:11 GMT

ABC News

Man with Amputated Penis Sues for Medical Malpractice
Reuters
By Edward Tan, JD at FindLaw.com A former Florida man who had his penis amputated is suing for medical malpractice. Enrique Milla claims he went to doctors for elective penile implant surgery. The procedure was to correct his erectile dysfunction, ...
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Fri, 18 May 2012 16:07:00 GMT

New York Daily News

Pedro Espada put docs at risk
New York Daily News
Convicted crook Pedro Espada Jr.'s cash-strapped Bronx clinic didn't pay for medical malpractice insurance for more than a month, keeping doctors in the dark as they continued to see patients, the Daily News has learned. The doctors only got wind of ...

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Wed, 16 May 2012 06:06:38 GMT

5 questions you should ask your doctor to guard against overtreatment
Detroit Free Press
Overuse of medical resources happens for several reasons, including doctors' longstanding habits, fear of malpractice lawsuits and financial incentives that reward them for doing more, not less. And patients sometimes demand more tests than are ...

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:05:47 GMT

Jury finds for patients in medical malpractice lawsuit
Roanoke Times
By Chase Purdy A Roanoke Circuit Court jury on Friday found two doctors at fault in a medical malpractice lawsuit, and that a family should be awarded millions of dollars for mishaps in a child's birth. Following 10 days of testimony and less than four ...