Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine ...

The article explains that late changes to theories of liability in malpractice cases are typically denied by courts, as they prejudice defendants. Courts prefer claims to be clear from the start, and ...

Since 2020, the military has received 764 claims under a 2019 law intended to provide malpractice compensation. Just 10% have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eva Epker covers what to know about and how to improve women's health. Medical malpractice cases were meant to protect patients ...

Medical malpractice looms large in the minds of doctors in the US. New data from Kitchel law tells the story of how much ...

The second part of that provision comes into play when grounds for malpractice may not be immediately apparent to the patient. One example of this would be a patient who undergoes surgery and foreign ...

About a quarter century ago, Virginia resident physician Daniel Merenstein, MD, spoke with a 53-year-old patient about prostate cancer screening. The man didn’t receive a prostate-specific antigen ...

While medical errors are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, accountability in health care often depends on costly and complex malpractice litigation. As deaths due to medical and ...

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Stephanie Boydell became a single mother to three children Sept. 22, 2022, the day her 40-year-old husband died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm after being discharged from the hospital. “Mine and my ...

In July, a Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a record $207.6 million verdict against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for a birth injury that occurred during delivery.

Medical malpractice is far more common in some parts of the U.S. than others, with a new report from 24/7 Wall St. highlighting which states see the most claims filed against doctors and hospitals. A ...