Are Cruise Ship Doctors Liable for Negligent Actions?
Late last year we blogged about Franza v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and their historic ruling striking down the dated precedents set by the 1988 decision of Barbetta v. S/S Bermuda Star. The old “Barbetta rule” exonerated cruise lines from responsibility in the event of medical malpractice by the onboard… Read more »
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What is EZ Doctor?
When you buy a used car, you can check its Carfax report to see its history. When you sign up for a college class, you can check sites like RateMyProfessor and MyEDU to see what the professors and workload will be like. And yet, there has not been a similar, popular service for vetting doctors…. Read more »
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What Is Informed Consent?
When a patient undergoes a medical procedure or begins taking medication, the doctor has a responsibility to the patient to disclose potential risks associated with the treatment. This process is known as “informed consent,” and is an integral component of any doctor-patient relationship. Consent often comes in the form of a signed document, but a… Read more »
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Can You Sue for Malpractice If a Doctor Holds You Against Your Will?
A Florida man’s 19-year imprisonment in a Nebraska mental hospital has resulted in a lawsuit against his doctors, who the man claims kept him locked up under the false pretense that he was mentally ill. His treatment team decided in 2013 that the incident that led to his long-term treatment happened during a medication-induced psychosis…. Read more »
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Can a Medication-Related Suicide Be Considered Malpractice?
A 24-year-old Marine veteran in Florida’s Broward County committed suicide by drug overdose after being unable to cope with a breakup, a dying dog and his lack of direction following his service in the Marines. His family blamed the suicide on the medications he received from the Veterans Association Outpatient Clinic, where he was treated… Read more »
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What Do I Do If a Doctor Uses Unapproved Techniques to Treat Me?
A Florida court has recently reaffirmed a 2013 decision to revoke the license of Dr. Zannos Grekos, whose patient died in 2010 after receiving an unapproved stem cell procedure. Grekos’ attorney filed for an appeal after the doctor’s loss in the first trial, claiming that the medical board was biased toward accepting the findings of… Read more »
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Is the Clinic That Operated on Joan Rivers Still Running?
Amidst the tragic saga of comedienne Joan Rivers’ untimely death and her daughter’s wrongful death lawsuit against the doctors, a federal agency has revealed that the clinic Rivers was treated in will be losing its accreditation at the end of January, 2015. The New York clinic will no longer receive federal funding for beneficiaries of… Read more »
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Can Overprescription Be a Sign of Medical Malpractice?
The Florida Department of Health has accused Dr. Edward Neil Feldman, a pain management physician, of dispensing potentially lethal strengths and quantities of pain medications like oxycodone, muscle relaxers like Soma, and anti-anxiety drugs like Valium to patients. Dr. Feldman was recently indicted in three drug-related deaths and charged with hiding a $6,000,000 conspiracy. In… Read more »
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Is My Doctor a Repeat Offender?
Dr. Andrew Hearn, a former doctor at Alamance Regional Medical Center in Georgia, found himself in hot water once again after recently being found negligent for a botched appendectomy that led to a premature birth. New allegations suggest that the doctor is responsible for a 2011 stent that damaged the heart of a patient. In… Read more »
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Is My Doctor Conducting Improper Surgeries?
Lawsuits filed against Florida cardiologist Asad Qamar have been backed by the Justice Department. Qamar, who collected the second highest amount of money from Medicare in 2012 amongst all doctors nationwide, is accused of performing unnecessary heart scans and procedures on patients on a regular basis to collect money from Medicare. Patient co-payments were waived… Read more »
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