Clik here to view.
Cardiac Stents One of Most Overused Medical Procedures
Malpractice lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report on several recent studies and news articles highlighting the massive overuse of cardiac stents in the United States. Over seven million Americans have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wrongful Death Suit filed after Fatal Reaction to CT Scan Dye
Wrongful death attorneys at Pintas & Mullins report on a lawsuit recently revived against the federal government, after a man died at a federal clinic in Kentucky. He was seeking treatment for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FDA, Plaintiffs Warn Against Unapproved IUDs
Mirena attorneys at Pintas & Mullins remind women implanted with an IUD contraceptive or thinking of having one implanted of the still-present problems over unapproved, or "black market" IUDs. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Veterans Affairs Spends $845 Million on Malpractice Claims over Past Decade
A recently-released analysis by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) showed that the agency paid about $845 million in medical malpractice payments since 2003. This amount of money was paid to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC Doctors Admit to Being Bribed to Order Lab Tests
Doctors often order an array of tests for patients with unknown medical conditions in efforts to narrow the diagnoses possibilities. Typically, this is done out of an abundance of caution rather than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catholic Hospital Sued for Mishandling Miscarriage
Mercy Health Partners in Michigan was recently named in a lawsuit for placing religious beliefs over patient safety. The plaintiff was 27-years-old when she was admitted to the hospital, the only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a Doctor's Apology can Affect your Medical Malpractice Suit
When a medical mistake or negligent act result in severe injury or harm to a patient, physicians must decide whether they will apologize directly to the patient or their family. The decision is often...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One of Six American Deaths Caused by Preventable Hospital Error
Health experts estimate that an alarming number of patients in the U.S. - about 440,000 per year, to be exact - die from medical errors in the hospital. That amounts to about one-sixth of all deaths...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uterine Growth Removal Procedure under Scrutiny for Cancer Risk
Three U.S. teaching hospitals are now examining the safety of a popular surgery to remove uterine growths after reports that the procedure could spread cancer in high rates. Two esteemed hospitals in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Fuels Medical Mistakes
As a law firm specializing in medical malpractice and mistakes, we see firsthand the traumatic and often catastrophic results of malpractice, and its effects on victims' families. Our passion for this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Medicare to Release Doctor Payment Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it would release data on how and why it pays its physicians starting in spring 2014. This is a bold move for many reasons,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court Rules Minor Malpractice Cases not Subject to Statute of Limitations
Washington's Supreme Court recently decided that statutes of limitation are not applicable to medical malpractice cases involving minors. The suit centered on Jaryd Schroeder, who was injured from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Problems with Medicaid Affecting Patient Care
Physicians throughout the country are seeing an increasing problem with Medicaid programs, particularly in hospice and emergency rooms. With the roll-out of the Affordable Healthcare Act, enrollment in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Congress to Tighten Leash on VA after Disastrous Medical Errors
In the wake of the our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) has been innundated with a new generation of injured troops entirely different than in wars past. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bariatric Surgery and Children: When Weight Loss Kills
The number of overweight and obese children is rising substantially throughout the United States and the world. This, of course, is a problem in and of itself, however additional concerns are being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Popular Hysterectomy Surgery Causing Cancer Spread
Doctors across the country are calling to change standards for a common gynecological procedure, morcellation, which can spread dangerous types of uterine cancer. Many studies have confirmed this risk,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dangerous Doctors, Patient Deaths Reveal Failing Texas Healthcare System
Dr. Christopher Duntsch arrived in Texas in 2010 to start a neurosurgery practice. By 2013, he had killed two patients from malpractice, paralyzed four others, and had his medical license revoked. Our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Medical Malpractice Damage Caps
Good news this Friday, the Florida Supreme Court just became the latest state to strike down damage caps for pain and suffering in medical malpractice lawsuits. The court ruled the limits...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Changes to Come to California Malpractice Laws
In 1975, the California government established a maximum money amount injured patients could receive for noneconomic damages in malpractice lawsuits. Nearly four decades later, the $250,000 cap has yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another da Vinci Robotic System Approved for Market
Intuitive Surgical, the company that makes the da Vinci Robotic Surgery System, recently announced that it gained approval for a new robotic system, called the da Vinci Xi. Our team of da Vinci surgery...
View Article