Medical Malpractice

• Jury Awards $22.6 Million For Birthing Injury

  Scott Kappes | May 21, 2008 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A jury has awarded $22.6 million to a Cincinnati woman whose daughter suffered brain damage as a result of medical birthing mistake. In 1997 Heather Grow, pregnant with her first child, was...

• Children at Higher Risk For Drug Errors

  Scott Kappes | April 15, 2008 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A new study published in this month’s Pediatrics magazine suggests that our children may be at much more of a risk of hospital errors than we ever could have imagined. The study claims that...

• Two Patients Die After Contracting Cancer From Donated Organs

  Scott Kappes | April 03, 2008 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The parents of 15-year-old Alex Koehne wanted their son to live on after passing away from what they were told was bacterial meningitis. After careful consideration Jim and Lisa Koehne decided to...

• Doctor Performs Brain Surgery on Wrong Side of Brain

  Scott Kappes | November 27, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A Rhode Island hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the Department of Health after a doctor performed brain surgery on the wrong side of a patient's brain. While this sounds terrible it gets even worse. This is the third time this has happened this year at this hospital alone. Last Friday marks the most recent occurrence when the chief resident began operating on the wrong side of...

• Woman's Estate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Amputation

  Scott Kappes | August 22, 2007 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The estate of a West Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in response to a leg amputation she received. The woman lost her right leg above the knee due to complications during surgery. The suit was filed in a circuit court on August 6th against Edmund E. Figuero, M.D.According to the suit, Rosa Griffith underwent a left heart catheterization via the right groin artery June 13,...

• Paxil and Birth Defects

  Robert Binstock | June 15, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The Food and Drug Administration issued a health alert on September 27, 2005, to medical professionals and that GlaxoSmithKline changed the labeling on their popular antidepressant Paxil to reflect growing concerns about birth defects. Women that took Paxil during their first three months of pregnancy were one and a half to two and a half times more like to have a baby with a serious heart...

• Mounting Problems with Paxil

  Dian Rosier | February 23, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Since 1992, when the FDA first gave its approval for the release of Paxil in the U.S. market, it has been one long rollercoaster ride for the drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK. Generating annual sales of up to 2 billion dollars, Paxil has been prescribed for the treatment of depression, and a large variety of other "disorders", many of which the American public had never heard of before...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled for 1.2M

  Christina Cole | February 09, 2007 10:47 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A Texas woman has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against Belvidere Bariatric Clinic to the tune of $1.2 million. The claimant alleged negligence by the clinic led to her husband's death. On Tuesday she agreed to a settlement of 1.2 million with the Bariatric Treatment Center, Northwest Suburban Community Hospital and the surgeon involved.Another doctor, a defendant included in the case,...

• Parents File $150M Suit for Birth Injury

  Christina Cole | February 08, 2007 1:01 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Parents of twin boys have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit alleging one of their sons will never have a normal life and the blame is pointing to a military hospital.The parents are filing a suit for $150 million against Naval Hospital accusing the staff and doctors and staff of medical malpractice. The parents say the boy is brain damaged from a birth injury during delivery.The hospital...