Connecticut Medical Malpractice News Headlines

FDA Gives Warnings and Instructions for Heparin Sodium Injection (Baxter)

Doctor Arrest Over Hospital Death

Inadequate background check may have put veterans at risk

Jury awards $365,000 to a couple in a Port Charlotte medical malpractice case

State Supreme Court jury awards $17 million to a New York woman in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Medication Mistakes - Drug Name Confusion

Doctors License Suspended Following Patient Death

Kansas Doctor Charged in Deadly Prescription Drug Overdoses

Preventing Patient Deaths from Fentanyl Patches

Donda Wests Cosmetic Surgery Complications

Many Errors by Medical Residents Caused by Teamwork Breakdowns

Meeting to Discuss Medical Errors and Patient Safety

Avoiding Dangerous Mix ups between Insulin and Heparin

Cost of Medical Malpractice Insurance

Commissioner Tyler Announces Hearing Regarding Medical Mutual

United HealthCare to Pay New York $4 Million

Prescription Errors in Maryland

Health Report and Medical Malpractice

New Task Force Confronts Medical Malpractice Reform

Majority Of Medical Malpractice Claims In Seven States Closed

Medical Errors In Illinois

Medical Malpractice Insurer Request Rate Decrease

Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation

Medical Malpractice Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties

Glucose Triggers Brain Damage After Hypoglycemic Coma

In Sacramento, Lafayette Physician Joel Alan Gross Surrenders License To Practice Medicine

Majority Of Medical Malpractice Claims Closed Without Compensation

U.S. Department of Labor’s MSHA to publish final rule on civil penalties

FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products

Gov. Perry Awards Increase to Texas Medical Board in Physician Licensure Applications

FDA Takes Action to Cease Distribution of Illegal Drugs

FDA Directs ADHD Drug Manufacturers to Notify Patients about Adverse Events

Medicare To Provide Beneficiaries With Information On Physician Performance

Cardinal Health 303, Inc. Signs Consent Decree with FDA

Nurse Convicted and Sentenced for Criminal Neglect of a Nursing Home Resident

Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki Announce New Effort to Fight Medicaid Fraud

Omnicare, Inc. to Pay $49.5 Million to Settle Medicaid Prescription Fraud Allegations

Too Few Americans Being Screened, Counseled To Prevent Colorectal Cancer, Obesity, Other Conditions

Risks Associated with Colonoscopy Should be Considered

Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

Some Men with Low PSAs Have Prostate Cancer

Physicians' Extended Work Shifts Associated With Increased Risk of Medical Errors

AHRQ Study Finds Wrong-site Surgery Rare and Preventable

Pfizer Stops All Torcetrapib Clinical Trials in Interest of Patient Safety

Birth Outcome in Women with Previously Treated Breast Cancer

Potential Silicone Breast Implant Complications

Minnesota Department Report On Adverse Events In Minnesota Hospitals

Data Shows Verbal Drug Orders Are Often Misunderstood

In New York, Nurse Aide Indicted For Raping Nursing Home Resident

House Approves Hospital Error Reporting Bill

Medication Mistakes Caused By Unclear Medical Abbreviations

Connection Found Between Needle Stick Injuries and Long Shifts

Washington State Physician Medical License Revoked

In California, Medical Board Accusation Leads To Surrender Of Physician’s License

Medication Errors Injure 1.5 Million People And Cost Billions of Dollars Annually

Medical Malpractice Awareness In Hospital Care

In California, Action Against State’s Second Largest Nursing Home Chain

In Kentucky, Patient Abuse Guilty Plea Of Former Nurse Assistant

Texas Medical Liability Trust CEO Resigns

Study Finds Link To High Medical Malpractice Premiums In New York

Medical Malpractice Survivors Form United Front Against 'Health Courts'

Study Casts Doubt On Claims From The Medical Malpractice System

Legislation Would Streamline Medical Malpractice Cases

In Missouri, Governor Signs Medical Malpractice Insurance Legislation

Critical Issues Facing The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Hospital Patient Safety Procedures

Ohio Supreme Court Rules On Genetic-Screening Failure

2006 National Patient Safety Goal In Clinton-Obama Legislation

Most Patients Who Sustain A Medical Injury Do Not Sue

California State Medical Board

Massachusetts State Laws On Medical Malpractice Self Insurance Trust Funds

Senator Of South Carolina, Lindsey Graham On Medical Malpractice

Ohio Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice In Texas

Medical Malpractice, The Civil Defensive Division Of Alabama

Florida Medical Malpractice

In California, Surrender Of Laguna Niguel Physician's State Medical License

Illinois Worker Agreed To Settle The Medical Malpractice Claims For $750,000

Medical Malpractice Of The Health Care Providers

Oakland California Plaintiff Winners In Medical Malpractice

Chicago Medical Malpractice Problem

Legislation Will Put Patients First

Medical Malpractice Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties

Jury Awards 253M to Widow in First Vioxx Case

Shays Introduces Medical Malpractice Rx Act

Thermage Procedure Offers Physicians

Medical Malpractice Returns to Profitability in 2006

Plaintiffs Won 55 Percent Of Civil Trials

EWill Continue To Buy Their Malpractice Insurance

Superintendent Serio Announces Continued Stabilization

Medical Malpractice Data Shows Continued Decline

The Claims Are Made Under The Foreign Claims Act

Plaintiffs Won 55 Percent Of Civil Trials In The Nation’s 75 Most Populous Counties During 2001

A.M. Best Affirms Medical Protective Ratings and Stability

To Hold Medical Providers Accountable For Negligence Prescription Drugs Malpractice, Error

Ephedra Users Beware an over-the-counter dietary supplement containing a high concentration of ephedrine alkaloids

Ohio Medical Association Calls For Lawsuit Limits

State Insurance Plan Begins Taking Medical Malpractice Applications

The Medical Malpractice Insurance Issues We Face

Report Calls for Stricter Disciplining of Bad Doctors

House Democrats take lead on Medical Malpractice Reform; opt for 'third way'

Medical Malpractice Issues: Bailey introduces major health care legislation in House

Missouri Department of Insurance Releases Medical Malpractice Study

Lakin Okays State-Sponsored Medical Malpractice Plan, But Cites Serious Shortcomings In Current Law

The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States

Medical Malpractice Reform Would Curb Costs & Improve Access To Health Care

Governor Ehrlich Establishes Medical Malpractice Task Force

First Applauds Bush Comments On Medical Malpractice Reform

Department Approves Dissolution Plan For Medical Malpractice Insurance Association (Mmia)

New Company Moves Toward Offering Malpractice Insurance In Wyoming

Gov. Blagojevich Revives Medical Malpractice Reform Negotiations

Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission Issues Interim Report

Medical Malpractice Reform Legislation Fails In Senate

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Favorable Trends from Preliminary Data

Linder Votes To Increase Employees’ Access To Health Care

Linder Votes To Protect Patients By Limiting Runaway Medical Malpractice Awards

GOP Senators Offer Amendment to Medical Malpractice Reform Package

House Democrats join Governor, Insurance Commissioner in Medical Malpractice Reform package roll-out

Medical Board Launches New, Consumer-Friendly Web Site Address

Medical Malpractice Crisis Hurting Doctor Recruiting in Ohio

Tampa Medical Malpractice Seminar-with Raymond T. McEachern from Tampa.FL

Malpractice bill heads to Bush

Palm Beach Florida - Malpractice prescription still unfilled

Miami Florida - New Medical Malpractice Insurance Provider Applies in Florida, Managed by Duane Morris LLP

Key Senate Players

Doctors Ask Court To Uphold Limits On Lawyer's Fees

Please contact us if anyone you know has suffered from debilitating injuries due to medical malpractice in Connecticut.

	Did You Know?
	Drug-switching practices happen and are very dangerous Another public-spirited drug giant, Merck, was forced to pay a settlement of $1.9 million to 17 states in 1995 for drug-switching practices involving its Medco subsidiary. Medco pharmacists, who had given excessively favorable treatment to Merck products, were thereafter required to reveal their Merck connection to their customers.