Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Doctor's Failure to Admit Medical Errors - Who is to Blame?

  Rob Curtiss | December 07, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In the past several years, many articles have been written about the overwhelming failure of medical professionals to admit errors made in the course of their practice. Many people blame trial lawyers for this phenomenon. The assumption that underlies this position is that doctors would be forthright about their mistakes if they weren't faced with the specter of being sued. I can think of at...

• Medical Malpractice in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | October 16, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Two years ago, under pressure from the medical and insurance industries and despite efforts by consumer groups, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law requiring all medical malpractice claims to be screened by an allegedly "neutral panel" before the claim could be heard in court. The insurance and medical groups argued that it would provide an efficient, time and cost saving method of...

• The Real Victims of the Medical Malpractice Battle are the Injured Patients

  Rob Curtiss | December 14, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It is no great revelation that doctors and lawyers have long been at odds over the issue of medical negligence lawsuits. Many doctors blame lawsuits and ultimately lawyers for their rising malpractice premiums. Many lawyers accuse medical associations of leveling unfair criticism at the legal profession. They believe this disingenuous criticism is responsible for perpetuating stereotypes of...

• Medical Malpractice Cases Rarely Have Quick Resolutions

  Rob Curtiss | September 27, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I often get calls from people who believe they have been the victims of medical negligence. Often these individuals will tell me that they don't want to launch a full scale malpractice suit. Rather, they only want the doctor or hospital to admit the mistake and to pay for their medical treatment related to the malpractice in the future.Unfortunately, these cases rarely resolve so easily....

• Medical Malpractice Means Negligence

  Rob Curtiss | February 08, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Many people think that a doctor only commits malpractice if he or she is reckless or deliberately inattentive in their treatment of a patient. Actually malpractice simply means negligence, it is the medical equivalent of failing to stop at a stop sign and causing an accident. Just as drivers have a duty to be reasonably careful when driving, doctors have a duty to be reasonably careful when...

• Weis Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Spotlight

  Ed Van Dorn | January 31, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis tried to keep his gastric bypass surgery hidden from the public, but something went wrong when he had the operation five years ago. Now Weis' medical malpractice suit against Massachusetts General is getting national attention. Weis, 50, who declined a request for an interview, described himself in the book as "a dumb ass" for submitting to the weight loss surgery.A...

• Doctor Facing Over 100 Malpractice Suits Testifies

  Christina Cole | December 21, 2006 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Former Putnam General Hospital doctor at the center of over 100 medical malpractice lawsuits testified Friday that he doesn't have a fixed address and has not worked since early November and lost his tax records when his accountant's office was burnt down. Christopher Wallace Martin, previously known as John A. King changed his name in April and his former name was used during Friday's hour long...