Archive for November, 2009

According to published reports, a Fairfax Circuit Court jury has awarded the estate of a former employee of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital nearly $2.25 million dollars following and operation to repair a failed Nissen fundoplication. »

An article published in Archives of Surgery states that wrong side and wrong patient surgeries happen more often than what is published in medical literature. »

Studies conducted over the last three decades have shown a link between the likelihood of a settlement payment and the strength of a patient’s claim. »

In a recent case in Washington State, the Supreme Court ruled that one of the state’s latest tort reform laws was unconstitutional. »

A case against a doctor who injected patients with a substance not approved for human use was allowed to move forward despite that the actions occurred more than two years prior to the case being filed. »

The Richmond Circuit Court ruled that a radiology group could not be sued because the statute of limitations expired. The radiology group had misread studies for years and it turns out the patient had a tumor. »

A federal jury has convicted Dr. Ronald Poulin, an oncologist, of 28 counts of health care fraud arising out of allegations that he improperly billed Medicare and Tricare $1.2 million. »

Delayed diagnosis in cancer can be deadly. One Fairfax medical malpractice case teaches a lot of valuable lessons. »

The Virginia Board of Medicine administratively punished two obstetricians even though they gained immunity in catastrophic birth injury cases. »

The debate over national tort reform continues. Here is a look at a tragic story and the impact tort reform would have on his family. »