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Personal Watercraft Accidents

Personal watercraft (PWC) cause many injuries and deaths each year in Florida. Despite mandatory boating education classes and higher age limits for operating PWCs the deaths and injuries still…

By Ed Normand

/ 22 Sep 2008

Want Lower Health Insurance? Prevent Surgical Errors.

Eliminating medical malpractice would result in savings of billions of dollars each year. The annual cost of medical errors in additional medical expenses to fix the injuries caused by malpractice…

By Ed Normand

/ 18 Sep 2008

The Cost To Society of Rampant Medical Malpractice

Every year there is a study called the Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. The name speaks for itself. Sadly every year for the 5 years it has been in existence shows shocking amounts of…

By Ed Normand

/ 7 Aug 2008

Prescription for Disaster

A recent study shows that prescriptioin medication related deaths have drastically increased in the last two decades. The deaths from prescription drugs increased over 3000 percent! Many of the…

By Ed Normand

/ 31 Jul 2008

The Court Rulings Nobody Hears About: Listen Up!

We see them frequently: headlines about large verdicts awarding millions of dollars in damages. We hear about the McDonald’s case, or others where, supposedly large amounts of money are awarded for…

By Ed Normand

/ 7 Jun 2008

Sign Your Rights Away or Die

Many health care providers are requiring patients to sign lengthy agreements absolving them from liablity for malpractice as a condition of treatment. A typical scenario is a family needs to put a…

By Ed Normand

/ 7 Jun 2008

Pediatrician Accused of Molestation Stops Seeing Patients

In a disturbing case out of the Boston area, a pediatrician is accused of molestation of young boys under his care. While this is a terrible situation it points out the absurdity of medical…

By Ed Normand

/ 5 Apr 2008

Jury Clears Actor Ritter's Doctors of Medical Malpractice

A jury verdict came down in the medical malpractice / wrongful death lawsuit of Actor John Ritter last Friday. The lawsuit was brought by Ritter’s Widow and Children. After two days of deliberation, the jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist of negligence. As such, there will be no damage jud

By Michael Damaso

/ 18 Mar 2008

Heparin Recalled by Baxter Healthcare

Heparin sodium is medication used to thin the blood. It is often administered intravenously. It is used with patients that need kidney dialysis, many types of cardiac surgery, and many other conditions often those involving risk of blood clots. Severe injuries have been reported with this drug recen

By Ed Normand

/ 7 Mar 2008

Medical Malpractice Patients' Right To Know

In a decision just released earlier today the Florida Supreme Court ruled on the scope of the 2004 Florida Constitutional Amendment 7, entitled the “Patients Right to Know” Act. In a ruling that is welcome to consumers and patients who are concerned about the safety of their families when choosing a

By Ed Normand

/ 6 Mar 2008

Missouri Seeks to Increase Liability for Abortion Malpractice

Proposed legislation in Missouri increase the liability caps in medical malpractice cases for cases of abortion malpractice. . Under the present medical malpractice caps in Missouri, pain and suffering damage awards are capped at $350,000. The new law would make the caps invalid in claims of abortio

By Ed Normand

/ 15 Feb 2008

John Ritter Estate Medical Malpractice Trial

Actor John Ritter, best known from his days in the sitcom “Three’s Company”, died in 2003 at age 54 from a tear in the aorta, at a hospital in Burbank, California. Subsequent investigation by his family led them to conclude that the aorta tear was not treated correctly and, in fact, was misdiagnosed

By Ed Normand

/ 14 Feb 2008