Kentucky resident Bobby Russell claims he had been misdiagnosed by the University of Kentucky Medical Center as positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and he is planning to sue the hospital and its doctors for medical malpractice. University of Kentucky (UK)...
Medical Malpractice
Americans face high rate of misdiagnosis cases
A new study issued by the Institute of Medicine on September 22 showed that most United States citizens will receive at least one wrong or delayed medical diagnosis in their lives, a reality that can often bring about harmful consequences to patients. The report...
Government agency creates Candor to help patients fight medical malpractice
Medical mistakes in the United States cause the deaths of tens of thousands of patients annually, and even more people incur injuries because of said mistakes. Not every case of harm is caused by negligence. Even when a doctor does everything correctly, the patient...
Measure to have malpractice lawsuits evaluated by panels introduced
The Kentucky Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved Senate Bill 4 on Wednesday, January 4, which state Senator Ralph Alvarado sponsored. The bill seeks to have lawsuits against doctors or health care practitioners evaluated for merit by panels of medical...
$53M awarded to 12-year-old in birth injury case
A jury in Cook County, Illinois has awarded $53 million in a birth injury case to 12-year-old Isaiah Ewing on Wednesday, June 29 after a four-week trial before Cook County Circuit Judge John Kirby; however, this might not be the conclusion of the case after the...
Joan Rivers’ medical malpractice lawsuit settled
The family of 81-year-old comedian Joan Rivers have officially settled the medical malpractice lawsuit they lodged against Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan, their attorneys announced on Thursday, May 12. Rivers died on September 4, 2014, one week after she went in for...