Medical Malpractice

Two more medical malpractice lawsuits have been filed against a doctor who is now in prison on charges of involuntary manslaughter. The total is now four lawsuits against the embattled physicians which alleges diagnostic errors led to delays in treatment which, in turn, led to poor medical outcomes. The latest lawsuit

More than 100 veterans have stepped (no pun) forward to allege that a Fort Wayne Veterans Affairs physician severely damaged their feet and ankles. They believed that the doctor who had performed surgeries on them botched the operation leading to increased pain, fractured bones, and lacerated tendons. In 2017, dozens of

Have you ever worried about whether your mechanic would diagnose your vehicle with a major problem just to bilk you for as much money as possible. Well, there are several doctors who are now facing extended sentences for doing the same thing, while others are still practicing medicine in the

A federal judge ordered the Veteran’s Administration to pay $9 million to a former Navy Veteran after a botched hernia surgery. The veteran was admitted to the hospital for a laparoscopic hernia and went for surgery to repair the hernia. Following his discharge, however, he began to complain of pain

A Virginia man filed a lawsuit against a hospice care facility after he claimed his wife suffered an excruciating death because of their malpractice. The victim was a 68-year-old woman with terminal breast cancer. She was admitted to the hospice facility on September 17th but didn’t die until the 25th—8

Do you know how people are always worried about their car mechanic finding a problem that isn’t there and then charging them thousands of dollars? Well, now those people have something else to worry about as doctors are doing the same thing. To be sure, any unnecessary treatment or testing is

The facts of the case involve an EMT who was tasked with transporting a patient from one hospital to another. During the delivery, the ambulance encountered inclement weather and sustained a severe accident in which the patient was killed, one EMT was injured, and another EMT sustained severe injuries. The

A longtime Virginia OB-GYN has been found guilty of multiple counts of health care fraud by way of ordering unnecessary treatments and surgeries—notably hysterectomies—for women who “didn’t need” them. The FBI, which spearheaded the investigation, claimed that Javaid Perwaiz performed “diagnostic procedures” with broken equipment and scared women into having

Why does health care in America cost so much money? Well, the private insurance system that we operate on needs to group high-cost policyholders with low-cost policyholders to provide a balance. If everyone on the plan was over 70 then the plan would cost millions per policyholder. If the plan

Dr. Jonathon Yates was sentenced to 25 years in prison after it was revealed that he sexually assaulted at least 62 veterans during examinations over an 11-month span. This resulted in 56 lawsuits filed; each victim received about $180,000 as a result of the sexual assault. While the victims were obviously