Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Bill to Raise Burden of Proof on ER Malpractice Lawsuits Fails in House

  Christina Cole | May 08, 2007 8:02 AM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Arizona House rejected Bill SB 1032, a bill that would have made medical malpractice lawsuits against emergency department doctors and staff more difficult to win.The State Senate approved the legislation on a 6-12 vote, in January, and would have required plaintiffs in such type malpractice lawsuits to have "clear and convincing evidence" that the care they received was not up to...

• Patient Claims Surgery was Botched

  Christina Cole | January 27, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A 66-year-old cancer survivor is now suing Catholic Healthcare West and St. Joseph's Hospital for operating on the wrong set of his vocal cords, alleging medical malpractice. Larry Bimbo's left vocal cords were paralyzed from undergoing radiation therapy many years ago for lung cancer. However, he now claims in court papers the doctors treated his healthy, right vocal cords instead, cutting off...

• Hospital Worker Receives $1 Million

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Montefiore Medical Center worker has received a $1 million settlement from her employer after her ankle was improperly set while in the hospitals emergency room. On September 30, 2000, Josephine Cruz, went to the hospital with a fractured left ankle. According to court papers, Cruz was in extreme pain when she arrived at the ER. Cruz, an accounting representative a the hospital was x-rayed but...

• Doctor Must Pay $5M to Patient

  Christina Cole | December 19, 2006 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An Albany woman has been awarded $5M in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit involved Albany gynecologist, William Sewell over a surgical procedure performed back in 1998.Thursday, a Dougherty County State Court returned a verdict in her favor. The Doctor's layers are appealing the hefty verdict. Benita Davis Parker, 27, went to her gynecologist Dr. William Sewell, for a tubal ligation six...