Medical Malpractice

• "Facts are Stubborn Things" - Medical Malpractice Reform Won't Reduce Health Care Costs

  Gary Shipman | September 10, 2009 4:30 PM | 2 CommentsWilmington, NC

  It was December, 1770. John Adams was involved in the unpopular defense of soldiers charged with crimes in the famed Boston Massacre, and argued: Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our...

• New Hanover Community Health Center Latest Facility To Expose Patients To Risk Of Blood-Borne Illness

  Jean Martin | August 04, 2009 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Headlines about unsanitary hospital practices causing disease outbreaks in places like China, Bulgaria, and even Ireland cause most of us to shake our heads and turn the page. After all, American...

• Stroke Risks and Symptoms Overlooked in Women

  Jean Martin | June 18, 2009 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Women between the ages of 45 and 54 are twice as likely to suffer strokes as men of the same age. Women are also more likely than men to be physically or mentally impaired as a result of a stroke....

• Settlement Reached in Case of Newborn Burned By Malfunctioning Respirator/Humidifier

  Jean Martin | November 21, 2008 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  In the winter of 2007, a newborn suffered severe and permanent injuries, including disfiguring burns, as a result of malfunctioning respirator and humidifier. Thermal burn resulted in air so hot...

• New Hanover Regional Medical Center Asks If Nurses Treated You Well

  Jean Martin | September 25, 2008 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  New Hanover Regional Medical Center is asking patients to provide their comments about the treatment they received from nurses while in the hospital. NHRMC is seeking a designation of nursing...

• Jury in Ohio Awards $22.6 million in Medical Malpractice Case

  Gary Shipman | May 21, 2008 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A jury in Hamilton County, Ohio, awarded $22.6 million in a medical malpractice case against a doctor and her medical group surrounding the birth of Cassie Grown, now 11, who is a spastic...

• NC Voters Should Educate Themselves Before Supporting Candidates Who Seek Caps On Medical Malpractice Suit Awards

  William Wright | May 08, 2008 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A Fulton County Georgia judge has struck down the cap on monetary awards in a medical malpractice case. If that decision is upheld on appeal it could undercut a major component of Georgia's tort...

• What to expect after heart surgery? Not a drug-induced death or illness.

  Jean Martin | May 05, 2008 3:34 PM | 2 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Patients, and their families, who are facing heart surgery are usually given materials on what to expect after the surgery. This list will state that complications may arise, including heart attack,...

• Tort Reform Will Cure Decreasing Life Expectancy

  Jean Martin | April 24, 2008 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  According to a study released this week, U.S. women’s life expectancy is declining significantly. Researchers blamed the decrease in women’s life expectancy on high blood pressure as well as chronic...

• Judge Orders Release of Information on Doctors

  Gary Shipman | August 30, 2007 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A United States District Court Judge in Washington has ordered the Health and Human Services Department to turn over information about doctors from the Medicare claims database by September 21. The ruling came in a case filed by a consumer group that sued HHS seeking the release of information that had previously been considered private.Judge Emmet G. Sulllivan concluded that the release of the...