Blog: Medical Malpractice

Hospitals mark National Patient Safety Awareness Week

Mar 8, 2013

This week, March 3-9, marks National Patient Safety Awareness Week and provides a good opportunity to discuss some key aspects related to patients’ safety and wellbeing. The overarching theme for National Patient Safety Awareness Week 2013 is “Patient Safety 7/365” which serves to remind health care professionals to keep patients’ safety and wellbeing top of mind seven days and week and365 days a year. This year, the National Patient Safety Foundation is focused on addressing...

Medical malpractice lawsuit filed in cataract surgery mishap

Mar 8, 2013

There's no question that surgeries routinely help residents of Butler County, with certain medical conditions, to heal and secure a better quality of life. While this is the case much of the time, in some situations surgical procedures do not go as planned. When this happens, it is possible that the patient could end up with serious injuries that did not exist when they went into the surgery. This was what happened to a man...

Injured Ohio man settles medical malpractice suit

Mar 6, 2013

Patients who are under the care and supervision of a hospital and medical staff typically believe they are in good hands. While in the majority of cases this may be true, in some cases hospitals, doctors and medical staff are negligent in failing to provide sufficient care. An Ohio man recently agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit he filed against the University of Toledo Medical Center. The man filed the lawsuit after receiving medical...

Man blinded in one eye files medical malpractice lawsuit

Mar 1, 2013

Victims of medical and surgical errors often sustain severe and painful injuries. In many cases, those who have suffered due to a surgical error are left with permanent and debilitating injuries. In many cases, these individuals would be wise to seek the advice of a legal professional who can help determine whether or not legal action is appropriate and how best to proceed. The outlined facts of a recently filed medical malpractice lawsuit read like...

Woman files lawsuit against nurse and hospital for molestation

Feb 28, 2013

Medical negligence can take many forms. There are many ways in which a patient in a hospital could be injured. While these ways are often in conjunction with negligent diagnoses, medications or procedures patients undergo, there are other events that could prompt a medical malpractice lawsuit. The actions can be on the part of a variety of workers at hospital and clinics, including doctors and nurses. While perhaps not the first thing that Pittsburgh residents...

Man’s Hepatitis C case against Exeter Hospital settled

Feb 27, 2013

Last week we wrote about medical malpractice lawsuits that had been filed by multiple individuals against Exeter Hospital and several other defendants after they were infected with Hepatitis C while patients at the hospital. The infected acquired the disease when a former radiologic technician used needles to divert certain drugs for his personal use. This week we provide an update on one of the lawsuits filed in the matter. One of the Exeter Hospital medical malpractice...

Lawsuit alleges doctor’s failure to monitor lead to patient’s death

Feb 26, 2013

Modern medicine has resulted in many previously fatal chronic health conditions now being treated and controlled. As a result, many individuals previously diagnosed with conditions such as heart disease and high blood pressure are now able to effectively treat and control their health conditions by taking daily prescription medications. A medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against a doctor for failing to properly monitor a patient. The lawsuit was filed by the daughter of a...

Hospitals fined after foreign objects left in surgical patients

Feb 22, 2013

It is fair to say that many people would do whatever they could to avoid having to undergo a surgical procedure. In addition to having to deal with the inconvenience of a recovery period, there are many things that could go wrong during the procedure. Besides the risk of being given too much anesthesia or not enough, in other situations patients in Pittsburgh may find that items used during the course of the surgery are...

Mother’s death attributable to birth injury and negligence

Feb 22, 2013

In past years, serious injury and death resulting from child birth was fairly common. Thankfully, today modern medicine has advanced to improve the monitoring and diagnosis of potential complications that may arise during child birth. In some cases, however, even normal deliveries can go terribly wrong due to the negligent acts of doctors and attending medical staff. In April of 2012, a 28-year-old woman and her husband were ecstatic as they welcomed a baby girl...

Medical errors often not disclosed by physicians

Feb 22, 2013

There is no question that hospitals throughout the country serve an important role in society. Many people enter the healthcare facilities quite ill and are released in good health. Despite these positive outcomes, mistakes are an all too real occurrence in hospitals located in Pittsburgh and beyond. While in some cases the errors are obvious, in others it is possible that the person on the receiving end of the medical error or his or her...