Medical Malpractice News Articles

News articles on medical malpractice issues nationwide & in Long Island

Doctors decry lack of Wyeth vaccine
Newark Star Ledger, NJ - May 29, 2004
... quality-control failings at its Pearl River, NY, plant ... Wyeth spokesman, Doug Petkus, said the lawsuit was filed ... re trying to ensure that every doctor has enough ...

NY sues Glaxo over Paxil
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jun 2, 2004
The lawsuit highlights two pharmaceutical and medical controversies: whether antidepressants increase suicidal tendencies in children and if drug companies ...

Nurse loses workplace lawsuit
SunHerald.com, MS - Jun 15, 2004
... Davis filed the lawsuit against Singing River Hospital Systems and its ... that she was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on a doctor who failed ...

Doctor negligent in death of woman
Press Herald, ME - Jun 15, 2004
... neutral hearing officer, a lawyer, and doctor with the ... and hospitals for professional liability, including York Hospital. ... doctors will face a lawsuit this year ...

Northern stops offering health screening to the public
The Havre Daily News, MT - Jun 16, 2004
... or risks will need to see their doctor about treatment ... said she could not say what the hospital charges for ... A Havre businessman lost a lawsuit filed against MSU ...

Jury awards $1.6 million in malpractice suit
Portland Maine Press Herald, ME - Jun 15, 2004
... $1.6 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit will appeal ... York County Superior Court judgment, the doctor´s lawyer ... she was brought to York Hospital in March ...

Hospital services grow to meet demand
DetNews.com, MI - Jun 16, 2004
... The lawsuit, filed by several Oakland County hospitals, such as ... a long ride to Royal Oak to William Beaumont Hospital. ... she’ll need to see a doctor again any ...

Testified in many death row cases
Houston Chronicle, TX - Jun 16, 2004
... by the rebuke, fought the expulsion with a lawsuit, to no ... He said he saw his role only as a doctor who was ... defendants who needed to go to the hospital from the ...

Trial under way on chemical depot lawsuit
kgw.com (subscription), OR - Jun 15, 2004
... The doctor testified he believed he may have suffered ... delay in getting the workers to the hospital and the ... The second phase of the workers' lawsuit is expected ...
Doctor testifies he had nerve gas symptoms - Salem Statesman Journal

Police say doctor pulled gun on partner
The State, SC - Jun 13, 2004
... become “unbearable,” especially after a third doctor in the ... Burns of Spartanburg and Greenville Hospital System ... The lawsuit alleged that their 20-month-old ...

Frustrated Physicians File Initiative to Force State Legislature ...
PR Newswire (press release) - Jun 17, 2004
... the initiative, Doctors for Sensible Lawsuit Reform, a ... including lost wages, medical and hospital bills, rehabilitation ... so I can have access to my doctor'.".

Medical-malpractice battle gets personal
USA Today - Jun 13, 2004
... to investigate a California doctor's testimony on ... His lawsuit also alleges conspiracy, witness intimidation and ... the medical staff at Christ Hospital voted to ...

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