InjuryBoard Oklahoma City Archives

• Paxil Settlement

  Jeremy Thurman | April 30, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A judge said on April 26, 2006, that he will approve a $64 million national class action settlement for parents who bought Paxil, once a blockbuster drug, for their teens who were struggling with depression.Sales of Paxil specifically for minors totaled more than $500 million. GlaxoSmithKline has repeatedly been accused of not revealing all that it knew about the drug, This goes to show that...

• SB 507 Immunity for Doctors

  Jeremy Thurman | April 16, 2007 11:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  SB 507 will be heard by the Oklahoma Senate this week. Is a comprehensive tort reform bill that shuts the courthouse doors for injured. Call your state senator, this bill is bad for medical malpractice cases.

• 250,000 Medicare Deaths a Year Preventable

  Jacob Diesselhorst | April 09, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Approximately 250,000 Medicare patient deaths involving medical errors could have been prevented, the study found. The study tracked 16 patient safety measures over the three-year period. The safety problems with the highest rate of occurrence were decubitus ulcers or bedsores, failure to rescue, and post-operative respiratory failure. Two years ago, President Bush signed the Patient Safety and...

• Research Finds 40% of Pregnancy-Related Deaths Potentially Preventable

  Jacob Diesselhorst | April 09, 2007 10:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Washington, DC -- The overall maternal mortality rate in the US is not as low as it could be, according to a review of pregnancy-related deaths published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The review found that 40% of all pregnancy-related deaths in North Carolina from 1995-1999 were potentially preventable. Worldwide, complications of pregnancy are a major source of mortality...

• Don't be fooled by the Oklahoman's Tort Reform Editorial

  Jacob Diesselhorst | April 04, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Don't be fooled by the Oklahoman's Tort Reform Editorial from April Fool's Day, aimed to further distort the facts regarding Oklahoma 's Civil Justice System. Cited is a study from the Pacific Research Institute, a right-wing mouthpiece which also trumpets that global warming is a hoax and that the war in Iraq is a gleaming success. Instead of rhetoric, let's talk facts. According to the...

• Mr. Legislator, what should I do?

  Jeremy Thurman | April 03, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It's come to my attention that the "Daily Oklahoman" better known as the Daily Disappointment had this letter to the editor in today's paper. "Government interference a bad idea When my patients face a difficult medical decision, they often want to pray about it and discuss it with a spouse, family member or their pastor. I've never heard a patient say, "I want to see what my legislator thinks...