Medical Malpractice

• Two doctors cleared in John Ritter's death

  Jeremy Thurman | March 14, 2008 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  It just came accross on yahoo.com that 2 of actor's John Ritter's doctors were cleared of negligence in this high profile medical malpractice case. Yahoo is reporting that the jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist today of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter, who died of a torn aorta in 2003. Jurors found that the radiologist advised Ritter to follow up with...

• Nurse Infects Patients and Keeps Practicing

  Jeremy Thurman | March 21, 2008 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The following reported by Yahoo is just another scary incident where the medical profession has failed to police itself. With all the talk of tort reform et al, this gives me the biggest evidence against such. Doctors and medical professionals routinely fail to police themselves leaving on us medical malpractice lawyers to do such. I have seen simliar circumstances of coverup, lies and...

• Fisher Invokes Fifth Amendment over 40 Times

  Jeremy Thurman | January 29, 2008 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The Daily Oklahoman January 29, 2008 By Don Mecoy Business Writer Imprisoned former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 40 times during a civil trial Monday in federal court to avoid answering questions about his relationship with American Fidelity Assurance Co. "I respectfully decline to answer that question, sir," Fisher said repeatedly, claiming...

• Oklahoma GOP - Are Caps Conservative?

  Jeremy Thurman | November 22, 2008 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  A story on wcbstv.com exemplifies the fallacy behind the Oklahoma GOP’s vain attempt to push tort reform more aptly named Civil Amnesty as it’s not reform but Amnesty for big business...

• Facts about the state of medical malpractice litigation in Oklahoma

  Jacob Diesselhorst | February 13, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Facts about the current Medical Malpractice Condition in Oklahoma and U.S.According to the Federation of Medical Boards, Oklahoma moved to 4th per capita for number of doctors in 2005. This is up from 6th per capita in 2005."We are doing fine said Carl T. Hook, M.D., President of PLICO. "The first six months of this year we have a net income of 21 Million, which will be applied to the company's...

• Caps don't Work

  Jeremy Thurman | February 09, 2007 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Now, to discussing caps I submit the following which is more of those darn facts and empirical evidence that keeps just getting in the way of people such as our Republican leader in the Senate and frankly Oklahoma state republican party:Physicians say caps on non-economic damages will lower malpractice premiums. The two largest insurers of doctors in the country stated before Congress and state...

• Study Refutes Medical Malpractice Crisis

  Jeremy Thurman | March 29, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  St Louis Newspaper just commented on a study done by "American's for Insurance Reform" that debunks the myth that there is some medical malpractice crisis brewing in this country. Maybe our congress men and women will finally start telling the American public the truth and quit appeasing the insurance lobby who is lining there pockets. The following is a link and I've pasted the story after...

• Insurer Settles Medical Malpractice Verdict

  Jeremy Thurman | March 15, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  ProAssurance Corp. settled a $217 million malpractice verdict against one of its subsidiaries. The original verdict included $100 million in punitive damages against the insurer's subsidiary, ProNational Insurance Company. All litigation and appeals will end pending final court approval of the confidential settlement. The Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 03/13/2007 If you want to read the...

• Guidelines on Venous Thromboembolism From AAFP and ACP

  Jacob Diesselhorst | March 15, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Current Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of PhysiciansAmir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA1; Vincenza Snow, MD, MS1; Patricia Barry, MD, MPH2; E. Rodney Hornbake, MD3; Jonathan E. Rodnick, MD4; Timothy Tobolic, MD5; Belinda Ireland, MD, MS6; Jodi Segal, MD7; Eric Bass, MD, MPH7; Kevin...

• What is Medical Malpractice

  Jeremy Thurman | February 17, 2007 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In the age of tort reform and the war being raged against trial attorneys by insurance companies and the medical profession, I thought I would just remind people what exactly medical malpractice is. I think if we were to think about it realize that not all that many people really know what constitutes medical malpractice.So what is medical malpractice? In a nutshell, its where a doctor, nurse,...