Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Oklahoma GOP - Are Caps Conservative?

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

  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...

• Nurse Infects Patients and Keeps Practicing

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

  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...

• Two doctors cleared in John Ritter's death

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

  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...

• A Lawyers Utopia - My Rant Against Tort Reform

  Jeremy Thurman | March 08, 2008 1:21 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I was discussing tort reform with a friend today and I heard my favorite term, Jackpot Justice. Of course I convinced my friend of the error of his ways and the utter fallacy of the tort reform movement. However, I got to thinking, what is Jackpot Justice. I better add a disclaimer, after reading this, this is truly a late night rant against the rhetoric of politicians.Now understand one...

• Personal Injury Statute of Limitations - Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | March 06, 2008 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just recieved one of those calls that every attorney fears. A potential client calls telling me how his daughter was hurt seriously in an accident and that he has been unsuccessfully trying to deal with the insurance company for a long time. He stated his daughter had numerous medical bills and needed an attorney. He told me she had back surgery and permanent injuries. For those of us in...

• Study Finds Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Insurance

  Jeremy Thurman | February 18, 2008 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I just saw the following article from the New York Times discussing a new study by the American Cancer Society which has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in late stages, often diminishing their chances of survival.

• Lawsuits Brought By Minors in Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | January 30, 2008 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Minors in Oklahoma cannot initiate a lawsuit. When a minor, for example, has an auto accident claim that requires litigation, the lawsuit is brought by the minor's parents. The parents, in the context of litigation, are referred to and named in the lawsuit as "next friend." At times, a guardian must be appointed and approved by a court if the parents are not alive or do not have the capacity...

• Fisher Invokes Fifth Amendment over 40 Times

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

  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...

• Woman Misdiagnosed With HIV Gets $2.5 M

  Jeremy Thurman | December 13, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I recently came across this article on the AP detailing a jury verdict for $2.5 million for a woman who underwent 9 years of AIDS treatments when she actually did not have the virus. The article states that "a jury awarded $2.5 million in damages to a woman who received HIV treatments for almost nine years before discovering she never actually had the virus that causes AIDS. In her lawsuit...

• Doctors Fail To Report Medical Mistakes

  Jeremy Thurman | December 05, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  "There is a measurable disconnect between what physicians say they think is the right thing to do and what they actually do," said Eric Campbell of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who led a survey showing that "nearly half of all U.S. doctors fail to report incompetent or unethical colleagues, even though they agree that such mistakes should be reported." ...