News of Medical Malpractice

I had a medical malpractice suit, and about a month ago, we had a settlement hearing and i accepted a settlement. I have been having problems with my lawyer for some time now, but i just wanted it done and over with. I went in to my lawyers office 3 weeks ago, to sign a settlement release, and was told it should be about a week before i got my check, and they would call. ...

How would you Solve the deficit if you were in charge? Based on the NYtimes calculator, this is what I came up with. But tell me what you would do differently and why?

Where I cut spending

Cut foreign aid in half save 17 billion by 2030

Eliminate earmarks save
14 billion


Eliminate farm subsidies

Save $14 billion


Cut pay of civilian federal workers by 5 percent

save 17 Billion


Reduce the federal workforce by ...

I had a left ulnar osteotomy in '06. If you don't know, this is when they shorten the ulna by taking out a piece of the bone, shortening it down, and then putting it back in the arm with a metal plate. Months after the surgery I could no longer pronate my arm (turn it palm down). I went through physical therapy and my range of motion didn't increase at all. In '07, the doctor ...

She was given the prescribed amount daily at the clinic and had to take it there. The doctor who prescribed the dose was supposed to monitor her health. Do I have any chance at a neglect or medical malpractice suit?

if you know any law firms please tell me, i just can't see my mom this way anymore

I am actually asking on behalf of a friend. She left her fiance last April when he took a lot of her money and left her with $11,500 in credit card debt. She has a friend who is a lawyer and who is confident she would win if she sued him for it. However, this lawyer requires a retainer. She has no money and is also up to her ears in this debt. How is ...

I am in medical malpractice settlement negotiations with a dentist. Her insurance company was handling the negotiations, then the dentist license expired and the insurance company dropped the dentist. The dentist obtained a new policy from a new insurance company. Now the original insurance company has dropped out of negotiations. Is it possible that the original insurance company wants me to file suit against the dentist, and then the new insurance company will have to ...

I went to the ER for what I thought was a kidney infection, something that is not unusual for me, I was hospitalized in the past for this. When I got there, it was the worst experience of my life. I had to pass urine to be tested, she took it from me about 2:00 pm, (it looked like rusted water), but she insisted it looked fine. She left it sitting on my table until ...

Today I went to the doctor for my first prenatal exam because I am 3 weeks pregnant.

Once there, the doctor asked me the basic questions and stuff. Everything was alright and then she started checking me. Then the beyotch was like, "you're not pregnant!" and I'm like, OH YES I AM!! and she started saying no. I am 101% sure I *AM* pregnant and I told her that I'm not crazy.

The beyotch kept ...

An important issue facing Americans is the large number of medical malpractice lawsuits and the
expenses that they generate. In a study of 1228 randomly selected medical malpractice lawsuits, it was
found that 856 of them were later dropped or dismissed. Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of
the proportion of medical malpractice lawsuits that are dropped or dismissed. Round the confidence
interval limits to three significant digits.


i need to know how to do ...