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Jury awards $38.5 million in negligence case against doctors
A Broward jury has awarded more than $28.5 million to a Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters. Dale Whyte, 37, never woke...
Tags: Lauderdale Lakes, Pompano Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Prosecution
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Organized Crime, Casino and Gambling Industry, Chicago Public Schools, Mark Clayton
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Back Pain, Heart Failure, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Prescription Drugs, Psychologists, Wrigley Field, Internists
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LETTER: No Shortage Of Doctors In Connecticut
I would like to correct an impression made in Monday's lead editorial regarding the supply of physicians [May 13, Malpractice Bill Should Die"]. The editorial stated that "Doctors are not exactly itching to practice here," implying that Connecticut has...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, General Practitioners, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Recall committee collects enough signatures to move forward trying to oust Atkins-Grad
Moving closer to what would be the first recall election in Broward County, city officials said Tuesday that a petition to recall Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad has enough valid signatures to continue the process. On its second try, a committee that...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Tamarac, Broward County, Justice System, Elections
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Satellite Technology, Child Abuse, Zev Yaroslavsky, Juvenile Delinquency
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Don't Lower Standard For Malpractice Suits
In 2005, to reduce the number of frivolous or marginal lawsuits involving medical malpractice, the General Assembly passed a law requiring that before such a suit can be brought to trial, a so-called "certificate of merit" must be obtained. This is a...
Tags: Trials, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, General Practitioners
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Hospitals and doctors should be required to carry medical malpractice insurance
Corporations, hospitals and insurance companies have fought for more than two decades to chip away at Americans' right to enter a courtroom and seek damages for medical negligence. The most publicized of these efforts has taken the form of capping the...Tags: Trials, Bankruptcy, Hospitals and Clinics, Companies and Corporations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Florida's latest medical-malpractice bill awaits governor's signature
TALLAHASSEE — In the latest skirmish in Florida's long-running battle over its medical-malpractice system, the House gave final approval this week to a bill that includes tightening requirements for expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits. The 77-...Tags: Trials, Laws, Witnesses, Prosecution, General Practitioners
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Coalition working on ballot measure to limit prescription drug abuse
Fearing lawmakers may fail to pass a package of medical reform bills, a coalition of consumer groups and trial lawyers is mounting a campaign to put before voters an even more ambitious slate of initiatives aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Consumers, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics
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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Curren D. Price, Jr., Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Unemployment, Jerry Brown
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