Medical Malpractice

• Inmate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Lymph Node Surgery

  Chrissie Cole | June 04, 2007 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  A Menard Correctional Center inmate, serving a 70-year murder sentence, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and the prison's medical service provider.He claims, had a growth on his larynx been properly diagnosed, he would not have had to undergo two unnecessary lymph node biopsy surgeries that have left him suffering with permanent nerve damage.Last year he voluntarily...

• Largest Illinois Malpractice Insurer to Issue $18.4-million Dividend to Policyholders

  Christina Cole | April 24, 2007 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  In a dividend that reflects an improved financial picture, Illinois's largest medical malpractice insurer is planning to reimburse $18.4 to policyholders for a more secure liability environment for doctors.ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. also says they will leave premium rates unchanged for the new policy year which starts on July 1. Premiums paid by doctors to ISMIE and other insurers spiked in 2002...

• Jury Selection Starts in Illinois Vioxx Trial

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  Three years after his wife died of a heart attack, a widower and a pharmaceutical giant are ready to square off in the courtroom over whether the former painkiller Vioxx was linked to the death of his wife. In the first Midwest trial regarding the arthritis medication, jury selection is to start in a trial to decide if Merck and Co. negligently failed to adequately warn of Vioxx's potential...

• Medical Malpractice Insurer Lifts Moratorium

  Christina Cole | January 26, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  Illinois largest medical malpractice carrier is planning to lift a four-year moratorium on new business.ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. announced the decision yesterday. The Chicago-based insurer is planning on adding up to 400 new physician policy holders starting April 1st.Currently, the company provides medical malpractice coverage for over 13 thousand doctors. ISMIE says reforms passed by the...

• Lawmaker Files "Negative Outcomes" Insurance Bill

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  Jason W. Murphey, Oklahoma State Representative, has introduced legislation intended to lower medical costs by giving incentive for insurers to write "Negative Outcomes" insurance policies. The bill also seeks to help make sure patients are properly and quickly compensated for medical practice.In the announcement, Murphey said Negative Outcomes insurance is a unique approach to medical tort...

• Gottesman's Daughters Filing a Medical Malpractice Suit

  Christina Cole | December 19, 2006 2:01 AM | 0 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  The daughters of the late fire chaplain, Rabbi Aaron Gottesman, are filing a medical malpractice suit against Sharp Memorial Hospital and the doctors who treated him the days before his death in April 2005.Judith and Ziva gottesman, the rabbi's only children, claim the hospital and primary doctor, the doctor's partner and the emergency room doctor at Sharp Memorial were negligent in the caring...