Medical Malpractice

• Judge Approves $5.75 million in UC Davis Malpractice Suit

  Rick Patterson | October 16, 2009 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A Sacramento judge approved a $5.75 million settlement to the parents of a 4-year-old boy who filed a medical malpractice suit against the UC Davis Medical Center. The parents' attorneys claimed...

• Modern Medicine

  Rick Patterson | December 05, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  With so many defective drugs out there, it is a breath of fresh air to see a development that would be a positive force in the world of medicine. One such development is the revolutionary concept of nanomedicine. "Imagine a small capsule measuring in nano meters, scanning your internal organs and providing details to censors placed outside. This may have sounded like science fiction a couple of...

• Medical Malpractice Reaches University Hospital

  Rick Patterson | June 05, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  On Friday, a grand jury indicted Herman Brown, 40, on charges that range from rape to kidnaping. The assaults took place in the psychiatric unit of University Hospital in May of this year. To date, the hospital has only acknowledged one of the four assaults that took place. The facility has been put on probation since they failed to provide patient safety. To make matters worse, Brown has prior...

• Time Change Could Result in Medical Malpractice

  Rick Patterson | March 15, 2007 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Although it has been known since 2005 that daylight saving time (DST) would change from its usual time this year, not everyone has prepared for those changes. It seems that daylight saving time may adversely affect computers, clocks, machinery and the like. This would clearly lead to problems i.e., banking. However, what is a much more serious situation than banking, is the adverse affect the...

• Patient Causes Change in Medical Malpractice Law

  Rick Patterson | March 14, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Here is something to think about: Do you carry medical malpractice insurance? Do you receive medical treatment from doctors who do not? Did you know that 98,000 Americans die each year in our hospitals due to misdiagnoses and medical errors? Another noteworthy fact is that medical malpractice is the eighth most common cause of death in America. It is a fact of life; I'm afraid.Janet Mitchell...

• Medical Malpractice

  Rick Patterson | January 05, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider which deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and which causes injury to the patient. The American Academy of Family Physicians looks to a study entitled "Learning from Malpractice Claims about Negligent, Adverse Events in Primary Care in the United States", in suggesting that the medical community...