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Phelps Memorial Hospital Center facing medical malpractice suit after endoscopy gone wrong

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center facing medical malpractice suit after endoscopy gone wrong

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SLEEPY HOLLOW - Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is facing a medical malpractice lawsuit after a Goshen woman suffered severe brain damage after undergoing a routine procedure there

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Pirkanmaa’s “fake doctor” given suspended prison sentence

Pirkanmaa’s “fake doctor” given suspended prison sentence

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Yle A man with no medical education who worked as a physician in the Pirkanmaa region from 2008-2011 has received a two year suspended prison sentence

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Hammurabi’s code and US healthcare

Hammurabi’s code and US healthcare

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healthleadersmedia Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law

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Medical malpractice bill could make claims tougher

Medical malpractice bill could make claims tougher

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by Christine Jordan Sexton bizjournals Florida’s doctors could be on the verge of winning a legislative battle that would make it harder for patients to pursue medical malpractice claims

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Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Medical Negligence Attorney, Honored by United Cerebral Palsy Nassau

Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Medical Negligence Attorney, Honored by United Cerebral Palsy Nassau

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By Pegalis and Erickson sacbee Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Managing Partner at the leading medical malpractice law firm Pegalis and Erickson, LLC, was awarded the Corporate Leadership Recognition award at United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau’s 11thAnnual

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More Limits on Medical Malpractice Suits?

More Limits on Medical Malpractice Suits?

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health.wusf Florida’s Legislature has already made it harder to file lawsuits against doctors than against anyone else. Now it wants to crank that up another notch and also spare hospitals and nursing homes from

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Medical Diagnostic Errors May Cost You Your Life

Medical Diagnostic Errors May Cost You Your Life

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By Justin Caba medicaldaily A new study shows that mistakes made while diagnosing patients were the most common and most costly of all medical oversights. In fact, results showed an even distribution of malpractice

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Is odd notice on medical malpractice bills a sign of passage?

Is odd notice on medical malpractice bills a sign of passage?

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by Christine Jordan Sexton bizjournals Doctors may be poised to win a round against trial lawyers based on a quick move regarding legislation this morning

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