In 2005, 57-year-old Bart Ross killed the husband and mother of Chicago federal judge Joan Lefkow, and later himself, after she had dismissed his pro se suit stemming from a malpractice case against an Illinois medical center.
The jury selection at the Burbank Holiday Inn today is the first phase of what is expected to be a long and complex trial stemming from a "clergy malpractice" lawsuit Nally filed against Grace Community Church of the Valley, where his son, 24-year-old Kenneth, was an active member.
Mr. Fetter denied that the sales were needed to raise cash to pay for what some analysts have estimated could be hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in liabilities stemming from the federal investigations and malpractice lawsuits.
Adjusting for differences in patient characteristics across physicians and analyzing physician specialties separately, we examined the association between a physician's average hospital costs in a given year and the probability of a malpractice claim stemming from an incident occurring in the following year.
39 We attributed claims according to incident date rather than claim date because our primary interest was to examine whether the average intensity of care provided by a physician in a given year (for example, 2004) was associated with future malpractice liability stemming from clinical care provided in the subsequent year (that is, 2005).
The Pasadena law firm that defended Glendale in lawsuits stemming from a 2005 mudslide that cost the city nearly $15.4 million has agreed to pay $98,500 to settle a malpractice lawsuit, according to a City Council announcement this week.
The claim, which stems from a 13-year-old malpractice lawsuit that was dismissed when the patient failed to show up for court, was first reported Monday by Salon.com.
Studies suggest that a substantial fraction of malpractice claims stem from failures in physician-patient communication.
The medical society's position on caps stems from its desire to reduce the cost of malpractice insurance for its members.
It will also provide consumers with fairly serious information, primarily a doctor's malpractice history and hospital dismissals that stem from harm to patients.
The bill would require the Department of Health to post on its Web site everything from the mundane -- doctors' education, hospital affiliations, professional awards -- to the damning -- malpractice history and hospital dismissals that stemmed from harm to patients.
