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2. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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   Medical law. Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.

3. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Jury Verdict Research, a database of plaintiff and defense verdicts, says awards in medical liability cases increased 43 percent in 1999, from $700,000 to $1,000,000. However, more recent research from the U.S. Department of Justice has found that median medical malpractice awards in states range from $109,000 to $195,000.

4. Canterbury v. Spence - Wikipedia

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   Canterbury v. Spence (464 F.2d. 772, 782 D.C. Cir. 1972) was a landmark federal case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that significantly reshaped malpractice law in the United States. [1][2] It established the idea of "informed consent" to medical procedures. The doctrine of informed consent has ...

5. A doctor ‘botched’ her hernia repair. Idaho’s Supreme Court ...

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   Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan said that because the legal malpractice case is based on the medical malpractice case, or “a case within a case,” as he put it, Rosa has to show two things: that ...

6. List of medical ethics cases - Wikipedia

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   Psychosurgery. 1880s. Psychosurgery (also called neurosurgery for mental disorder) has a long history. During the 1960s and 1970s, it became the subject of increasing public concern and debate, culminating in the US with congressional hearings. Particularly controversial was the work of Harvard neurosurgeon Vernon Mark and psychiatrist Frank ...

7. Jury awards $1.4 million after alleged poor care to newborn ...

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   John Monk. October 28, 2024 at 10:59 AM. Prisma Health (Tracy Glantz/tglantz@thestate.com) A Richland County jury has awarded $1.4 million in actual damages in a medical malpractice case against ...