Update and Additional Twist on Story of FL Judge’s Retained Sponge
Since posting the story about the unfortunate Florida judge, I have come to learn that contrary to what I initially reported, the hospital has reached a settlement with the judge. The judge is now suing the surgeons and the radiologist involved. The article with the more comprehensive information appeared in the Miami Herald. Ashby Jones, [...]
My Suggestion For Reducing Costs Of Medical Malpractice
A Florida judge with diverticulitis trusted his surgeons to perform the surgery he needed in the proper manner. Unfortunately, his trust was misplaced, as they left a foot-long sponge inside his body. And to make matters worse, it took so long for his doctors to figure out what had happened that the sponge was literally [...]
Searching For New York’s Medical Malpractice Crisis
Remember the regular hand wringing about New York’s medical malpractice “crisis”? Doctors were said to be leaving the state in droves. OB/GYNs were dropping the OB. Neurosurgeons were retiring early. Hospitals and medical liability insurance companies in the state suggested they were close to bankruptcy…all because of the dreaded plaintiff’s lawyers and the “jackpot justice” [...]