Medical Malpractice

• Rick Perry and his Bush/Rove Anti Consumer Game Plan

  Mike Bryant | September 16, 2011 12:36 PM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  So Governor Rick Perry is off and running for President. Having worked in Iowa on three past caucus campaigns I know that there is so much time that there really isn't any reason to get worked up...

• Medtronic Fined $23.5 Million For Illegal Physicians Kickbacks

  Mike Bryant | December 27, 2011 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Medical device maker, Medtronic Inc., and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement concerning claims that they improperly encourage the implantation of their defibrillators and...

• The DVD Release of Hot Coffee Will Help get the Message Out.

  Mike Bryant | November 28, 2011 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Hot Coffee after its time on HBO and its earlier trip to success at Sundance is now available for purchase and should be watched by any consumer who wants to see what is going on with the tort...

• Round Up: Legislators and Tort Reform

  Mike Bryant | November 20, 2011 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Tort reform the issue for Big Business and Insurance companies to pound into the ground so that they can close the courthouse doors to consumer. Those that are responsible for harm doing everything...

• Keeping up on Medical Testing: It Makes a Difference

  Mike Bryant | August 02, 2011 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Here at the Injuryboard, many of us have addressed the issue of how defensive medicine, actually makes doctors money. What a deal, crying about how you are forced to do something that seems to fill...

• What a Surprise. John Stossel is Attacking Lawyers Again

  Mike Bryant | June 17, 2011 3:32 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Fox loves to give John Stossel a platform and every couple of months he uses it to distort reality with his repeated attacks on lawyers. This time it's TOO MANY LAWYERS and an interview of a guy...

• Round Up: A Number of Medical Concerns

  Mike Bryant | April 30, 2011 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  I like writing about medical innovation and improvements more than I like writing about the failures and problems. The thing is, I hope that shining a light on the bad parts is what pushes the...

• Doctors Remove Wrong Kidney in Minneapolis Hospital

  Staff Writer | March 18, 2008 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Surgeons at a hospital in Minneapolis accidentally removed a healthy kidney from a patient undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. The hospital made full disclosure of the glaring medical error afterwards in what has become an all-too-common occurrence at hospitals in the United States nowadays: wrong-site surgery. The chief medical officer for Park Nicollet Health Services made the error known...

• Infant Critically Burned from Ignited 'Oxygen Hood'

  Jenny Albano | January 24, 2008 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  An infant was critically burned when oxygen ignited inside the 'oxygen hood' worn by the infant. The newborn was lying in an open-topped bassinet underneath a warmer when the accident happened. The incident occurred at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids on Tuesday, January 22.The baby was wearing an oxygen hood, a device that fits over the face to supply additional oxygen, when something caused the...

• $5.7 Million Awarded in Medical Malpractice Case

  Shannon Weidemann | May 25, 2007 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  A patient filed a lawsuit against his dermatologist claiming he did not properly diagnose his skin cancer. The medical malpractice case was filed in San Diego. The jury awarded $5.7 Million to the man for damages, pain and suffering and lost wages. Regis M. Reilly, 53, claimed dermatologist Dr. James C. Powers failed to biopsy a cyst that later metastasized into cancer. Reilly has a family...