Medical Malpractice

• Actor Angry Over Hospital Error

  Rob Curtiss | January 11, 2008 9:11 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Film actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have expressed their outrage over the treatment their newborn twins have received at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A report from the California Department of Public Health confirms that the couple's babies each received a dosage of Heparin that was 2,000 times stronger than the prescribed dose. Heparin is a high risk drug used as a blood...

• Harvard Study Finds Malpractice Suits Not Frivolous

  Ed Van Dorn | November 06, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Contrary to what the insurance industry, the medical industry and the Bush Administration would have you believe about so-called :"frivolous lawsuits" , a study by the Harvard School of Public Health found just the opposite. This prestigious institution dedicated to improving the pubic health through learning, investigation and communication studied a random sampling of 1,452 closed medical...

• Vermont Judge Awards 21 Million Dollars to Injury Victim(2)

  Rob Curtiss | September 07, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Last week, Vermont Superior Court Judge, Teresa DiMauro, awarded almost 21 million dollars to a young man who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of an automobile accident. Ralph Currier, now 21 was awarded 1 million dollars for past medical care, fifteen million dollars for future medical care, 1 million dollars for lost wages and five million dollars for pain and suffering.Obviously, no...

• Malpractice Involving Back Surgery

  Rob Curtiss | July 13, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Anyone who has undergone back surgery knows it is a serious operation with major risks even if it is performed properly. When back surgery is performed improperly or negligently it can have devastating consequences including irreversible nerve damage. I have represented clients who have been permanently injured as a result of negligently preformed back surgery and have witnessed firsthand the...

• Doctor Loses $1.1M Malpractice Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | February 23, 2007 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  A jury in U.S. District Court granted a $1,160,000 judgment against a doctor in a medical malpractice case on Monday.Bookwalter, a Brattleboro surgeon, was proved to be negligent in the treatment of a patient in 2001.According to the original complaint filed, Bookwalter began treating the man in 1987 after he was injured in a lawnmower rollover. He was under Bookwalter's care until 2001.In June...