Medical Malpractice Newsletters

Constitutionality of Statutory Damage Caps

Constitutionality of Statutory Damage Caps

Judicial Reduction of Damage Awards

Judicial Reduction of Damage Awards

Liability of Charitable Hospitals

In the past, the courts of many states concluded that private charitable hospitals were not liable for the tortious conduct of their doctors and nurses. The principal reasons given in defense of this blanket immunity included:

Malpractice in Cesarean Sections

Generally, a physician delivers a fetus through an abdominal and uterine incision when further delay in delivery might compromise the health of either the fetus or the mother. The rate of cesarean deliveries in the United States is increasing at a remarkable rate, and the reasons for this increase include the older age of women having children, the use of electronic fetal monitoring, a decrease in the use of forceps, and an increase in repeat cesarean sections and breech deliveries.

The Discovery Rule and Medical Malpractice

The Discovery Rule and Medical Malpractice