Medical Malpractice Accidents Resource Center

Medical Malpractice Accidents and Injuries cause hundreds of thousands of deaths every year, and countless more injuries due to physician malpractice and negligence. Futhermore, many speculate that thousands of medical malpractice cases go unreported. Doctors, nurses, dentists, and health care specialists are held to stringent standards of competence and professionalism, known as the “standard of care.” Medical Malpractice, sometimes called physician negligence, means that a professional health care provider failed to act within the appilcable standard of care and caused serious injury or death to the patient. Unless the physician can demonstrate that his or her actions (or inaction) were in accordance with the body of medical opinion, he or she may be held liable for negligent behavior and the victim of the doctor's error may be entitled to compensation. Surgical negligence, medication errors, anesthesia malpractice, and misdiagnosis are examples of Medical Malpractice.

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Medical Malpractice Accidents Resource Center

• Bayer Disputes Yaz and Yasmin Side Effects · In what came as another low blow to defective medication victims across the U.S., Bayer Pharmaceuticals is now disputing the findings that defective medications Yaz and Yasmin can result in a much higher risk of blood clots than other contraceptives. Victims who feel they have suffered life-altering side effects from Yaz and Yasmin are taking this denial of fault personally, and are outraged by Bayer's refusal to acknowledge and compensate their consumers.
• Compensation and Damages · A guide to damages resulting from a medical malpractice lawsuit, including caps on damages, and types of recoverable damages.
• General Medical Malpractice Information · The definition of Medical Malpractice and a guide to understanding Medical Malpractice Law, including determining fault, awareness of the statute of limitations, and the process of filing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit.
• Types of Medical Malpractice · A guide and explanation of the types of medical malpractice and ways in which a physician can breach the standard of care, and the legal consequences of these actions.

Medical Malpractice Accidents Verdicts, Settlements and Class Action Watch

• Princeton Insurance v Prasert Chunmuang MD · The issue posed in this appeal is whether an exclusion from coverage in a medical malpractice insurance policy for ???injury resulting from [the physician's] performance of a criminal act??? insulates the insurer from liability for compensatory damages awarded to the insured's patient in an action based on a sexual assault by the insured physician in the course of a gynecological examination.
• Szczuvelek v Harborside Healthcare · The issue in this appeal concerns the timeliness of the filing of Stephen Szczuvelek??™s complaint against Harborside Healthcare Woods Edge t/a Harborside Nursing Home (Harborside) and Somerset Medical Center (Somerset).

Medical Malpractice Accidents Official Links

• National Practitioner Data Bank · The intent of the NPDB is to keep unprofessional or incompetent practitioners from moving from State to State without disclosure or discovery of their previous damaging or incompetent performance.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As one of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decisionmaking.
• Directory of State Medical Boards · A complete list of state medical boards with contact information. This is a service of  the Federation of State Medical Boards.