Every state manages Medical Board complaints differently. It often starts with a patient submitting a complaint. But not always. Sometimes, it’s a hospital, an insurance carrier, or another doctor who took care of your patient. The list is endless. Most complaints do NOT end in discipline for a doctor. But if a case evolves to … Read more
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit our booking page to schedule a consultation – or use the … Read more
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit our booking page to schedule a consultation – or use the tool … Read more
visit our booking page to schedule a consultation – or use the tool shared below. You are probably wondering how any penis surgery might be unauthorized. Read on. Keith Burchell went to Loma Linda University Medical Center in California for evaluation and treatment. Recall that in the 1970s, California implemented among the nation’s toughest tort … Read more
schedule a consultation. An Alaska dentist, Dr. Seth Lookhart, was sentenced to 12 years of prison for 46 charges including Medicaid fraud, embezzlement, reckless endangerment and unlawful dental acts. More on that in a minute. His prior claim to fame was extracting a tooth while on a Hoverboard. “[In 2016] he pulled a tooth from … Read more
Key points in this blog… In the event a doctor must settle a malpractice case, how can he keep his name off the National Practitioner Data Bank? In the event of a runaway verdict, how can a doctor protect his most important assets? When purchasing a malpractice insurance policy, why are consent to settle clauses so … Read more
In 2003, a patient had liver transplant surgery at UPMC, a Pittsburgh based healthcare system. In a recent 4 to 3 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided to throw out the state law barring medical malpractice lawsuits after 7 years. The case lives on. A little history and background. In 2002, the Pennsylvania legislature, … Read more
Subscribe to this podcast! * indicates required Email Address * On this episode of the Medical Liability Minute, Medical Justice Founder and CEO, Jeff Segal, MD, JD, and Florida Super Lawyer, Chris Schulte, JD, discuss what most doctors get wrong about medical malpractice litigation – and what they can do to increase the chances they’ll get their case dismissed … Read more
Our organization, Medical Justice, advocates for doctors. We don’t apologize for that. It’s difficult to be a physician and there are thousands of threats that make just taking care of patients hard. We are especially opposed to lawyers filing non-meritorious lawsuits against doctors. Not all lawsuits against physicians lack merit. Some are well founded. Judgments … Read more
One Arizona doctor had a good ending to a horrible odyssey. The urologist, Dr. Trabucco, was sued by an attorney for medical malpractice. Actually, this attorney did not really argue run-of-the-mill professional negligence. He argued the doctor “committed willful and malicious actions upon [the Plaintiff], eventually resulting in the [Plaintiff’s] death.” Underlying the claim was … Read more
