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Accutane to treat acne is not worth the devastating side effects. “It is no secret that Accutane has serious side effects, side effects both doctors and the durg makers are aware of. Nonetheless, it continues to be prescribed,” said Charlie Donahue, a Manchester...

This starkly brutal case of medical mishap is unusual, in that it may or may not be deemed medical negligence. This medical malpractice case is so different there are almost no words to describe the outcome. The details of the story are indelicately blunt and to the...

New Hampshire might be the first to adopt a program that is being billed as an alternative to settling medical malpractice lawsuits. Senate Bill 406 suggests there is another alternative for patients and their families who sustain injuries or die as a result of a...

Some cases just leave you shaking your head. This is one of those cases. You might not think this type of accident could possibly happen to you. Unfortunately, it can and it does, way more often than you would think. This case outlines in heart rending detail how a...

You would think the surgeon operating on a patient would keep track of the sponges. They did not in this case. This case is the one of the nightmarish ones. You go to a hospital for an operation and someone leaves a foreign body inside the operating site. If you are...

It’s hard to imagine a woman in active labor being discharged, but in this case, that is what happened. Who would have thought that a hospital would tell a mother in active labor to go home? It seems to be an unthinkable thing to do, but it actually happened. Not...

This is a bizarre case that resulted in a woman suffering permanent brain injuries. She was awarded $23 million by a jury. When someone goes to the hospital, they expect they will come home in one piece and with all of their mental faculties. What happened in this...

The missing driver in this car crash case was found on a sand bar in the river. It’s an accident scene that no one can figure out. Unusual things happen when a collision occurs. In this case though, not many people had ever heard of a missing driver. When he was...

Angry patients do not always file medical malpractice lawsuits because sometimes bad things just happen. But bad medicine causes plaintiffs to file suits. “Tort reform critics say medical malpractice lawsuits drive doctors to a place where they order tests they might...

Depending on how health care services are delivered, medical malpractice insurance premiums will fluctuate with those trends. Recently, an interesting report was released to the public dealing with U.S. medical malpractice insurance, and the fact that it was tied...