Medical Malpractice

• 77 More Hepatitis Cases Diagnosed May Be Linked to Vegas Clinic

  Jenny Albano | May 09, 2008 3:50 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Seventy-seven more people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C that may be traced to a Las Vegas outpatient clinic, where all these people had been treated. The 77 people are among about 400...

• For Those Testing Positive From Endoscopy Center, New Questions Arise

  Peter Wetherall | March 15, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  People who attended our Endoscopy Center informational meetings, as well as others who've learned we're handling these cases, are now receiving word of their test results. While many persons' fears have been alleviated, some have not been so lucky. As I hear reports back of positive test results from my clients and the clients of other attorneys, I can't help but think about the battle that...

• Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is Forcibly Closed

  Peter Wetherall | February 29, 2008 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The local CBS television affiliate just reported that the City of Las Vegas's Department of business licensing revoked the business license of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada this afternoon. The principals of that company have been directed to a hearing before the City Council scheduled for Monday, at which time the company will have an opportunity to appeal the Licensing Department's...

• Hepatitis C - HIV Catastrophe at a Las Vegas Endoscopy Center

  Peter Wetherall | February 27, 2008 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Six people who underwent procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have contracted hepatitis C, which has prompted the Southern Nevada Health District to step in and require that notices be sent and testing be provided to 40,000 people who obtained treatment at the facility. An investigation determined that "unsafe injection practices related to the administration of anesthesia...

• Irony of Ironies - Government Seeks Payback for Medical Malpractice

  Peter Wetherall | February 19, 2008 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  I read in this morning's Las Vegas Review-Journal that in October of this year, the federal government will start declining to pay medicare benefits to providers that commit medical malpractice, or who otherwise perform deficiently. Specifically, when providers commit certain errors, the charge for that procedure or hospitalization will be rejected, as a means of motivating these providers to...

• Due to Caps On Damages, Choose Healthcare Providers Carefully

  Peter Wetherall | December 08, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Does it matter which hospital you choose when you're in need of medical care or surgery? YOU NEED TO KNOW, that if you're the victim of medical malpractice here in Las Vegas or elsewhere in Nevada, your ability to recover damages is dramatically impacted by the hospital involved. Here's why...Under Nevada law, governmental entities and their employees incur very limited financial...

• Jury Awards $26M in Malpractice Lawsuit Over Birth Injuries

  Chrissie Cole | October 15, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A Suffolk Jury awarded $26M to the family of a brain-damaged boy that will never walk or talk due to a botched delivery, at a Boston teaching hospital that caused life long birth injuriesThe verdict, issued Thursday, comes as a relief to the parents that now know what happened to their son, 10, who has cerebral palsy and requires constant around-the-clock care. The malpractice suit was filed...

• Woman 0-for-2 with her Lawsuits

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Rhode Island Supreme Court recently upheld a Superior Court decision that a Providence law firm wasn't to blame for a woman losing her medical malpractice lawsuit.Released Monday, the order, says Lois Gullage did not adequately prove her case against Bowerman and Taylor Guretin.The suit alleges the firm did not return her x-rays, which in turn prevented her from acquiring an expert witness for...

• Medical Malpractice Settlement could be Capped

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A Stark County woman was awarded $1.6 million in her medical malpractice verdict after a 2004 abdominal surgery left her with the loss of 55 centimeters of her bowel, a life threatening infection and chronic diarrhea.Now, the question is, whether the award will remain $1.6 million or will it shrink under the 2003 state legislation that capped medical malpractice damages.The issue at hand is not...

• Women Sues Lawyer who vanished after settling Malpractice Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 15, 2006 5:43 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Tonya'n LaBeaux has lost faith in the Nevada justice system.Her lawyer is being charged with forging documents that ended her $1.5 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Washoe County doctor and making off with the settlement he negotiated without her consent. To date, the courts have rebuffed her attempts to resurrect her case against the doctor.LaBeaux, now a California resident, is going...