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Medical Law's Regan Report back issues
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Spouses' testimony can be key in informed consent cases.
March 1, 2009... CAROL FITZPATRICK WAS BORN IN 1953, AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) AT NINETEEN. Carol married Thomas Fitzpatrick when the two were in their early twenties. By 1977, Carol's MS had progressed to the point where she required a cane to walk, and was prescribed daily oral doses of...
Caveat to physicians having lasers in their offices.(Medical Law Case of the Month)
March 1, 2009... CASE ON POINT: Tesoro v. Alvarez, 2009-TX-0313.418 (3/12/2009)-TX
ISSUE: Recently, the development and refinement of the laser has opened a panorama of areas in which laser treatments can be used. However, whenever lasers are used they should only be used by persons skilled in their use...
RI: Pt. discharged from ER delivered next day: ob/gyn failed to participate in defense-defaulted.(Medical Law Cases of Note)
March 1, 2009... CASE FACTS: On November 28, 2002, Stephanie O'Brien, believing that she was having contractions, visited the ER at Kent County Hospital. After a fetal heart monitor was applied, other tests conducted, and assessments made, she was discharged. She gave birth to Brendan O'Brien, who was born...
FL: did release of two defendants release all?: caveat: if party settles and releases one party.(Medical Law Cases of Note)(Case overview)
March 1, 2009... CASE FACTS: Peggy Shatz obtained soleo therapy from Dr. Robert Alles at Ideal Image, Inc. (Ideal), in order to remove spider veins on her legs. Complications arose and Peggy presented to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for diagnosis and treatment. Within about two week of presenting to the ER...
Is your hospital's insurance carrier solvent? If not--what?
February 1, 2009... IN 2000, DR. THOMAS WHARTON WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARDIOLOGIST BY ATLANTIC CARDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A. (ACA). ACA agreed to provide Exeter Hospital with Dr. Wharton's professional services as the Medical Director of its cardiac catheterization laboratory. The agreement described Dr. Wharton's...