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Cook IVC Filter MDL Litigation Heading to Southern INMarch 26, 2015According to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), all pending federally filed Cook inferior vena cava (IVC) filter product liability and personal injury lawsuits will be consolidated and centralized to be heard in the Southern District of Indiana, for coordinated pretrial proceedings. Cook IVC Filters are small...
Lawsuit Alleges Theft of Drugs by RN | Indiana Class Action LawsuitMarch 26, 2015Britte E. Smith, RN, who worked at Parkview Whitley Hospital in Columbia City, was arrested last month, charged with theft and possession of narcotics and interference with medical services. 
Standard of Care Not Different for Incarcerated PatientsMarch 13, 2015An Indiana inmate, Christa Allen, underwent gender reassignment surgery in January of 2002. Part of her treatment after surgery included the use of a vaginal stent, a soft plastic appliance worn internally like a tampon to help prevent closure of the vaginal vault. Allen was incarcerated from March 2006 through...
New Complaint Accuses Insurance Company of Inflating PremiumsMarch 11, 2015A new complaint filed as part of a class-action lawsuitt accuses the Indianapolis-based insurance company WellPoint, which recently changed its name to Anthem, of inflating customers’ premiums as part of a large health insurance monopoly. A new complaint filed as part of a class-action lawsuitt accuses the Indianapolis-based insurance company...
David Farnbauch on Best Lawyers List | Top Indiana Medical Malpractice AttorneyDavid Farnbauch has been selected by his peers to be included in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in in the practice areas of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Congratulations on being included for at...
Planned Parenthood Physician Facing Criminal ChargesDecember 22, 2014Mandy Gittler, a former Planned Parenthood of Illinois physician, was sued after a fatally botched second trimester abortion on a young woman in Illinois back in 2012. While the woman’s wellbeing sunk further and further into danger, Gittler delayed her transport to the hospital for 5½ hours. 
Calls for Warranty on Replacement Hips and KneesDecember 18, 2014The policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports has been trying to persuade medical device manufacturers to issue warranties on their products. Consumers Union, with an annual budget of about $260 million, works with more than 1 million activists to pass consumer protection laws at the national and state levels...
Testosterone Boosting Medications Causing Health RisksDecember 11, 2014Artificial testosterones are among the best selling drugs on the market. More than 2 million American men have prescriptions for more than half a dozen products that promise to bolster the sex hormone naturally produced in the body. Sales of artificial testosterone, in injectible or liquid form that's applied to...
Lowest Rated Hospitals Have Highest Rates of Child Birth ComplicationsDecember 10, 2014According to a new study, of the approximately 4 million women who deliver a baby every year in the US, approximately 13% suffer at least one major complication. You can read that study here. From failure to monitor maternal health and fetal progress to a failure to accurately identify the...
The Fight Against California’s Proposition 46 Isn’t CheapDecember 2, 2014In the months leading up to November, millions of dollars will be spent to persuade voters to do one thing that California courts and legislators have refused to do – inflate the cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits.This is going on the California November ballot as Proposition 46. Proposition...