Medical Malpractice In The News

The family of a 35-year-old man who died after getting a heart pacemaker won a $4.6 million medical malpractice verdict against three doctors involved in the surgery at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.

n Robert Breeden has received the Eastern Division President's Award for distinguished service from the Life Care Centers of America. He is executive director of the Heritage Center in Morristown.

ABERDEEN — Parents of children with developmental disabilities heard some expert advice on legal issues related to the education of their children at a Nov. 10 meeting. Hillary Freeman, of Hinkle, Fingles and Prior, Lawrenceville, was the guest speaker at a Nov. 10 workshop at the Cambridge Park Elementary School that provided an overview of special-education law.

The ABC picked up nine Walkley Awards for journalism at a ceremony in Melbourne last night.

One of the leading medical liability insurance companies in the Northeast, ProMutual Group, recently received its thirteenth consecutive A- rating from A.M. Best Company. The nation's most recognized insurance rating organization based its independent opinion on the company's financial history, overall capitalization, underwriting practices and conservative reserving practices.

THE Sunday Times ' Deputy Editor Bill Rule has won the highest prize in Australian journalism - a Walkley Award.

TennCare officials have asked that courts grant them a suspension of a 20-year-old lawsuit that prevents the state from annually re-evaluating about 180,000 beneficiaries who may no longer be eligible for coverage, the AP/Tennessean reports. TennCare is the state's expanded Medicaid program.Gov.

Carol Slade has been named director of women's and children's services at Trident Medical Center. Previously she was manager for the pediatric and Level II nursery units at Trident. She has an associate's degree in nursing from Craven Community College.

The prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC provided the backdrop as a "growing coalition (of anti-corruption advocates attested) to serious abuses of government and corporate power" says Chief Deputy U.S.

Califiornia Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced a 20.5 percent rate cut for medical malpractice insurance offered by The Doctors Co. following its acquisition of SCPIE Holdings Inc. saving