Personal Injury Law

Trial Scheduled for Hospital Negligence in Death of Patient

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

A hospital will be defending itself in a hospital negligence medical malpractice lawsuit beginning today, claims an article. The hospital was warned that one of their surgeons was a ?danger to patients? but allowed the surgeon to continue performing surgeries. One of the surgeon?s last surgeries resulted in a woman?s death. The woman?s personal physician had written to the hospital explicitly stating that this young surgeon was a threat. The woman?s estate has already settled with the surgeon for medical malpractice. The surgeon was later captured for robbing a bank and was sentenced to 51 months in prison.

Read more about the hospital negligence action here.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).