Bad doctors go undisciplined by med boards

An investigative report in The Kansas City Star recently found that Kansas and Missouri doctors with significant histories of alleged malpractice often go undisciplined by the states' licensing boards. What's more, the newspaper noted that although the boards have access to malpractice claims information, they don't share the information with the general public. The report focused on the case of

Settlement approved for town's asbestos victims

Residents of Libby, Montana have finally won a victory in their lengthy fight for retribution for asbestos injuries. For decades, more than 1,300 of the town's 3,000 residents have suffered illness because of asbestos pollution from a former W.R. Grace & Co. mine. Many have come down with a deadly lung disease, making what The Los Angeles Times called the "deadliest Superfund site" in the

Medication mistake fatal for Fla. Woman

Medication errors continue to be a problem in the United States, with simple human error often producing grave consequences. A 77-year-old Florida woman went into a Walgreens drugstore five days before Christmas in 2009 with a prescription for potassium but was instead given a slow-release morphine by the pharmacist. Within five days she became very ill and died 16 days after she had started

It took 15 years, but girl wins birth injury verdict

Fifteen years after the tragic event, the legal case of a girl injured during birth has ended with what was believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Michigan history -- $130 million to family of a quadriplegic victim who needs constant care. The incident occurred in Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak when it was noticed that Markell VanSlembrouck was larger than expected at birth

411, 700 Joggin Strollers recalled due to choking hazard