Lawsuits reveal allegations of preventable injuries and deaths inside nursing homes. Families pursuing legal action face barriers.

Home care nurses were more vulnerable to professional liability claims than any other nursing specialty from 2015 to 2019, according to a new report. The findings, recently released by professional ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in medical malpractice when overseeing the COVID-19 pandemic and purposely covered up “the tragic aftermath” of his policy decisions to avoid responsibility, ...

A California nursing home can’t force the parents of a former nursing home resident to arbitrate their wrongful death claim, although many similar claims would be covered by medical malpractice rules ...

Nurses have always faced unique and complex challenges. In 2022, these challenges were exacerbated by acute and ongoing staffing shortages, demographic changes, bureaucratic and managerial demands, ...

NEW ORLEANS — By the time the novel coronavirus had swept through the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home in Reserve, it was too late for roommates Berlin Hebert Jr. and Ras Deakles. They both ...

In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Karen Rothenberg listens as plaintiff’s attorney David J. Fischman (standing), of the law firm Jaroslawicz & Jaros, addresses the jury in the medical malpractice trial ...

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At a time when healthcare leaders are debating physician burnout, administrative burden, healthcare spending, and patient safety, these kinds of data points are useful reminders that malpractice is ...

On Jan. 27, the Republican office of the Texas attorney general sued an out-of-state nurse practitioner (NP) for allegedly prescribing and mailing abortion medication to a pregnant patient in Texas.

Two court cases have been filed against the Life Care Center of Blount County, alleging medical malpractice and negligence that led to the wrongful death of family members. John W. Hanes filed a case ...

Nurses in North Carolina may need to purchase or upgrade their malpractice insurance after a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court. Last month, the court ruled nurses can be sued for following ...