Hospital Law's Regan Report

A monthly journal devoted to court cases concerning hospital law and discussing issues arising from court decisions, aimed at professionals..

Was this suit for 'malpractice' or 'ordinary negligence' or both?(Lega...
October 01, 2009

Hospital ordered to produce records of falls from bed.(Hospital Law Ca...
October 01, 2009

Did hospital delay too long in curtailing staff privileges?
October 01, 2009

SC: suit v. hosp. barred by limitations statute: six year statute of r...
October 01, 2009

NY: no anti-hypertension meds in c-section was there neg. in failing t...
October 01, 2009

NY: court finds case sounds in 'ordinary neg.': thus, plaintiff not re...
September 01, 2009

10 ft. of gauze found in patient: did res ipsa loquitur apply?(Legal F...
September 01, 2009

Too many cases decided on technicalities & not merits.
September 01, 2009

Failure to prove baby had birth-related Neuroligcal injury.(Hospital L...
September 01, 2009

TX: plaintiff failed in suit for wrongful death: Texas law required 'g...
September 01, 2009

Wrongful death case failed for lack of qualified expert medical witnes...
August 01, 2009

No expert opinion required in defective bedboard case.(Hospital Law Ca...
August 01, 2009

Court holds not all of Dr.'s personnel file is privileged.
August 01, 2009

Gender discrimination claim relegated to arbitration.
July 01, 2009

$8.6 million verdict for decedent's estate affirmed.(Hospital Law Case...
July 01, 2009

NY: suit alleged bedsores led to patient death: summary judgment for n...
July 01, 2009

NY: failure to give Coumadin to at risk patient: plaintiff delayed too...
July 01, 2009

Workers' comp paid paraplegic over decade: wife files death claim.(Leg...
July 01, 2009

Hospital failed to do follow-up ultrasound: cancer & mastectomy.
June 01, 2009

Court allows discovery of 5 years of incident reports.(Hospital Law Ca...
June 01, 2009

NY: no bar to obtaining 'business records': plaintiffs entitled to acc...
June 01, 2009

OK: negligence & breach of contract alleged: courts applied 2 year lim...
June 01, 2009

RN injured on job can't receive compensation & sue.(Legal Focus on Hos...
June 01, 2009

FL: hospitals sought to invoke arbitration: right to arbitration is 'w...
May 01, 2009

Failure to timely file required expert witness documentation.
May 01, 2009

Is admission of wrong-site surgery negligence per se?(Hospital Law Cas...
May 01, 2009

Does anesthesiologists' duty extend beyond anesthesia?(Legal Focus on ...
May 01, 2009

NY: Pt. sent home-delivers live baby who died: court affirmed jury's a...
May 01, 2009

Dr. performing difficult c-section fails to timely call for help.
April 01, 2009

Nursing home settles pt.'s claim then sues hospital.(Hospital Law Case...
April 01, 2009

FL: Drs. settle & sue hosp. for reimbursement: court upholds dismissal...
April 01, 2009

NC: hospital not liable for individual physician: court dismissed case...
April 01, 2009

Does your hospital pay FICA taxes for its residents?(Legal Focus on Ho...
April 01, 2009

Patient injured in 1999 surgery: case still not tried or settled.
March 01, 2009

Did use of wrong aorta graft result in paraplegia?(Hospital Law Case o...
March 01, 2009

NY: hosp. failed to follow DNR twice--pt. died: did hospital get away ...
March 01, 2009

FL: plaintiff feared breach of confidentiality: court granted her peti...
March 01, 2009

Was plaintiff's expert witness' medical report sufficient?(Legal Focus...
March 01, 2009

TN: was hospital liable for patient's fall?: Court held nurse expert's...
February 01, 2009

NC: did report of child abuse trigger suit?: Judgment entered for defe...
February 01, 2009

Could Public Health Law violations be added to case?(Hospital Law Case...
February 01, 2009

Billing of 'uninsured' reduced by $276 million.
January 01, 2009

Was hospital liable for failure to take more x-rays?(Hospital Law Case...
January 01, 2009

MO: did nursing home cause patient's death?: Court found question of f...
January 01, 2009

FL: first application for CON denied: 'conditions changed'-second appl...
January 01, 2009

Was amount of punitive damages awarded v. hospital fair?(Legal Focus o...
January 01, 2009

Class action v. Secretary of HHS re 'three day rule'.
October 01, 2008

Gross negligence: gateway to punitive damage awards.(Hospital Law Case...
October 01, 2008

NY: summary judgment for hospital reversed: 'ostensible' or 'apparent'...
October 01, 2008

TX: nursing home sued for negligence re UTI: patient's 'expert' medica...
October 01, 2008

Peer review records are privileged: what of other records?(Legal Focus...
October 01, 2008

Failure to respond to catheter misplacement: death results.(Legal Focu...
September 01, 2008

FL: parent failed to inform other of surgery: Dr.'s call to father was...
September 01, 2008

MO: Sponge left in patient-hospital settled: surgeon sued surgeon for ...
September 01, 2008

Arbitration of dispute with nurse recruitment agency.(Hospital Law Cas...
September 01, 2008

Can plaintiffs invoking 'Res Ipsa' use expert witnesses?
September 01, 2008

CON for MRI awarded prematurely: remanded for hearing.
August 01, 2008

Wrong ovary removed: summary judgment v. patient.(Hospital Law Case of...
August 01, 2008

KY: court barred suit v. hospital on limitations: Executrix had one ye...
August 01, 2008

MO: pt. sues for fall in puddle outside shower: hospital shows 'no pri...
August 01, 2008

Plaintiff barred from adding 'known' party after S/L ran.(Legal Focus ...
August 01, 2008

Punitive damages not allowed without prior hearing.(Hospital Law Case ...
July 01, 2008

MI: Pt. claims suit v. hospital for 'negligence': court ruled suit was...
July 01, 2008

MI: heart patient died: wife sued hospital expert affidavit 'NG' for v...
July 01, 2008

Judgment on verdict v. hospital for $2.2 million reversed.(Legal Focus...
July 01, 2008

Court rules trial court erred in denying hospital's motion.
July 01, 2008

Correction of error.(Correction notice)
June 01, 2008

AZ: can spouse testify over wife's objection?: Anti-marital fact privi...
June 01, 2008

WI: Dr. performed 'unnecessary surgery' again: record of 'unnecessary ...
June 01, 2008

Nursing home's attempt to force 'binding arbitration' failed.(Legal Fo...
June 01, 2008

Would pt. have left hospital if informed of danger of stroke?
June 01, 2008

Did defendants goof in transferring pt. from ICU?(Hospital Law Case of...
June 01, 2008

Failure to monitor cardiac patient on medical floor.
April 01, 2008

AL: 'balance billing' issue in pts.' accident case: courts divided ove...
April 01, 2008

Expert testimony not required in 'simple negligence' case.(Legal Focus...
April 01, 2008

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