A pharmaceutical sales representative’s conviction for conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce violated his rights to free speech under the First Amendment, according to the Second Circuit’s ruling in United States v. Caronia, No. 09-5006-cr, slip op. (2nd Cir., Dec. 3, 2012). The court held that the…
Indiana has been one of the hardest-hit states in a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that has caused more than three hundred illnesses and over twenty deaths in eighteen states. Health officials believe an injectable medication from a Massachusetts pharmacy is the source of the infection. The pharmacy has recalled the…
After a jury returned a verdict in favor of the doctor in a medical malpractice case, an estate executor appealed on two questions of abuse of discretion: limitations on the scope of questions during the defendant’s deposition, and refusal of jury instructions tendered by the plaintiff. The Indiana Court of…
A Shelbyville man has submitted a tort claim to the Indiana Attorney General, indicating his intention to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the state’s Department of Child Services (DCS) over the death of his one year-old son. He alleges that DCS ignored warnings that the child’s mother and her…
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has collected medical error reports from hospitals, outpatient clinics, and other medical facilities since 2006. In that time, it has compiled data on medical errors and injuries and tracked trends. Reports from 2006 to 2010, the most recent year for which comprehensive data…
Below Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse Attorney Paul Kruse responds to an editorial published earlier this fall in the Lebanon Reporter. Mr. Kruse counters several myths relating to tort reform for medical malpractice lawsuits, citing studies supporting his argument that medical malpractice costs represent a small percentage of overall healthcare…
As an Indiana medical malpractice lawyer, I am regularly contacted by people who have developed infections following medical procedures. These infections can be from many types of bugs such as staph or strep. No matter what the particular infection is, these post surgical infections can have serious consequences and can…