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  2. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Claims of medical malpractice, when pursued in US courts, are processed as civil torts. Sometimes an act of medical malpractice will also constitute a criminal act, as in the case of the death of Michael Jackson. Medical professionals may obtain professional liability insurances to offset the costs of lawsuits based on medical malpractice ...

  3. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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    Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.

  4. Wrongful death claim - Wikipedia

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    Wrongful death claims are often based upon death resulting from negligence, for example following a motor vehicle accident caused by another driver, a dangerous roadway or defective vehicle, product liability, and medical malpractice. [2] Dangerous roadway claims result from deaths caused in whole or in part by the condition of the roadway.

  5. Cyclist's death leads to $23.3M medical malpractice verdict ...

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    A jury last week found Westchester Medical Center doctors and nurses failed to properly monitor for and prevent a blood clot that led to the death of an Ossining man, awarding his family $23.3 ...

  6. Medical negligence caused death of former Texas US Rep ... - AOL

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    The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Thursday that the trailblazing Texas congresswoman, who died over the weekend at age 89, passed away after getting an infection and ...

  7. Death of Amber Thurman - Wikipedia

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    The American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs attributed Thurman's death to side effects of legal abortion drugs and medical negligence. [ 4 ] The author of a column published in the conservative news outlet the Washington Examiner proposed the cause of the Henry County hospital’s delay in care could have been due to confusion caused by ...

  8. CMC wants two wrongful-death lawsuits dismissed - AOL

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    Sep. 4—Lawyers for Catholic Medical Center want two wrongful-death lawsuits connected to the work of a former cardiovascular surgeon dismissed, claiming the suits were filed well past the ...

  9. Christopher Duntsch - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971) [1] is a former American neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. Death [2] for 33 incidents of gross neurosurgical malpractice while working at hospitals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which maimed 31 patients and caused 2 deaths. [3]