Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
04/23/2024

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
The patient was hospitalized in 2004 when a computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass on her right kidney, but neither the patient nor her family was notified of the mass. In 2006, she was again...
04/23/2024
pearls of wisdom
pearls of wisdom
02/23/2024
A 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, neuropathy, and peripheral vascular disease, came to the emergency department (ED) 3 days after a heavy box fell on his foot at work causing him great pain and...
02/23/2024
Medical Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
05/19/2022
A 1990 Florida law prevents anyone over aged 25 years from suing physicians for pain and suffering claims in malpractice lawsuits over the death of an unmarried parent. The law also prevents parents of...
05/19/2022
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
06/19/2016
Dr P is a 42-year-old primary care physician with her own practice. She has a new referral patient, Mr D, who is a 49-year-old truck driver experiencing rectal pain and bleeding during bowel movements....
06/19/2016
Medical Malpractice
gavel
Medical Malpractice
08/31/2015
A Maryland appellate court has ruled that a jury validly found a pain specialist physician not liable for the death of a patient she had injected with a contaminated steroid because the medication itself...
08/31/2015