Cerebral palsy is a physical disorder that, among other things, can cause great difficulty walking and ambulating. But in student-athlete Sean Mitchell's case, he doesn't let cerebral palsy stop him from running track in high school.It's not clear how Mitchell came to...
Month: November 2011
In Vitro Fertilization: Benefits for Posthumously Conceived Kids?
In vitro fertilization is a well-known medical procedure used to address infertility. The first so-called "test-tube baby" was born in 1978. Today, in vitro fertilization accounts for thousands of births every year (though these births are just a fraction of all...
Erb’s Palsy: Many Infants Fully Recover, Some Never Do
Erb's palsy is a birth injury to an infant's nerves around the shoulder, leading to below-average hand and arm strength in mild cases, to complete paralysis in the most severe cases. Erb's palsy is generally associated with difficult deliveries, often where the baby...
NY Pilot Program Focuses on Early Settlement of Medical Malpractice Cases
"Even though people are not forced into it," says the director of the Center for Medical Consumers, "I have no idea how coercive or not the pitch is." By "pitch," director Arthur Levin is referring to early settlement talks in medical malpractice cases, which in New...
Bill on So-Called ‘Tort Reform’ Unlikely to Pass
As Brett Norman reports for Politico, the everlasting heated exchange between the Republicans and the Democrats is likely to cause any further efforts at so-called tort reform to stall out - one side blames trial lawyers for "out-of-control" medical malpractice...
Medical Malpractice: No Dollar Value for Pain and Suffering?
Walter Olson, writing for the Cato Institute, argues that pain and suffering caused by medical malpractice is worth not one single penny. Were it not for what we have today in our civil justice system, Olson argues, pain and suffering wouldn't even enter into the...