21 2011 -- The family of a 79-year-old dialysis patient is suing a Florida nurse who accidentally gave him a deadly dose of a drug that induces paralysis instead of an antacid. Carolyn Sue Janzen.
This month we look at a case in which a nurses careful documentation of a patients neurologic examination findings saved the day for.
Nurse lawsuit cases. 102108 PDF Suspended - 5 years. In a lawsuit filed against the New York State Department of Health the nurses union requested an injunction from the New York Supreme Court alleging multiple failures to protect the health of. An RNs careful note-taking protects hospital from liability.
Bedford Community School District et al the Southern District of Iowa court awarded a high school football player 1 million in a negligence lawsuit against the local school district and the schools nurse. Medical Malpractice Cases Involving Nurses by Jock Hoffman and Winnie Yu. Nurse Sues for Retaliation After FMLA Claim Ann W.
Patient-turned-plaintiff Michael Slusher argued that his lawsuit involved an ordinary negligence claim because a nurse allegedly answered her. A Warren County nurse was unfairly denied unemployment benefits after she was fired for refusing a flu shot without claiming a religious or medical exemption a. Nurse sues after hospital grants dads racial request.
22015 PDF Suspended - 91 days. If a person fails to follow the mandate or have a medical or religious exemption approved by the hospital they could be fired. Nurses claim discrimination in lawsuits against NJ hospital Four lawsuits filed on behalf of former nurses of Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton NJ claim the nurses.
-- An African-American nurse who is suing a Michigan hospital because she said it agreed to a mans request that no African. SAGINAW MI -- Roberto Landin won a court judgment of 12 million against his former employer HealthSource Saginaw but has yet to see a penny. Aliceas lawsuit scheduled for a June trial seeks approximately 200000 in hospital and physician charges which were largely paid by Medicare plus punitive damages and lawyers fees.
The nurse who is anonymous in the Manhattan Supreme Court suit filed Saturday helped care for onetime ailing lawyer Lawrence Garbuz at the Westchester County hospital. The case also elucidates another principal of the law. Latner JD Concerned about being able to pay her bills after contracting COVID-19 a nurse asked.
There is no predetermined screening as to a lawsuits merits prior to the filing of a case. Winkler County Texas The Winkler County nurse whistleblower case was a series of legal proceedings in West Texas related to the retaliation against two nurses who submitted an anonymous state medical board complaint against a physician in 2009. The case attracted national attention for its implications on whistleblowing by nurses.
Nurse Jennifer Bridges said she just isnt ready to receive the. This award represents the largest payout for. 11012 PDF Suspended - 6.
Tonya Battle a 25-year nurse at Flints Hurley Medical Center filed the first lawsuit last month against the hospital and a nursing manager claiming a note posted on an assignment clipboard. 4908 PDF Suspended - 6 months. Also the significance of the two nurses conduct cannot be.
Clifford RN PhD FAAN. Building a Foundation for Nurse-Physician Collaboration by Jeanette Ives Erickson RN MS FAAN and Joyce C. Failed Physician-Nurse Communication by Gretchen Flack and Deborah LaValley BSN RN CPHQ.
In the case of Strough v. One must be able to prove his or her case in order to obtain a judgment in his or her favor. The prudent advance practice nurse should try to avoid financial exposure in terms of judgments or settlements from a civil lawsuit licensure or certification actions by the relevant state agencies or private associations and civil or criminal sanctions and exclusion from participation in the federal health-care programs for fraud or abuse Joel 2013 p.
