Insurer’s attorney can’t have ex parte talk with doctor 
Published: January 2, 2013
Tags: confidentiality, dental malpractice, ex parte communication, insurance, malpractice, medical malpractice
State law protecting confidential medical information bars an attorney retained by a malpractice insurer from conducting an ex parte interview with a treating doctor who is not a party to the patient’s lawsuit, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Settlement reached in dental injury suit
Published: April 7, 2011
Tags: blind, comatose, dental damage, dental malpractice, Kansas
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed after a 20-year-old suffered brain damage during a 2009 dental procedure in Lawrence, Kan.
Family, plumbing company reach $3 million settlement in case involving dental procedure
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 4, 2011
Tags: brain damage, dental malpractice, Kansas
The family of a 20-year-old Tonganoxie High School graduate who suffered brain damage during a 2009 dental procedure in Lawrence, Kan. has reached a $3 million settlement with a Lawrence plumbing company.
University pays $150,000 to family after death of patient
By:
Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: brain injury, Colorado, dental malpractice, surgery, wrongful death
The University of Colorado says it has paid $150,000 to the family of a man who died after oral surgery at the CU School of Dental Medicine.
S.C. jury bites back at clinic that removed woman’s teeth
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: August 31, 2009
Tags: dental malpractice
A patient who walked into a dental clinic to be treated for a chipped front tooth and woke up from the surgery after all 16 of her upper teeth had been pulled from her mouth has been awarded $2 million by a South Carolina jury.
S.C. jury awards $2M for lost teeth
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 18, 2009
Tags: dental malpractice
A 28-year-old South Carolina woman who claimed a famed Florence dental clinic extracted 13 of her upper teeth by mistake has won a $2 million jury verdict.
Case selection critical in dental malpractice cases
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: July 24, 2009
Tags: dental malpractice
Many personal injury attorneys shy away from dental malpractice claims, convinced that the potential damages aren’t significant enough to warrant the time and cost involved in pursuing a lawsuit.
