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A Sense of Empathy: Noted Personal Injury Attorney is Representing Harris County in its Case Against Volkswagen
Richard Mithoff Has Championed the Causes of Consumers, Workers
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Med Mal in Texas: Time to Tweak the Reforms? Plaintiff and Defense Lawyers Both See Room for Modifications
Since January, well-known Houston plaintiff Lawyer Richard Mithoff filed on behalf of clients three petitions against medical providers in state court in Houston—more than the total number of such claims he filed in the previous seven years.
In those petitions, Mithoff targeted a hospital that allegedly allowed a nurse to give a nondiabetic patient insulin causing brain damage and two other sets of providers that allegedly failed to properly diagnose patients’ conditions.
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Extremely Perfect: Bypass Mania
Gastric Bypass Surgeries
“American Idol” judge Randy Jackson lost more than 100 pounds after weight loss surgery. So did singer Carnie Wilson, weatherman Al Roker and MTV’s Sharon Osbourne. Its the kind of advertising money can’t buy. But are unskilled doctors costing some patients their lives?
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Doctor ends hospital privileges, shuts practice
Ramesh Srungaram, a weight-loss surgeon for whom hospitals have settled 10 separate medical malpractice suits, has resigned his privileges at a local hospital and is closing his Houston practice.
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Families sue doctor, weight loss program / 1 dead, 3 ailing after stomach stapling
The families of four women, one who died and three who were hospitalized in critical condition, are suing a weight loss program and a Houston doctor for allegedly botched stomach-stapling surgeries.
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Families of victims file lawsuit over fallout from bariatric surgery
The families of four women who suffered complications from bariatric surgery have filed suit against the doctor and two health organizations associated with the surgery, including Highland Medical Center.
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Suits, Births and Videotape
Doctors fear blessed event can turn into legal nightmare
Since the late 1970s when childbirth returned to a more natural procedure and a family event, videotaping soon followed as delivery room routine.