Jury exonerates "double-booking" surgeon in high-profile case. In concurrent surgery, specialists move from OR to OR, performing the most challenging and intricate components of surgery.

Malpractice threats don't improve surgical outcomes. Study finds surgeons who operate in litigious communities aren't more likely to perform safer surgeries.

Legal update: The legal burden of workplace bullying. Staff-on-staff hostility puts your facility at risk for litigation.

Million-dollar lawsuit claims surgical fire ruined 86-year-old woman's life. Suit: Prep wasn't allowed to fully dry before electrocautery, she says.

$1.2 Million awarded in anesthesia death. Anesthesiologist says it was a pre-existing blood clot -- not his off-target nerve block -- that caused patient's death.

Medical malpractice: Yes, patients can directly sue your facility. Under corporate negligence, you owe patients these 4 distinct duties.

Legal Update: No. 1 HIPAA privacy risk? Snooping staff. Employees peeking at patients' medical records far from uncommon.

Clinic where Joan Rivers was stricken sues its insurance carrier. Yorkville Endoscopy claims The Hartford is refusing to pay covered legal bills.

Medical spa liable for woman's SSI death following liposuction. Lawsuit claims contaminated instruments caused fatal infection.

Legal Update: Manage your facility's vicarious liability risk. You could be liable for the negligence of your independent contractors.

Medical Malpractice: 5 lessons from the Joan Rivers lawsuit. Higher safety standards will reduce your exposure to liability claims.

Lawsuit: Spine surgeon, bone cement manufacturer responsible for woman's death. Patient bled out after surgeon used non-FDA-approved bone cement.

Medical Malpractice: Don't get tripped up with these EHR errors. A simple typo could still put you at risk of a negligence lawsuit.

Bair Hugger target of suit claiming it caused deadly infection. Manufacturer blames rival and opportunistic lawyers, insists warming device is safe.

A cataract surgeon can't be blamed for failure of anesthesia providers, jury finds. Suit was brought by patient who moved twice during cataract surgery, causing complications.

Medical Malpractice: In an adverse event, honesty is the best policy. Open communication is the key to avoiding liability claims.

Woman left brain-damaged after gastric surgery blames manufacturer for insufficient surgeon training. The court sided with the company, noting that it met the FDA's requirements.

Who was to blame for unnecessary appendectomy? Radiologist mixes up CT scans, but hospital should take most of the blame, says jury in $6M verdict.

No one recognizes retained objects, but judge won't toss negligence case. Two pieces of plastic film found in patient's uterus, but how did they get there?

Medical Malpractice: How to avoid product liability lawsuits. Your facility may be on the hook for defective drugs and devices.