A Tucson woman claims extremely important information that has disappeared from the Arizona Medical Board website could cost Arizona residents their lives.  The hospital used to list medical malpractice awards and settlements involving their doctors on their website for would-be patients to view.  Now that valuable information is gone. 

The Tucson woman wants heart patients to be able to read about what happened to her late husband at the Tucson Heart Hospital.  When her husband died of a heart attack five years ago, she sued the hospital and her husband's doctor for malpractice.  Four years later, a jury found the hospital and the cardiologist played a part in the man's death and awarded his wife $1 million.  

Information involving each and every Arizona malpractice case used to be available on the Arizona Medical Board website.  But right now there is no listing of malpractice on the website for the persecuted cardiologist.  The Arizona State Medical Board told a Tucson news station that the information was removed from their site two years ago when they went to a new database.  It has not yet been restored.  The board claims that, in the future, the only malpractice cases that will be posted will be the ones in which the medical board persecutes the doctor.

If you have or someone you love has been a victim of medical malpractice, you can contact the Tucson medical malpractice lawyers of Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C. by calling 800-639-8460 today.

A motorcycle crash on Monday claimed the life of one rider and left the other in serious condition after a collision with a car. 

According to officials, the two were riding the motorcycle in the northbound lane on South Alvernon Way when the driver of the motorcycle ran a red light. The motorcycle crashed into a car that was making a left turn at the intersection. The driver of the car was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but her one-year-old child was not injured in the accident. The 36-year-old passenger of the motorcycle was killed in the crash, while the driver of the motorcycle was hospitalized with serious injuries.

A 23 year-old Tucson man recently brought his suit against the University Medical Center to trial after the hospital allegedly removed a testicle without the proper grounds to do so.

According to the plaintiff, the hospital informed the man that the biopsy on his right testicle would end in its removal if the surgeon found the testicle to be cancerous. The doctor had found a peculiar mass during an ultrasound, and wanted to ensure that the seemingly tumorous growth was not malignant. Following the procedure, the patient awoke to find the testicle missing, and assumed that it was cancerous. However, in a follow-up discussion with his physician, the man learned that the mass was not cancerous.

The hospital has defended their actions, claiming that they told the plaintiff that the surgery was specifically an excisional biopsy prior to the procedure. A nurse corroborated the doctor's claim, stating that the plaintiff told the nurse that he was there to have the testicle removed.

Currently, the trial is underway.

If you have been wronged by medical malpractice, knowing your legal rights is the first step to taking action. Contact the Tucson medical malpractice lawyers of Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C. Call 800-639-8460 today to discuss your options.

Four people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Bullhead City, Arizona Saturday.

According to officials with the Bullhead City Police Department, the crash occurred shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Highway 95 at the Rising Star Road intersection. Bullhead City Fire Department spokesman Larry Tunforss said the driver's side door of one vehicle was heavily damaged and the driver was trapped inside.

Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to remove the door of the vehicle and another tool was used to raise the dashboard so the woman could be freed. 

The driver was transported by helicopter to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas in stable condition. A 9 year-old boy in the front seat was transported to Western Arizona Regional Medical with minor injuries, where he was treated and released.

Two other people sustained minor injuries in the crash and were taken to Valley View Medical Center. 

If you or someone you know has been injured in a car accident, please contact a Tucson car accident lawyer from Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.L.C., by calling 800-639-8460.