hello i am researching psychology and psychiatry malpractice cases. can anyone give me links to articles or web news articles that discuss actual malpractice cases and the reasons behind them? thank you.
Andrine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry
I think you'll find it awesome... It's not necessarily up to date, since anti psychiatry is a movement from a while ago, but it's very interesting.
BJ
Hope this helps!
Here's the link: http://www.therapistabuseattorney.net/significant.html
* $ 7,130,000 -- Psychiatrist Sexually Abuses Patient and Prescribes Drugs That Cause Brain Damage
* $ 4,500,000 -- 35-Year-Old Woman Victim of Malpractice and Abuse of Psychiatrist
* $ 1,566,000 -- Woman Sexually Abused by Her Psychiatrist, Internist and Priest
* $ 1,350,000 -- Psychologist Utilizes Inappropriate "Reparenting" Techniques on a Patient
* $ 1,000,000 -- Couple Sues Psychiatrist and His Wife for Malpractice, Abuse and Betrayal
* $ 950,000 -- Fledgling Actress Has 26-Year Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with Psychiatrist
* $ 750,000 -- Case in Which a Male-to-Female Transsexual Sued Ex Therapist For Negligence And Abuse
* $ 750,000 -- 22-Year-Old Woman Alleges Sexual Abuse at Alcoholic Rehab Facility by Owner Manager and Bank VP
* $ 750,000 -- Three Children and Mother Alleged Sexual Abuse by Hypnotherapist
* $ 675,000 -- Three Patients Allege They Were Lured into Drug and Sex Parties by Their Therapists
* $ 600,000 -- Patients at Alcoholic Rehab Center Held Against Will and Abused
* $ 600,000 -- Psychologist-in-Training Sues Psychoanalyst for Negligence and Abuse
* $ 500,000 -- Woman's Psychological Condition Deteriorates as Result of Psychiatrist Malpractice and Abuse
* $ 500,000 -- Psychiatric Malpractice Case with Boundary Violations but No Exploitation
* $ 490,000 -- Psychiatrist Addicts Patient to Tranquilizers and Begins Living with Patient and Her Family
* $ 450,000 -- Four Women Sue Psychologist Who Convinced Them That They Had Been Abducted by UFOs
* $ 400,000 -- 40-Year-Old Patient and Employee Sues Doctor for Sexual Harassment
* $ 300,000 -- Two Women Sexually Abused by Doctor -- Husband Becomes Angry and Retaliates
* $ 300,000 -- College Student Sexually Abused by Counselor Who Undermines Her Religious Beliefs
* $ 300,000 -- Woman in Southern California Brings Therapist Exploitation Case
* $ 300,000 -- Psychiatrist Violates Boundaries of Therapy with Female Multiple Personality Disordered Patient
* $ 300,000 -- Woman Looking for Psychological Help Ends up Being Sexually Abused by Psychotherapist
* $ 250,000 -- Woman Seeks Treatment for Chronic Pain Over-Medicated and Sexually Abused by Pain Specialist
* $ 225,000 -- Woman Abused by Therapist Sues Him Only to Have Him Deny Charges
* $ 200,000 -- Psychiatrist Announces He Is Homeopath and Breaks Boundaries of Treatment with Patients
* $ 200,000 -- Internist Seduces Young Woman into Perverted Drug and Sex World
* $ 200,000 -- Female Psychotherapist Sues Male Psychiatrist for Sex Abuse
* $ 200,000 -- Woman Sues Therapist for Sexual Abuse Nine Years after Treatment Stopped
* $ 200,000 -- 40-year-old Female Psychotherapist Sues Psychiatrist for Sexual Abuse 23 Years Earlier -- When She Was His 17-Year-Old
* $ 2,490,000 -- Three Women Sexually Harassed by Supervisors at Large Rental Company
* $ 2,000,000 -- Three Women Who Were Sexually Harassed During Physical Exams by a Company Doctor
* $ 2,750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Girl Raped by 28-Year-Old Actor at a Theater Company
* $ 1,500,000 -- Five Newspaper Boys Molested by Employee of Newspaper
* $ 925,000 -- Two Women Bring Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Case Against National Company Selling Home Products
* $ 800,000 -- Four Boys Molested by Pastor in Rural Northern California County
* $ 500,000 -- Kindergartners Allegedly Molested by Teacher
* $ 500,000 -- Parking Lot Assault and Rape of Two
* $ 460,000 -- Daughters Sue Doctor Father for Incest
* $ 400,000 -- Children of Elderly Mother Bring Elder Abuse Case for Her Injury and Death at a Nursing Home
* $ 350,000 -- Plastic Surgeon Has Sexual Relationship with Three Women Patients
* $ 350,000 -- Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor at Bank Where She Worked
* $ 300,000 -- Two Young Boys Molested by Son of Home Day Care Owner
* $ 500,000 -- 50-Year-Old Man Dies as a Result of Malpractice by HMO
* $ 750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Boy Suffers Severe Leg Damage as Result of Malpractice of Cardiac Surgeon
* $ 2,500,000 -- Judgment in Favor of Woman Against a Bar Where Woman Employed Who Served Drinks to Drunk Driver
* $ 2,000,000 -- Wrongful Death of Politician and Cameraman
* $ 2,000,000 -- Woman Brings Bad Faith Case Against Insurance Company
* $ 1,700,000 -- Girl Whose Toes Were Amputated Because of a Drunk MUNI
* $ 1,500,000 -- Wrongful Death of a 28-Year-Old Man in a Freeway Collapse Case
* $ 1,375,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Suffers a Severe Leg Fracture in Motorcycle Accident
* $ 1,100,000 -- Product Liability Case Involving 35-Year-Old Man Has Spinal Cord Injury in Moveable Machine Accident
* $ 1,100,000 -- Elderly Tenants Sue Landlord and General Contractor for Nuisance and Emotional Distress During Construction Project
* $ 1,000,000 -- 28-Year-Old Man Receives a Traumatic Brain Injury in a Truck Accident
* $ 950,000 -- 18-year-old Woman Electrocuted by Electrical Wire Downed in a Storm
* $ 950,000 -- 45-Year-Old Attorney Suffers a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury When Scaffolding Falls on His Head in a Defective Product Case
* $ 950,000 -- Wrongful Death of Woman Gored to Death on an African Safari
* $ 850,000 -- Motorcyclist Suffers Leg Amputation as a Result of View of Auto Pulling out Blocked by Illegally Parked
* $ 750,000 -- Four-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged in Dart-out Accident
* $ 675,000 -- Single Mother Suffers Back and Head Injury When Knocked off Her Bicycle by Auto Driver
* $ 650,000 -- Young Man Suffers Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Partial Loss of Smell in Truck Accident
* $ 500,000 -- Four Employees of a Funeral Business Claim Discrimination, Retaliation and Illegal Practices
* $ 450,000 -- 22-Year-Old Bicyclist Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury in Collision with Van Driver with Only $ 100,000 Insurance
* $ 450,000 -- 35-Year-Old Security Guard Has Forearm Amputated as a Result of a Severe Electrical Burn Injury at Construction Site
* $ 450,000 -- Motorcyclist Wins Settlement Against Motor Vehicle Driver with Only $ 100,000 Insurance Coverage
* $ 450,000 -- Woman Fractures Her Elbow When She Trips and Falls Crossing Market Street
* $ 450,000 -- Woman Has Psychotic Break after Foot Run over by a Truck While Crossing the Street
* $ 350,000 -- Wrongful Death of Elderly Pedestrian in Car Accident
* $ 350,000 -- 16-Year-Old Driver Fractures His Leg and Has Psychological Injury and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in an Accident with a Man Who Had Been Drinking
* $ 350,000 -- Ten-year-old Boy Hit Crossing the Street Develops Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
* $ 310,000 -- Premises Liability Case in Which Legal Secretary Fractured Her Arm
* $ 300,000 -- Two Toddlers Abused at Home Day Care by Drunk Owner
* $ 300,000 -- Trucking Accident Involving Serious Injury from Spilled Tomatoes
* $ 300,000 -- Drunk Driver of Truck Kills Male Passenger
* $ 300,000 -- Private Airplane Crash Where Young Girl Survives
* $ 300,000 -- Woman Receives Facial Scarring and Psychological Injury as a Result of Pickup Truck Rollover
* $ 300,000 -- Woman Raped in Sauna at Her Large Apartment Complex
* $ 287,500 -- Elderly Woman Tenant Fractures Hip at Apartment Complex
* $ 285,000 -- Passenger Sues Drunk Driver of Car in Which He Was Passenger for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
* $ 285,000 -- Truck Driver Falls off Defectively Designed Loading Dock at Construction Site and Fractures Arm
* $ 275,000 -- Husband and Wife Allege Deception by a Psychologist Who Was Running a "Therapy "Cult"
* $ 265,000 -- Woman Wins Settlement in Case Where Therapist Denies Sexual Misconduct
* $ 250,000 -- Man Who Suffered a Heart Attack Sent Home by Hospital Without Treatment
* $ 250,000 -- Doctor's Neglect Causes the Death of 17-Year-Old Boy
* $ 250,000 -- Whiplash Injury to Woman in Collision with Drunk Driver
* $ 250,000 -- Sexual Harassment of Young Woman Clerk at Large Grocery Chain by Supervisor
* $ 225,000 -- Pediatrician Suffers Knee Injury in Automobile Accident but Damages Were Limited Because Dying from AIDS
* $ 225,000 -- Construction Site Accident Causes Brain Injury
* $ 210,000 -- Racial Discrimination Against National Educational Testing Company
* $ 200,000 -- Middle-aged Woman in Rural County Has Portion of Her Intestines Removed Due to Medical Malpractice Patient
* $ 200,000 -- Two Women Sue Psychiatrist for Malpractice -- No Sex Abuse
* $ 200,000 -- 28-Year-Old Male Patient Sues Female Therapist for Breach of Boundaries
* $ 200,000 -- Sexual Harassment Case Against Alcohol Distribution Company
* $ 200,000 -- Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way on Highway Causes Head-on Collision and Psychological Injury
* $ 200,000 -- Woman Dies Because HMO Failed to Diagnose Cancer
* $ 175,000 -- Pedestrian Receives Mild Traumatic Brain Injury When Taxi Runs into Her
* $ 175,000 -- 30-Year-Old Man Develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Train Derailment
* $ 172,600 -- Woman with Significant Psychological History Develops Psychological Injury after Routine Car Accident
* $ 150,000 -- Woman in Low Speed Car Accident Suffers Psychological Injury
* $ 150,000 -- Porter on Train Claims Psychic Injury in Derailment
* $ 150,000 -- Female High School Senior Sexually Abused by Female Gym Coach
* $ 135,000 -- Woman Psychologically Injured When Rearended by a Private Plane on a Highway
* $ 125,000 -- Trial of a Case in Which Male Hypnotist Beats up His Girlfriend's Elderly Mother
* Confidential Settlement -- Construction Worker Severely Injured at Construction Site
* Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiff Fired after Reporting Toxic Waste Company to Federal Agency for Illegal Practices
* Confidential Settlement -- Man Receives Spinal Cord Ijury Due to Turbulence on Airplane
* Confidential Settlement -- Infant Suffers Serious Burns on Body and Legs on Airline
* Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort and Product Liability Case Where Issue Was Whether Toxoplasmosis Caused by Chemical or AIDS
* Confidential Settlement -- Dangerous Condition of Property and Product Liability Case Against Car Manufacturer -- 16-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged
* Confidential Settlement -- Woman Requires Surgery to Both Her Knees Due to Airline Negligence
* Confidential Settlement -- Product Liability -- Policeman Has Nylon Socks Melt onto His Legs During Fire -- Causing Severe Third Degree Burns
* Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort -- Sewage Backup in Apartment Causes Psychosis
* Confidential Settlement -- Large Crane at Construction Site Smashes into Building Causing Death and Injury
* Confidential Settlement -- Apartment Fire Causes Emotional Distress and Burn/Smoke Inhalation Injuries
* Confidential settlement -- 15-Year-Old Boy Has Severe Degloving Burn-Like Injuries When He Collides with a MUNI Bus While on a Skateboard
* Confidential Settlement -- Burn Injury to Man Following Toxic Exposure to Defectively Manufactured Topical Pain Spray
* Confidential Settlement -- 30-Year-Old Laborer Injured at Delivery to Construction Site
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