A survey was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine after an article from the Associated Press opened that door to the idea of doctors that over test patients in order to avoid medical malpractice suits in the future.

The Archives surveyed 1,231 doctors including surgeons, specialists, and primary care doctors and asked two questions: Do doctors order more tests to be done on patients in order to protect themselves from malpractice suits and do they think that doctors need more protection in order to prevent the overtesting of patients.

Ninety-one percent of doctors said yes to both of the questions and more male doctors then female doctors said yes. This defensive medical approach costs the U.S. millions in health care costs each year.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice, contact the Cincinnati medical malpractice lawyers of the law office of Shawn M. Stepleton by calling 513-321-7733 today.

An Ohio jury awarded a couple $1.5 million in a medical malpractice case against two doctors in Akron, Ohio.

The suit claimed and the jury ruled that the doctor botched a bone marrow biopsy and commited malpractice when she nicked a nerve and cut an artery in the 52-year-old husband's hip. After the incident, the problem went unnoticed for days until the couple called another doctor who chose not to examine the man.

Five days after the surgery the man had two softball-sized hematomas removed from his hip and pelvis. As a result of the incident that man lost use of his right leg below the knee and suffers from chronic pain.

Medical malpractice can cause serious injury, our thoughts are with the victim and his family and friends.