Cases of medical malpractice are like a mountain with no peak. From the many incidents of malpractice, only a few have been litigated. From those few, only a thimbleful have been reported in the news. Even fewer cases have actually reached the courts. And rarely has any doctor been convicted of malpractice.

The following are the accounts of several malpractice cases reported in 2001. One case involved a woman aged 25 who lost her first baby due to