In all the settlements Fobi denied any liability. Currently, court records sho, six malpractice cases are pending against Fobi, five in Los Angelos and one in Las Vegas. In the past year Fobi has won two malpractice cases, both involving the deaths of patients. His most recent vitory occurred earlier this month agter a five-week trial. A Los Angelos Superior Court jury cleared him of malpractice in connection with the 1997 death of a woman who succumbed to a massive infection several years after Fobi operated on her.
Punishment is never swift nor accurate.
According to Federation of State Medical Boards, in one year disciplinary actions were taken against 17 of roughly 11,000 licensed physicians in Maryland, and only one of the doctors lost the license to practice in Virginia. In the district of Columbia with 3,500 licensed doctors, there was only one disciplinary action, and no D.C. doctor lost a license. Nationally, about 900 malpractice suits are filed daily. American doctors have tripled in malpractice, and awards have also increased. A Harvard medical study showed that injuries caused by bad medical care are an enormous problem in the United States.