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Young Florida Cosmetic Surgery Patient Suffered Brain Damage Following Her Procedure

June 5, 2016

An 18-year-old female in Florida decided to have elective breast augmentation surgery at a Florida outpatient cosmetic surgery clinic. Little did she know that the physician who administered the anesthesia for her procedure was a convicted felon. Within five minutes after the plastic surgery proced[...]

New Jersey Pain Management Doctor Loses Medical License

May 18, 2016

An anesthesiologist who practiced as a pain management doctor in New Jersey and is currently under indictment for health care fraud had his New Jersey medical license revoked by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, for gross and repeated medical malpractice in New Jersey that includes giving [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Anesthesiologist

April 16, 2016

On April 1, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict favor of the defendant anesthesiologist after ninety minutes of jury deliberations following a trial that lasted one week. The Maryland medical malpractice jury found that the anesthesiologist did not breach the standard of c[...]

$5M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Bleeding After Robotic Surgery

April 2, 2016

An Illinois medical malpractice jury took four and a half hours over a two-day period to decide on March 24, 2016 to return its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in excess of $5 million, after a nine-day trial. The plaintiffs were the surviving husband and the three children of a woman who bled[...]

Anesthesia Medical Malpractice Statistics

January 24, 2016

The findings of a retrospective analysis of anesthesia-related medical malpractice claims that spanned the period from 2005 to 2013 and were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in October 2015. The stu[...]

Alaska Supreme Court Affirms Plastic Surgeon’s Loss Of His Own Medical Malpractice Case

December 29, 2015

On November 25, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska (“Alaska Supreme Court”) affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the medical malpractice defendants in a medical malpractice case filed by an Alaska plastic surgeon that alleged that the defendants were [...]

Conscious Sedation During Dental Procedure Leads To Child’s Death

December 24, 2015

A four-year-old child in Texas died three days after he was given conscious sedation medications by a pediatric dentist on December 30, 2013 at the dentist’s office located in a strip mall before having extensive dental work. The child’s general dentist had recommended four crowns to t[...]

$9.1M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Anesthesiologist

October 23, 2015

A Minnesota anesthesiology practice was found liable earlier this month to a former patient who suffered a permanent spinal injury and lost the use of his legs due to the alleged medical negligence of an anesthesiologist just before and during surgery that allowed the patient’s blood press[...]

$12.2M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Due To Medication Error

October 22, 2015

On October 19, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 56-year-old man who suffered a massive and permanent brain injury as a result of a medication overdose in an Oregon hospital following a surgical procedure. When the man developed ventricular fibrillation f[...]

Naval Hospital Jacksonville Sued For Medical Malpractice For Brain Injury During Colonoscopy

August 1, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed on July 21, 2015 in the U.S. District Court in Florida alleges that the medical negligence of the medical personnel involved with a retired Navy Chief’s colonoscopy and endoscopy performed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville (Florida) led to his severe [...]

Anesthesiologist Who Bad-Mouthed Sedated Patient Held Accountable By Jury Verdict

June 27, 2015

A patient who was scheduled to undergo a colonoscopy decided that he would record the gastroenterologist’s post-procedure instructions so that he would not forget what was told to him. The patient therefore pressed record on his smartphone’s audio recorder. What the patient did not know[...]

Were Medical Records Altered In Recently Settled Florida Medical Malpractice Case?

April 29, 2015

A Florida medical malpractice case that went to trial earlier this month and was settled after the parties’ closing arguments to the jury alleged that critical medical records had been altered after surgery in an effort to bolster the defense. A woman undergoing a hysterectomy in 2011 suff[...]

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