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$1.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Tonsillectomy Resulting In Loss Of Sense Of Taste

June 21, 2015

On May 7, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.5 million after a three-day trial, for a restaurant owner’s loss of his sense of taste following a tonsillectomy. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, had sued the oral sur[...]

California Jury Awards $4.5M For Defective Hip Implant

June 20, 2015

On June 12, 2015, after an eight-day trial, a 12-member California jury deliberated for more than a day before it awarded the plaintiffs $4.5 million in compensatory damages after finding that the manufacturer of a hip implant, Wright Medical Technology Inc., defectively designed the hip prosthesis[...]

California Appellate Court Refuses To Overturn MICRA Cap

June 19, 2015

In its decision filed on June 9, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District (“Appellate Court”) refused to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reduced a California medical malpractice jury’s verdict for noneconomic damages from $1 million t[...]

Alabama State Senator/Doctor Named In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

June 18, 2015

An Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on June 12, 2015 against an Alabama physician who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in November 2014. The Alabama medical malpractice plaintiffs allege that the defendant physician had negligently failed to instruct and insure that the other d[...]

$1.57M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Perforated Bowel During Laparoscopic Surgery

June 17, 2015

On June 11, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.57 million in favor of the plaintiff and against a gynecological surgeon and his medical practice. The verdict included $474,477.00 for the plaintiff’s past medical expenses and $1.1 million for her p[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Teenager’s Required Heart Transplant

June 16, 2015

On May 8, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on behalf of a now 16-year-old former student athlete who was required to have a heart transplant, and may need further heart transplants in the future, allegedly due to the negligent failure of [...]

New York Legislature Considers Date Of Discovery Rule In Medical Malpractice Cases

June 15, 2015

New York is one of the few U.S. states where the medical malpractice statute of limitations begins to run from the date of the alleged negligent act or omission rather than from the date that the patient discovered the medical malpractice or a reasonable person should have discovered the medica[...]

$4.5M Connecticut Dental Malpractice Verdict For Botched Root Canal

June 14, 2015

A Connecticut dental malpractice jury has awarded $4.5 million to a 42-year-old woman who had a root canal procedure performed on her by the defendant dentist on March 15, 2011 that left her with pain at all times: pain when she is eating, pain while she is sleeping, and pain when she is doing noth[...]

$600K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Untreated Surgical Complications

June 13, 2015

When the 72-year-old wife, mother of six, and grandmother went in for surgery on February 23, 2010 for a subtotal colectomy with an ileorectal anastomosis to treat her five-year history of diverticulosis, neither she nor her family could have imagined that she would die sixteen days later from surg[...]

Connecticut Physician Denied Maine Medical License Due To Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

June 12, 2015

A Connecticut physician who had applied for a permanent Maine medical license has been denied his request due to four claims of alleged sexual misconduct with former patients in Maine who have filed lawsuits against the physician. The physician, who is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabil[...]

New Jersey VA Nursing Home Choking Death Case Settled For $1.4M

June 11, 2015

An 85-year-old World War II Navy veteran who was a resident of a nursing home operated by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs choked to death on June 10, 2012 after he was brought breakfast and left alone to eat, which was contrary to his care plan that required that he recei[...]

California College Athlete Awarded $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 10, 2015

On June 2, 2015, a now 25-year-old former college athlete in California received a verdict in the amount of $1,045,000 that included $285,000 for her past lost earnings, $730,000 for her future loss of earnings claim, and $30,000 for her past and future pain and suffering claim. After the Californi[...]

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