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Indiana Inmate Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Ruled Untimely

May 28, 2015

In its decision filed on May 26, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant health care providers in a medical malpractice wrongful death case filed on behalf of an Indiana prison inmate who died allegedly due to medica[...]

Puerto Rico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth Trauma

May 27, 2015

The parents of a baby who suffered trauma during her birth and later died, allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred during labor, delivery, and shortly after her birth, have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Puerto Rico hospital where the birth took place on July 4[...]

$2.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Abdominal Surgery

May 26, 2015

A 73-year-old man won his Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the defendant hospital for the alleged negligence of a surgeon who allegedly perforated his colon during abdominal surgery and failed to discover the perforation and/or to timely respond to his symptoms that indicated a p[...]

$6.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 2-Year-Old

May 25, 2015

On May 20, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned a plaintiffs’ verdict in the amount of $6.2 million, after almost four weeks of trial, against the defendants pediatric surgeons, hospital, and health care systems arising out of the death of a two-year-old child in 2009. The[...]

Florida Supreme Court: Medical Malpractice Cap Does Not Apply Retroactively

May 24, 2015

In its decision dated May 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that Florida’s cap on noneconomic damages in Florida medical malpractice cases does not apply to a cause of action that arose before the cap became effective on September 15, 2013. The[...]

Indiana Nursing Home Resident Died With Objects Down His Throat And Up His Rectum

May 23, 2015

On May 14, 2015, a 72-year-old resident of an Indiana nursing home was found unresponsive in the nursing home dining room and later died at a local hospital. The mentally ill resident was found to have latex gloves shoved down his throat and eyeglasses and a toothbrush jammed up his rectum. The dea[...]

$7.65M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

May 22, 2015

On May 19, 2015, a Maine medical malpractice jury found in favor of the husband and wife plaintiffs and against the defendant hospital, determining that the 63-year-old wife was entitled to $5.65 million in damages for her cancer misdiagnosis (the failure to timely diagnose cervical cancer) and th[...]

New Analysis Of CMS’ Nursing Home Compare Website Data

May 21, 2015

There are over 15,500 nursing homes in the United States that are certified to provide care to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (92% of the nursing homes are certified by both), which provide care for approximately 1.3 million residents every day. Seventy-percent of those nursing homes are for-p[...]

$23M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

May 20, 2015

On April 24, 2015, after a three-week trial, a Florida medical malpractice jury in Charlotte County awarded the plaintiff $23 million for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by her newborn baby girl, who was born extremely premature. The child suffered cerebral palsy as a result of her b[...]

$430,000 New York Dental Malpractice Verdict Set Aside On Appeal

May 19, 2015

By its decision rendered on May 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“Appellate Court”) reversed a jury’s verdict in the amount of $430,000 in favor of a dental patient in a New York dental malpractice case, finding tha[...]

Phoenix VA Medical Center Sued For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Suicide

May 18, 2015

A federal medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Phoenix VA Medical Center was filed on April 30, 2015 by the widow of an Army veteran who committed suicide three days after being advised that his colon cancer had metastasized to his lungs and that his condition was terminal. The da[...]

Alabama Federal Lawsuit Claims Zofran Caused Child’s Birth Defects

May 17, 2015

A defective drug lawsuit filed on April 1, 2015 in federal court in Alabama claims that a child’s multiple birth defects were caused by his mother’s use of Zofran during her pregnancy, which was prescribed by her doctor to treat her nausea during her pregnancy. Zofran, a prescriptio[...]

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