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$100K Maryland Bed Bug Verdict

September 27, 2015

A Maryland jury recently returned a verdict in the amount of $100,000 in favor of a woman who spent a night in a Maryland hotel after which she awoke to find swollen welts over her arms and hands as a result of bed bug bites. After a two-day trial, the jury returned its verdict on September 15, 2[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Cited For Harm To Three Former Mental Hospital Patients

September 26, 2015

Iowa officials decided on a cost-savings measure that closed a mental hospital and transferred five patients to a below-average rated Iowa nursing home for care. The relocation of the patients from the mental hospital to the nursing home resulted in the reduction of daily costs per patient [...]

Oregon Nurse Receives $3M Verdict Against Hospital Where She Had Worked

September 25, 2015

On September 18, 2015, at the conclusion of a jury trial that lasted nearly two weeks, an Oregon jury returned its verdict in favor of an Oregon nurse who had filed suit against the hospital system where she had formerly worked, alleging that the hospital system cut corners to save money that thr[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Following Discectomy

September 24, 2015

A Minnesota medical malpractice trial that began on September 15, 2015 involves the death of a 44-year-old former Minnesota police officer who died on March 27, 2014 following a discectomy and disc fusion surgery that was performed on March 20, 2014. The Minnesota medical malpractice wrongful deat[...]

New Study Of Diagnostic Errors Found That They Are Persistent And Cause Patient Harm

September 23, 2015

In a study published on September 22, 2015 by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled, Improving Diagnosis In Health Care, the study’s authors concluded that diagnostic errors (inadequate or delayed diagnoses) “persist throughout all settings of care and [...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Patient Died While Hospital Sought Payment Information

September 22, 2015

On September 11, 2015, a Texas medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed by a young man’s family, alleging that his death was the result of a Texas hospital delaying life-saving treatment while the Houston-area hospital sought to establish who would pay for his medical care. The man[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Statute Of Limitations For Nursing Home Claims

September 21, 2015

In its opinion released on August 20, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) addressed the various statute of limitations periods applicable to various claims arising out of nursing home care. In particular, the Kentucky Supreme Court analyzed the statute of limi[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyer Withdraws From Erb’s Palsy Case After He Becomes A Judge

September 20, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawyer, who had previously retired from being a judge in Illinois, recently had to withdraw from an Erb’s palsy medical malpractice case that he had filed on behalf of his clients on February 20, 2015. The reason for his withdrawal? He became a judge once again.[...]

Indiana Nursing Home Accused Of Neglect Leading To Veteran’s Death

September 19, 2015

The family of a 43-year-old Navy veteran is accusing an Indiana nursing home of serious nursing home neglect that led to the death of the veteran on October 11, 2014 as a result of sepsis and cardiac arrest caused by the failure of the nursing home to properly provide wound care over an extended pe[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Use Of Internet Web Pages In Medical Malpractice Case

September 18, 2015

In its decision filed on September 10, 2015, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided whether certain materials obtained from the Internet qualify as published treatises, periodicals, or the like within the meaning of the “learned treatise” exception to the hearsay rule in a Ma[...]

$3.5M Georgia Negligence Verdict For Patient’s Death After Calls To Doctor Were Not Returned

September 17, 2015

On July 31, 2015, a Georgia jury returned a verdict in the amount of $3.5 million in favor of the widow of a 39-year-old man who died from pneumonia following neck surgery, as a result of the negligent failure of the receptionist at the neurosurgeon’s office to forward to the doctor the[...]

California Nursing Home Sued Twice In 2015 For Deaths Of Two Residents

September 16, 2015

A California nursing home has been sued twice this year for alleged nursing home negligence leading to the deaths of two residents. The first nursing home wrongful death case was filed on July 31, 2015, after the nursing home death of a 69-year-old man, and the second nursing home wrongful death law[...]

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