Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 13 of 22

Arkansas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

April 30, 2017

In its opinion delivered on March 29, 2017, the Arkansas Court of Appeals “(Appellate Court”) ruled that there was no error committed by the trial judge during a medical malpractice jury trial, and therefore affirmed the jury’s defense verdict. The Arkansas medical malpractice [...]

New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Doctors Failed To Diagnose Pill Lodged In Patient’s Throat, Leading to Death

April 29, 2017

A recently filed New Hampshire medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the multiple defendant doctors failed to diagnose that an 80-year-old woman had a pill lodged in her throat despite numerous visits to her medical providers, allowing the pill to burn a hole into her pulmonary artery, causing[...]

$600K California Medical Malpractice Settlement For Flesh Eating Bacteria Death

April 21, 2017

In February 2017, a Santa Barbara, California hospital reportedly settled a California medical malpractice wrongful death claim by paying $600,000 to the family of a 43-year-old woman who died five years ago as a result of necrotizing fasciitis (better known as flesh eating bacteria) that the hospit[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Rejects Hospital Liability For Apparent Agency In Medical Malpractice Case

April 5, 2017

In its unreported opinion filed on March 21, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) rejected the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that two of the named defendants could be held liable for the death of the decedent (one defendant[...]

$13.75M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Triple Amputations

March 26, 2017

A 54-year-old South Carolina woman obtained a $13.75 million verdict on February 28, 2017 that was rendered by a South Carolina medical malpractice jury that included $10 million in economic damages and $3.75 million for her noneconomic losses as a result of having both of her legs amputated above t[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $11.3M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Toddler’s Meningitis

March 9, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 28, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgment in the amount of $11,391,640.08 that was entered in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff, who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on her own behalf a[...]

$45M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Child Abuse

February 27, 2017

On February 17, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury awarded a now 12-year-old child $45 million against two emergency room physicians for their failure to diagnose his femur fracture in the then 2-month-old infant that was caused by physical abuse by his father. The New Jersey medical malpra[...]

New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case Alleges 13-Year-Old Died From Undiagnosed Brain Tumor

February 8, 2017

A New Hampshire medical malpractice lawsuit filed on January 17, 2017 against a New Hampshire hospital, three physicians, and other health care providers allege that the plaintiffs’ 13-year-old daughter died on May 7, 2016 after being removed from life support after suffering irreversible[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Whether ER Physicians Were Independent Contractors

February 6, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Appellate Court”) analyzed whether two emergency room physicians who had treated the plaintiff were agents or employees of the hospital or were independent contractors for whom the hospital would not be liable [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Defendant’s Refreshed Recollection At Trial

February 4, 2017

In an unpublished opinion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) dated January 24, 2017, the Appellate Court affirmed the Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the defendant emergency room physician, finding that the defendant’s refres[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Mental Health Malpractice Case To Proceed

February 1, 2017

In its decision filed on January 17, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s mental health medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff had sufficiently pled gross negligence in her Pennsylvania mental health malpractice co[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Case Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led To Quadriplegia

January 29, 2017

A Missouri medical malpractice case has been filed on behalf of a man and his wife, alleging that the defendant hospital and defendant physician negligently failed to properly diagnose the man when he was treated in the defendant hospital’s emergency room, which resulted in him developing perm[...]

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