Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 15 of 22

$7.7M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Pulmonary Embolism

June 6, 2016

On May 20, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the estate of a 50-year-old woman who died due to undiagnosed and untreated pulmonary emboli after being negligently treated by the defendant doctor at the defendant hospital. The Philadelphia medical malpracti[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Evidence Of Negligence Of Subsequent Treating Physicians

June 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 31, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was not error for the trial court to admit evidence pertaining to the negligence of subsequent treating physi[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Missed Hernia Led To Man’s Death

May 27, 2016

A medical malpractice case filed against a Pennsylvania hospital and others alleges that the negligent failure of at least five doctors to properly assess the medical condition of a man who came to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of constipation and abdominal pain led to his death ni[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Puts Its Profits Above Patients’ Health

May 13, 2016

In a Florida medical malpractice case filed on April 21, 2016, the father of a 31-year-old woman who died as a result of a heart attack that she suffered while in the emergency room of the defendant hospital alleges that the hospital put its profits above the health of his daughter by failing to[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Punitive Damages Award In Medical Malpractice Case

May 10, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) affirmed the $1.45 million punitive damages award against the defendant hospital in a Kentucky medical malpractice case, finding that the hospital’s offensive conduct exhibited a gross in[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Informed Consent Doctrine Applies To Nonsurgical/Noninvasive Medical Treatment

May 7, 2016

In the case it was deciding, the plaintiff had swallowed a small nail on June 1, 2009 and went to a hospital’s emergency room where the defendant ER physician examined her and ordered an X-ray that showed a foreign body in her stomach, just below her diaphragm. The plaintiff was discharged wi[...]

California Hospital Settles Patient Dumping Claim

May 1, 2016

A Los Angeles, California hospital has reached a $450,000 settlement with the City of Los Angeles over allegations that it engaged in patient dumping when it released a homeless man and gave him a bus token in December 2014 after he was treated for a severe infection of his foot, and failed to pro[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Returns Compromised Verdict For The Plaintiff

April 12, 2016

The members of a Georgia medical malpractice jury apparently could not all agree whether to find for the plaintiff or the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice case, and therefore returned its verdict on February 29, 2016, after a nine-day trial and two days of deliberations, in favor of the[...]

New York City Hospitals Settled 221 Medical Malpractice Cases For $124M In 2015

March 30, 2016

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (“HHC”) reportedly settled 221 medical malpractice lawsuits in 2015 for a total of $124 million in payouts, which was down from $133 million that was paid out in 2014 to settle medical malpractice claims. However, the total number of new med[...]

Florida Woman Died After Hospital Called Police To Remove Her From The ER

February 9, 2016

On December 21, 2015, a 57-year-old Florida woman went to the local hospital emergency room, complaining of abdominal pain. When the hospital staff attempted to discharge her from the ER, she complained that she was having trouble breathing. Instead of evaluating the woman’s breathing compla[...]

Illinois $4.7M Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld On Appeal Based On Apparent Agency

February 8, 2016

By its decision filed on December 31, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial Circuit Second District (“Appellate Court”) upheld the $4.7 million verdict against the defendant hospital despite the defendant hospital arguing that it could not be held liable for the alleged me[...]

$950K Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Misdiagnosis Of Cardiac Condition

January 17, 2016

Ford County, Illinois is known as a very conservative jurisdiction for medical malpractice cases but on December 11, 2015, a Ford County medical malpractice jury took just four hours of deliberations to award $950,000 in compensatory damages to the family of a 73-year-old man who died as a result of[...]

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