Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 19 of 22

Alabama $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Heart Attack Misdiagnosed As Stomach Virus

August 24, 2014

On August 19, 2014, after a seven day trial, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $4 million. The medical malpractice defendant was the emergency room physician who had treated the 40-year-old man in the hospital’s emergency room,[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Negligent ER Care, Misleading Advertising

August 23, 2014

A Kentucky man has filed a medical malpractice case against a Kentucky hospital, alleging that the care he received in its emergency department by a nurse practitioner was negligent, causing him serious injuries, and further alleging that the hospital violated the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act, [...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led to Death

August 21, 2014

On June 23, 2014, a Louisiana mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a local hospital and two physicians, alleging that the misdiagnosis of her daughter led to her untimely death. The plaintiff seeks in her wrongful death lawsuit unspecified compensatory damages that include funeral expe[...]

Alabama Hospital Sued Twice Last Week For Medical Malpractice

July 24, 2014

An Alabama hospital had a bad week last week: it was named as a medical malpractice defendant in two separate cases filed on behalf of two men who had been shot and allegedly suffered injuries as a result of medical negligence at the hospital. One of the men died from his wounds (his family alleges [...]

Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict

July 9, 2014

A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]

$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man

July 8, 2014

On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]

$5.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Knee Injury Leading To Amputation

May 30, 2014

On May 23, 2014, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in Baltimore City awarded more than $5.2 million to a security guard whose knee injury was misdiagnosed by an emergency room physician and a physician’s assistant, ultimately leading to an above-the-knee amputation. While the jury was delibe[...]

$3.7M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Vacated; Retrial Results In Defense Verdict

May 7, 2014

In May 2011, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff in the amount of $3,767,792. However, the trial judge granted the defendants’ post-trial motion and vacated the jury’s verdict in September 2011. The second trial commence[...]

California Appeals Court Allows Claim That Patient Froze To Death In Hospital Morgue

April 7, 2014

On April 2, 2014, the Court of Appeals of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Four (“Appeals Court”) reinstated claims against a California hospital by the relatives of a woman who allegedly was declared dead by the defendant hospital’s medical staff but la[...]

$1.6 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 48-Year-Old Man

April 6, 2014

On March 28, 2014, after a three-week trial and 10 hours of jury deliberations over the course of two days, a Peoria, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded $1.6 million to the surviving wife and children of a 48-year-old man who went to a hospital emergency department in September 2009 at whic[...]

Chicago Hospital To Pay $17M Now For Medical Malpractice In 2003

March 20, 2014

On September 6, 2003, a 13-year-old boy was brought to a Chicago hospital’s emergency room due to a fever and generally not feeling well. Significantly, the boy had a prior history of bacterial endocarditis in 1996 (bacterial endocarditis is a serious and sometimes fatal condition where ther[...]

Massachusetts Emergency Room Malpractice Results In $2.925M Verdict

March 15, 2014

On March 3, 2014, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $2.925 million to the mother of a 23-year-old man who died as a result of alleged misdiagnosis in a hospital emergency room. The verdict was reached after five days of trial. The medical malpractice defendant was the emergency room [...]

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