Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 22 of 22

Virginia $25 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $2 Million

February 19, 2013

On February 14, 2013, a Virginia medical malpractice jury awarded $25 million to a man whose cardiologist treated his serious heart condition with an over-the-counter medication and three months later he suffered a massive heart attack. The 37-year-old man had gone to the hospital in January, 201[...]

Catholic Hospital Defends Medical Malpractice Suit By Claiming Unborn Babies Are Not People

January 31, 2013

While Catholic doctrine establishes the belief that life begins at conception, a Catholic-based hospital in Colorado is defending a medical malpractice case against it and others by alleging and maintaining that unborn babies are not persons. That position would seem to contradict the Catholic [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Jury Verdict For Paralysis Leading To Death

January 23, 2013

On January 17, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction in Maryland returned a verdict in favor of the surviving daughter of a patient and the patient’s estate for the alleged unnecessary paralysis and subsequent death of a 77-year-old woman who had arrived at a hospita[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $390,000 Verdict For Misdiagnosed Stroke

January 12, 2013

On September 11, 2012, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) affirmed a judge’s verdict in the amount of $390,000 in favor of James Taylor, who was 57-years-old when he suffered a stroke that a physician in a hospital emergency room failed to timely [...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Reduces $10 Million Jury Award To $300,000 For Paralyzed Man

January 2, 2013

A 36-year-old man was left paralyzed from the chest down due to medical malpractice, as determined by a Colorado medical malpractice jury that awarded him $10 million for the noneconomic damages that he sustained as a result of medical negligence after a three-week trial. The total medical malprac[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse

December 20, 2012

On November 16, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division issued its opinion in an appeal of the August 13, 2010 orders dismissing medical malpractice claims of a minor against a hospital emergency room physician and the hospital itself. The medical malpractice lawsuit had alle[...]

Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Late-Diagnosed Perforated Bowel

December 14, 2012

On August 29, 2012, an Arizona medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.875 million in favor of the surviving family of a woman who died as a result of the late diagnosis of her bowel perforation. The woman had chronic Crohn’s disease (a form of inflammatory bowel dis[...]

3 Georgia Medical Malpractice Cases Against 1 Hospital For 3 Babies Who Died During 2 Month Period

December 10, 2012

Three medical malpractice wrongful death cases have been filed against one Georgia hospital for the deaths of three babies during a two-month period this past summer. The medical malpractice cases involve claims that physicians and other health care providers at South Fulton Medical Center fa[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Student’s Death

December 7, 2012

The parents of a 21-year-old engineering student who attended the University of Texas filed a medical malpractice wrongful death case last week against the University of Texas for their son’s death. They allege that their son died as a result of the failure of the University of Texas at Ar[...]

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim After Hospital Forces Removal Of Homeless Woman From ER To Jail

November 27, 2012

On September 21, 2011, a 29-year-old homeless woman in St. Louis, Missouri went to a hospital emergency room complaining of severe pain in her legs. The emergency room staff asked her to leave the emergency room even though the woman was complaining that her leg pain was so severe that she could not[...]

New Hampshire $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist

November 24, 2012

On November 15, 2012, a New Hampshire medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5 million against a radiologist who allegedly misread a CT scan that resulted in the patient suffering more severe effects from a stroke. The medical malpractice case took two weeks to try and the [...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Jury Considers Emergency Room Negligence Claim

October 10, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Iowa was unable to reach a decision in a medical malpractice case as of Monday, October 8, 2012. The jury deliberated for about three hours before being sent home and instructed to return to court on October 9, 2012 to continue with its deliberations. The medical malpra[...]

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