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New Mexico Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Prisoner Alleging EMTALA Claim

October 2, 2025

Plaintiff suffered a stroke while in custody. He asserts that Defendants were negligent or failed to provide adequate medical care, which includes failing to identify and treat his stroke. On May 16, 2019, while detained pretrial at Curry County Detention Center, Plaintiff was seen by Wellpath nurse[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Involving 3-Week-Old

September 17, 2025

Plaintiffs sued two hospitals, several doctors, and other medical personnel after the death of their three-week old son, alleging that defendants failed to properly evaluate, test, and treat their infant son during two emergency department visits, resulting in his death from dehydration and an undia[...]

Michigan Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Against Hospital Alleging Ostensible Agency

August 27, 2025

The Michigan Supreme Court had stated in a prior case: “when a patient presents for treatment at a hospital emergency room and is treated during their hospital stay by a doctor with whom they have no prior relationship, a belief that the doctor is the hospital’s agent is reasonable unless th[...]

$5.6M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputated Leg

July 31, 2025

In early June 2025, a New York medical malpractice jury awarded a 75-year-old man, who exercised and swam regularly, $5.6 million for his leg amputation that was required due to a hospital emergency room visit on June 6, 2018, which he alleged was entirely preventable, according to his New York medi[...]

$43.3M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Emergency Room Care

July 26, 2025

On April 10, 2025, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $43,330,947.34 in favor of the Estate of Anna Wyrwal. Anna is a 32-year-old woman who is in a permanent state of unresponsiveness following negligent hospital emergency room care that occurred in May 2020. An[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital For 2-Year-Old’s Death Due To Delayed Treatment Of Allergic Reaction To Fire Ant Bites

May 27, 2025

On April 4, 2025, a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the estate of a two-year-old, and her grieving parents, alleging that medical malpractice that occurred in an emergency department of a local hospital led to the unnecessary death of the young child. The lawsuit alle[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For 28-Year-Old’s Death From Misdiagnosed Aortic Dissection

May 7, 2025

A 28-year-old man went to the emergency room of an Illinois hospital on April 27, 2023 with complaints of chest pain, blurred vision, dizziness, lightheadedness, and difficulty breathing. He told the medical staff that his symptoms began two days prior, that he started vomiting the day before his ER[...]

$75M Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed For 32-Year-Old With Locked-In Syndrome Due To Misdiagnosis Of Brainstem Stroke Following Chiropractic Treatment

May 2, 2025

At around 4:20 p.m. on October 26, 2015, 32-year-old Jonathan Buckelew arrived by ambulance to the emergency department of North Fulton Hospital after he experienced seizure-like activity and became unresponsive during a chiropractic neck adjustment. Although the hospital was a primary stroke center[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Allegedly Failed To Properly Diagnose Patient’s Impending Stroke

April 3, 2025

Fifty-five-year-old David Rimsek was rushed to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in mid-January 2025 because he was having a right-sided sharp headache, pain that would not go away, nausea, vomiting, and left-sided tingling. Penn Highlands Mon Valley is a designated primary stroke center, advertisi[...]

California Appellate Court Addresses Expert Qualifications In Emergency Department Malpractice Claims Against Remote Physicians

February 21, 2025

At 2:07 a.m. on October 11, 2020, three-year-old Charlie L. (plaintiff) was brought by his mother to the emergency department at PIH Health Hospital-Whittier for abdominal pain. Plaintiff had been in and out of hospitals for conditions related to a malrotated bowel he had at birth, for which he had [...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms $28M Medical Malpractice Judgment

February 18, 2025

In its opinion dated January 3, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a $20 million medical malpractice verdict, which was increased to a total judgment in the amount of $28,870,400 after prejudgment interest was applied to the verdict, stating, “We discern no abuse of discre[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Applies Specific Personal Jurisdiction To Keep Medical Malpractice Case In Minnesota Court

February 7, 2025

There are two types of personal jurisdiction: general personal jurisdiction and specific personal jurisdiction. General personal jurisdiction relates to contacts unrelated to the litigation including domicile or continuous and systemic contacts with the forum state. Specific personal jurisdiction fo[...]

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