Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 5 of 22

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Teen Died After Fourth Trip To ER Over Several Days

January 13, 2024

The parents of a 16-year-old high school student allege in their Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that Henry Farmer V was taken to the ER of Stanford Hospital on April 8, 2022, for a persistent dry cough lasting for at least 45 minutes. He was provided humidified air, which app[...]

$5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Breathing Tube Placed In Esophagus Instead Of Trachea, Leading To Death

January 5, 2024

A 50-year-old man was rescued from a fire in his trailer. He was unconscious for an unknown period of time when he was rescued, but he did regain consciousness at the scene. The man was transported from the scene to Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Emporia, Virginia, where he was diagnos[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges More Than Four-Hour Delay Led To Death In ER Lobby

December 29, 2023

On October 16, 2023, a Washington medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the King County Superior Court, alleging that defendant Providence Regional Medical Center was negligent by allowing a 41-year-old mother of three to wait in the emergency room lobby for more than four hours on[...]

Despite Man’s 53-Hour Erection, ER Doctor Cleared Of Malpractice

December 21, 2023

A man who claimed that he suffered loss of sexual function after suffering an erection that lasted 53 hours filed a Virginia medical malpractice case against an emergency room physician whom he claimed breached the standard of care in failing to properly and timely diagnose and treat his severe test[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Against Emergency Department Trainees

October 14, 2023

Patients brought to hospital emergency departments are often unable to choose the medical staff that will treat them. In true emergency situations, it is unrealistic to assume that a patient or the family who arrives with the patient will be able to ask questions regarding the qualifications and exp[...]

Lawsuit Alleges Physician Responsible For Husband's Death

$7.25M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Undiagnosed Aortic Dissection In Hospital

August 22, 2023

$7.25M Settlement For Death Due To Undiagnosed Aortic Dissection: Shortly before a Pennsylvania medical malpractice trial was scheduled to begin on June 12, 2023, the family of a 32-year-old woman who died from an undiagnosed aortic dissection while in the hospital settled the case, with the family [...]

$29 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Aortic Aneurysm

May 12, 2023

$29 Million Verdict For Missed Aortic Aneurysm: Following a two-week trial in the Essex Superior Court in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded the estate of a 48-year-old man and his two daughters, ages 12 and 18 at the time of his death, $29 million for the m[...]

$4.2M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

April 30, 2023

$4.2M Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: On March 15, 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiff $4,196,126 for the serious and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of the defendants failure to diagnose and properly treat her aneurysm that led to a subarachnoid hem[...]

$1.6M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed

April 8, 2023

$1.6M Malpractice Verdict Affirmed: The Court of Appeals of Virginia (“Virginia Appellate Court”) upheld a $1.6 million medical malpractice verdict against an emergency room physician in its Memorandum Opinion dated February 7, 2023. The plaintiff had suffered a traumatic brain injury (T[...]

$20 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Blood Clot Leading To Amputation

April 3, 2023

$20 Million Verdict For Missed Clot Leading To Amputation: A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $20 million for the avoidable amputation of his left leg above his knee due to DVT not being timely diagnosed. The verdict was rendered [...]

$13.5M Idaho Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Stroke In Hospital ER

April 2, 2023

$13.5M Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Stroke: Earlier this year, an Ada County, Idaho medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $13.5 million (the second largest Idaho medical malpractice jury verdict) against Emergency Medicine of Idaho LLC and one of its physicians for the allege[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Supervising Physician In Hospital May Have Established Physician-Patient Relationship With ED Patient

March 3, 2023

Physician Established Physician-Patient Relationship: In its December 30, 2022 Opinion, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated: “Plaintiff argues that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether Dr. Collins owed a[...]

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