Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 6 of 22

$10.2M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital

February 15, 2023

$10.2M Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital: On December 9, 2022, a Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (wife and husband) in the amount of $10.2 million against a hospital for the delay in proper medical treatment that led to the wife suffering permanent p[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $5 Million For Walk-In Clinic Negligence

February 8, 2023

Jury Awards $5 Million For Walk-In Clinic Negligence: In September 2022, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a now 32-year-old man $7 million, which the jury then reduced to $5 million due to the man’s own negligence that contributed to his injuries, against a hospital and an emergency ph[...]

Study Suggests Emergency Department Physicians Fear Harming Patients More Than Being Sued For Malpractice

January 28, 2023

ER Physicians Fear Harming Patients: A common refrain from medical malpractice “reform” advocates who want to place barriers to medical malpractice victims being compensated for the harms they suffered is that emergency department medical staff order unnecessary medical tests, often refe[...]

$1.3 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection

January 7, 2023

$1.3 Million Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection: On October 7, 2022, a Berks County Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found that Reading Hospital was medically negligent in treating the plaintiff, Kathryn Dailey, when she arrived at the hospital in October 2016, complaining of sym[...]

New Study Finds Incorrect Diagnoses In U.S. Emergency Departments Harm 2.6 Million Patients Annually

December 16, 2022

A report issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality dated December 15, 2022 entitled “Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review” found: About 5.7% of patients seen in the emergency department (“ED”) receive an incorrect diagnosis with ab[...]

23-Year-Old Died At Yale-New Haven Hospital After Being Left Alone In The Emergency Room For Over 7 hours

November 16, 2022

23-Year-Old Dead After Being Left Alone In The Emergency Room: A recently filed Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 23-year-old man who was left alone and not checked on by medical staff during his seven hour stay in the emergency department of Yale-New Ha[...]

Florida Appellate Court Holds Hospital May Be Held Liable For Alleged Negligence Of Independent Emergency Room Physicians

November 3, 2022

Hospital Liable For Negligence Of Independent Physicians: After Latisha Gradia went into cardiac arrest at her home in 2021, she was transported by ambulance and arrived comatose to Santa Rosa Medical Center (SRMC). After several hours in the emergency department at SRMC, Gradia’s treating physici[...]

$75 Million Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist And ER Physician For Locked-In Syndrome

October 26, 2022

$75 Million Verdict For Locked-In Syndrome: Earlier this month, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a medical malpractice plaintiff who suffered locked-in syndrome due to the medical negligence of the ER physician and a radiologist who failed to timely diagnose his br[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Rejects Contract Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

September 14, 2022

In its decision dated February 1, 2022, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) stated in a New Jersey medical malpractice case on appeal: “There is no question but that the contracts obligated Middlesex, Joshi and Borja to render service[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Iowa Pays $7.5M To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim Against University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics

July 17, 2022

Iowa Pays $7.5M To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim: On July 11, 2022, Iowa agreed to pay a 41-year-old man $7.5 million to settle his medical malpractice claims against University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (“UIHC”) after he suffered ongoing major neurological deficits, including spe[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff Failed To Show Compensable Damages In Delayed Diagnosis Of Pancreatic Cancer Medical Malpractice Case

July 6, 2022

Court Affirms Plaintiff Failed to Show Compensable Damages in Cancer Case: On May 26, 2015, Mr. Dean, age 54, presented at the Garrett County Memorial Hospital’s emergency room complaining of abdominal pain, back pain, and nausea. The emergency room physicians performed several diagnostic procedur[...]

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Defense Summary Judgment In Hospital Malpractice Case Involving Death Of Two-Year-Old

June 29, 2022

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division Three (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on April 21, 2022 in a medical malpractice case involving the death of a two-year-old: “The Pittmans have produced ample evidence to overcome summary [...]

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