Federal Malpractice Claims Archives - Page 6 of 12

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Will Remain In Federal Court

February 27, 2016

Two Kuwaiti medical malpractice plaintiffs who filed a medical malpractice case in Maryland state court against The Johns Hopkins Hospital and related entities, all of whom are Maryland defendants, loss their bid to have their Maryland medical malpractice case remanded to Maryland state court af[...]

New Jersey Psychiatric Hospital Sued For Abuse

December 26, 2015

The parents of a 17-year-old incapacitated woman who is an inpatient in a New Jersey state-run psychiatric hospital have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the psychiatric hospital and some of its employees, alleging that the civil rights of their daughter were violated by their numerous ac[...]

$11M Verdict For Wright Medical’s Conserve Hip Implant Claim

December 17, 2015

On November 24, 2015, a federal jury in Georgia returned its verdict in the amount of $11 million ($1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages) against Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (“Wright”) involving its Conserve hip replacement system, after a two-week[...]

Olympus Sued For Alleged Defectively Designed Duodenoscope Leading To Patient’s Death

December 4, 2015

On November 20, 2015, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Olympus America, Olympus Medical Systems Corp., and Custom Ultrasonics, alleging that the Olympus TJF-Q180V (“Olympus 180”) duodenoscope was defectively [...]

Zofran Lawsuit Alleges Serious Birth Defects

November 12, 2015

On September 29, 2015, a federal lawsuit was filed in California by the parents of a child born with a serious heart defect that they contend was caused by the mother’s off-label use of Zofran that was prescribed by her doctor for nausea during her pregnancy. The defendant is GlaxoSmithKline [...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Naval Hospital Malpractice Led To Birth Injury

October 15, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in late September 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, naming the United States as the defendant pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the negligent medical care received by the plaintiff during her [...]

Man Indicted For Allegedly Injecting Silicone Into Women’s Buttocks In Maryland

August 11, 2015

On August 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a nine-count indictment against a 44-year-old man, who was not a physician and was not otherwise licensed as a medical professional in Maryland, for allegedly obtaining and selling food grade liquid silicone from a company in Pennsylvan[...]

Maryland Whistleblower Will Receive $2.2M From $13.5M False Claims Settlement

August 6, 2015

A former Maryland sales agent for a medical device manufacturer will receive $2.2 million from the $13.5 million False Claims Act settlement recently reached between the U.S. government and the medical device manufacturer. The former sales agent had filed a federal lawsuit under the False Claims [...]

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

July 25, 2015

On July 15, 2015, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the exclusion from strict liability for prescription drug claims should also apply to prescription medical device claims. Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet to a[...]

$125K Federal Medical Malpractice Settlement For 7-Year-Old’s Amputated Thumb

June 7, 2015

The United States government has agreed to settle a federal medical malpractice case filed for the loss of a 7-year-old’s left thumb in 2011, allegedly as a result of medical malpractice at an acute care clinic run by the U.S. Navy. The little girl’s thumb had to amputated after her [...]

$100M Delaware Vaginal Mesh Verdict

June 4, 2015

On May 28, 2015, a Delaware jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $100 million ($25 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages) against Boston Scientific Corporation, the manufacturer of the transvaginal mesh that was implanted in the plaintif[...]

Alabama Federal Lawsuit Claims Zofran Caused Child’s Birth Defects

May 17, 2015

A defective drug lawsuit filed on April 1, 2015 in federal court in Alabama claims that a child’s multiple birth defects were caused by his mother’s use of Zofran during her pregnancy, which was prescribed by her doctor to treat her nausea during her pregnancy. Zofran, a prescriptio[...]

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