Federal Medical Malpractice Claims Archives - Page 13 of 18

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ORIF On Wrong Bone In Foot

June 8, 2015

Imagine going to the hospital for surgery on a particular bone in your foot, and when you awake from surgery, the surgeon performed surgery on the wrong bone. That is what a Navy veteran is claiming that happened to him, in his VA medical malpractice lawsuit filed under the provisions of the Federa[...]

$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 [...]

Former U.S. Congressman Plans To File Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

May 31, 2015

Former U.S. Congressman Steve LaTourette, a nine-term Republican Congressman from Ohio, has filed formal notice of his intention to proceed with a medical malpractice claim against the United States, alleging that Capitol Hill doctors negligently failed to inform him of the results of an MRI perfor[...]

Phoenix VA Medical Center Sued For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Suicide

May 18, 2015

A federal medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Phoenix VA Medical Center was filed on April 30, 2015 by the widow of an Army veteran who committed suicide three days after being advised that his colon cancer had metastasized to his lungs and that his condition was terminal. The da[...]

$9.4M Bariatric Surgery Malpractice Verdict

May 4, 2015

On April 29, 2015, a 52-year-old woman won her Illinois bariatric surgery malpractice lawsuit against two bariatric surgeons that was tried before a federal medical malpractice jury. The plaintiff alleged that medical negligence during her bariatric surgery led to her brain damage. She had previous[...]

Federal Judge Orders $21.4M Judgment In Favor Of The Plaintiff In VA Medical Malpractice Case

April 12, 2015

A federal judge in New Hampshire entered an order on April 3, 2015, finding in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff in his Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States for the negligent medical care he received at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manchester, New Ham[...]

Federal Appeals Court Affirms District Court’s Refusal To Amend Medical Malpractice Pretrial Order

March 11, 2015

In a federal appellate court decision filed on February 10, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the district court’s refusal to allow a medical malpractice defendant to amend a final pretrial order after the other medical malpractice defendants settled the c[...]

Maryland Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Filed In Federal Court

March 3, 2015

The mother and father of a newborn who was fatally injured due to alleged medical negligence during birth involving the negligent acts and omissions of a federally-supported health care clinic and a Public Health Service physician have filed a medical malpractice case in the U.S. District Court [...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Failure To Refer Settled

February 8, 2015

The U.S. government settled a VA medical malpractice case during January 2015 by agreeing to pay $900,000 in the pending federal tort claim lawsuit that alleged the negligent failure of a VA scheduler to timely arrange for a man who had melanoma to receive specialized care for his condition. [...]

VA Report On Outpatient Health Care Services

February 1, 2015

On January 12, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Office of Healthcare Inspections) issued a report regarding what it deems to be its review of selected patient care activities to determine whether the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Newborn’s Brachial Plexus Injury

January 18, 2015

A woman was 22 years old when she gave birth to her second child, a son, in June 2012 (her first baby was a girl, who was born healthy following a normal vaginal delivery). The woman’s second child suffered serious and permanent birth injuries as a result of alleged medical negligence dur[...]

Military Hospital Whistleblowers Face Unique Risks

December 29, 2014

In an article published in The New York Times on December 20, 2014, the professional and financial risks that military hospital whistleblowers are exposed to were highlighted and discussed. While whistleblowers at civilian hospitals in the United States face many of the same risks to their careers [...]

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