Minnesota Inmate Died Due To Medical Negligence
January 12, 2014
A Minnesota inmate approaching the end of his four-month incarceration due to his parole violation died as a result of medical negligence, according to a federal medical malpractice lawsuit filed by his family on January 3, 2014. The inmate had sought medical care at the prison on five occasions [...]
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Federal Medical Malpractice Cases (Part One)
December 18, 2013
Medical malpractice cases may be filed in the federal courts in the United States if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount in controversy is greater than $75,000.00, or if the case gives rise to a federal question (which depends upon who provided the medical care at[...]
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Maryland Federal Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
December 15, 2013
On November 22, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland rendered it verdict in favor of a Maryland neurosurgeon whom the plaintiff alleged had negligently performed spinal surgery on her. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on November 16, 2011 by the West Virginia plainti[...]
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Who Employs The Doctor Who Treats You In The Hospital?
November 27, 2013
When you go to the hospital to receive medical care for an acute or chronic condition, you often do not have a choice of the doctors who will treat you. When you arrive at the hospital emergency room, you probably have never been treated in the past by the doctor who treats you and you probably h[...]
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Missouri Veteran Receives $8.3M Settlement For VA Malpractice
November 21, 2013
A retired 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran and long-time postal worker from St. Louis, Missouri had a cardiac stent implanted at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri during February 2009, after he experienced chest pain. The stent was implanted by using a catheter inserted t[...]
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Gynecologist
November 19, 2013
On November 14, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Oregon found that a gynecologist negligently treated his patient by wrongfully removing her healthy ovary during robotic surgery for pelvic pain, and left a foreign object in her body after the surgical robot allegedly malfunctioned, whi[...]
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