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Defense Verdict In West Virginia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

April 26, 2022

On February 18, 2022, a West Virginia Winchester Circuit Court jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant OBGYN doctor who was alleged to have been negligent in delivering a baby on December 1, 2015, during which the forceps-assisted delivery fractured the newborn’s facial bones and inj[...]

New York Lawsuit Alleges Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm

October 5, 2021

A recently filed New York medical malpractice case alleges that a New York fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate many patients. The plaintiff alleges that she learned through genetic testing that she has at least nine half-siblings. The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit was filed on[...]

$36.7M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For CMV In Donor Sperm Infecting Twins In Utero

July 19, 2021

In a 107-page Memorandum Of Decision dated June 28, 2021, a Connecticut Superior Court Judge awarded a husband and wife over $37.6 million in their Connecticut medical malpractice case filed against the State of Connecticut for medical negligence and lack of informed consent involving CMV-infected d[...]

Medical Malpractice Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against ICE Gynecologist

May 21, 2021

The Government Accountability Project has reported: “More than 40 women are a part of a medical malpractice class action lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Dr. Mahendra Amin, a gynecologist accused of medical abuse, and unwanted gynecological procedures at t[...]

Florida OB Loses Medical License After Death Of Mother Shortly After Giving Birth

May 6, 2021

It has been reported that 62-year-old Dr. Berto Lopez, 62, who had practiced obstetrics and gynecology in West Palm Beach, Florida for 38 years, had his medical license revoked after he was found liable for the death of Onystei Castillo-Lopeza, who bled to death after giving birth in July 2017. Dr. [...]

USC Announces $852M Settlement Of State Claims Involving George Tyndall

April 9, 2021

The University of Southern California (“USC”) announced in late March 2021 that it had reached an $852 million settlement agreement with 710 former patients of George Tyndall (“Tyndall”) who filed suit in California state court. Combined with the $215 million federal class ac[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Gynecologist Not Entitled To Summary Judgment In Essure Malpractice Case

March 29, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision dated March 10, 2021, “the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar a[...]

More Than 40 Migrant Women Involved In Georgia Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Forced Medical Procedures At Immigration Detention Center

January 31, 2021

On December 21, 2020, female immigrants filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for alleged forced medical procedures that they were required to undergo at a Georgia immigration detention center. The eight named plaintiffs, some of whom rem[...]

Filshie Clip Migration Claims

January 26, 2021

Almost daily we receive inquiries regarding Filshie clip migration from women throughout the United States. Most of these women report that they have complained of substantial pain in their abdomen for months if not years before they are finally told that one of their Filshie clips that was implante[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Holds Gynecological Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

May 23, 2020

The Supreme Court of Missouri en banc (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 31, 2020: “the uncontroverted material facts are that the necessity that gave rise to Dr. Meddows-Jackson’s duty of continuing care ceased when the treatment for cyst removal and r[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Determines Trial Court Erred By Granting Judgment To Defendants Mid-Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 5, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on February 13, 2020 in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case, “On a motion to strike at the conclusion of Shareef’s case-in-chief, the circuit court was required to view all of his evidence in the light most favorable to him,[...]

$150K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Hysteroscopy Leading To Hysterectomy And Loss Of Kidney

October 4, 2019

A Maryland medical malpractice jury on Maryland’s conservative Eastern Shore returned its verdict in the amount of $150,000 in favor of a woman who lost her kidney and suffered other substantial injuries as a result of a hysteroscopy that was botched by the defendant physician. The Maryland me[...]

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