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New Trial Motion Denied For $2M Vaginal Mesh Verdict Against Bard

February 5, 2015

On January 20, 2015, the judge who oversaw the first federal transvaginal mesh trial against C.R. Bard Inc. (“Bard”) that resulted in a $2 million jury verdict for the plaintiffs ($250,000 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages) in federal court in West Virgin[...]

$10.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Woman’s Stroke

January 22, 2015

On January 14, 2015, an Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $10,928,188 in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following seven days of trial testimony, for the serious stroke suffered by a woman during her pregnancy that the plaintiffs alleged was the result[...]

$73M Transvaginal Mesh Verdict In Texas

September 14, 2014

After a two-week jury trial that concluded on September 8, 2014, the 42-year-old plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Texas state court for her alleged injuries as a result of her transvaginal mesh implant that she claimed was defective won a jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $73 million agains[...]

Suspended Maryland Physician Surrenders Medical License In Wake Of Sexual Misconduct Charges

September 7, 2014

On August 20, 2014, a Maryland physician who had his Maryland medical license summarily suspended on June 5, 2014 after the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) determined that “the public health, safety or welfare imperatively require emergency action in this case,” volunt[...]

Who Will Pay The $190M Johns Hopkins Settlement?

July 31, 2014

Last week, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (“Hopkins”) announced that it had reached a $190 million settlement (which had received preliminary court approval but still needed final court approval) with over 8,000 patients of the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Center who were se[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Pay $190M To Settle Claims Regarding Secretly Recorded Gynecological Exams

July 22, 2014

It was reported on July 21, 2014 that the Johns Hopkins Health System has reached an agreement with the lawyers representing a class of more than 8,000 former patients of a former Johns Hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded gynecological examinations of his patients, using a pen-like hidden cam[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

Recently Suspended Maryland Physician Had Prior Rape Conviction

June 11, 2014

The Maryland Board of Physicians summarily suspended the medical license of a Maryland physician on June 5, 2014 due to the physician’s May 23, 2014 criminal indictment for sexual assault that allegedly occurred in his Maryland office. The criminal indictment charges the physician with Unnatur[...]

Does Church Doctrine Lead To Medical Malpractice?

December 8, 2013

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Catholic bishops regarding the care (or lack of care) that women receive at Catholic hospitals. The Michigan lawsuit alleges that a pregnant woman who miscarried at 18 weeks was denied appropriate medical treatment by the only hospital in her county because t[...]

Georgia Court Of Appeals Rules Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert’s Testimony is Admissible

December 4, 2013

In its decision issued on November 20, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Court of Appeals”), Georgia’s intermediate appellate court, determined that the trial judge improperly excluded the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert in a medical malpractice case. The [...]

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[...]

Pennsylvania Cancer Misdiagnosis Death Case Settled for $2.4M

October 4, 2013

The family of a 49-year-old woman who died from allegedly misdiagnosed vulvar cancer (late diagnosis of her cancer) recently settled their medical malpractice claim against a large Pennsylvania hospital where the medical negligence was claimed to have occurred. The $2.4 million settlement was reache[...]

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