Hospital Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 47 of 78

$14.5M Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Baby’s Brain Damage After Delivery

December 15, 2016

A Nevada medical malpractice jury has returned its verdict in the amount of $14.5 million against two doctors, finding that their negligence led to a premature baby suffering permanent brain damage after she was born. The now 8-year-old is almost totally blind, is unable to walk, unable to speak, r[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Hospital Sexual Assault Claim

December 11, 2016

On November 23, 2016, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant hospital after an eight-day trial, finding that the hospital was not responsible for the two sexual assaults of a woman in its psychiatric unit that occurred in 2008 that were perpetrated by anot[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns Transfer Of Medical Malpractice Case Granted To Defendants

December 8, 2016

In its unreported opinion filed on December 5, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, ruled that the trial court abused its discretion in transferring a medical malpractice case filed in Baltimore City to a rural[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Doctor Fractured Patient’s Neck During Intubation

December 2, 2016

The family of a 62-year-old man who suffered a fractured neck during intubation that rendered him a paraplegic has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor, alleging that the intubation was unnecessary. When the man was advised that he was a paraplegic and that he would need to rely on[...]

$30.5M Georgia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 18, 2016

On November 9, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction returned its verdict in the amount of $30,545,655 in favor of a now 4-year-old child who suffered a severe, permanent brain injury leading to cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence during her mother̵[...]

Hospital Pharmacy Tech Removed Fentanyl From 251 Medication Vials, Refilled Them With Water

November 12, 2016

A pharmacy tech in an Iowa hospital allegedly removed fentanyl from 252 medication vials that were placed on medication carts throughout the hospital and replaced the opioid medication with sterile water. The alleged substitutions occurred between August 26 and October 7, 2016, and may have affect[...]

Pediatrician Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against UK’s National Health Service

November 9, 2016

A 69-year-old pediatrician recently filed her medical malpractice lawsuit against the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in which she alleges that medical negligence led to her inability to walk on her own and other substantial harm, including injury to her ureter and needing to have one of he[...]

$12.7M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Following Tonsilletomy

November 6, 2016

On October 27, 2016, after about three hours of deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a Pennsylvania woman $12.7 million in compensatory damages for the brain damage she suffered as a result of the defendants allegedly removing her breathing tube too early shortly after her [...]

Maryland Hospital NICU Closed For Second Time In Three Months For Bacterial Outbreak

November 3, 2016

For the second time in several months, the Prince George’s Hospital Center in Maryland has closed its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) due to an outbreak of Pseudomonas, a potentially deadly bacterium. Five babies who were in the hospital’s NICU have been transferred to other hospital[...]

$11.5M Nebraska Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

November 2, 2016

A Nebraska medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.5 million in favor of a severely injured child who suffered brain damage during his delivery due to medical negligence. The Omaha medical malpractice jury reached its verdict on October 24, 2016 after a trial that lasted m[...]

$1.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Emergency Room Negligence Leading to Death

October 29, 2016

On October 20, 2016, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury rendered a verdict in the amount of $1,500,000 in favor of the estate of a 41-year-old man whom the jury found to have been the victim of emergency room malpractice that led to his untimely death. The defendant was the for-profit corpora[...]

$1.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict Against A Hospital For Death Caused By Untreated DVT

October 28, 2016

An Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on October 13, 2016 in the amount of $1.9 million for the wrongful death of a 31-year-old woman who was misdiagnosed and negligently treated in the defendant hospital’s emergency room and then sent home, where s[...]

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