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$19M Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $729,000 Due To Cap

October 22, 2016

A Michigan medical malpractice jury recently awarded $19 million to the family of an infant who died due to medical negligence. However, due to Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, the Michigan medical malpractice jury’s verdict will be reduced to $729,000[...]

$2M Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Morphine Overdose Death While In Hospital

October 21, 2016

Earlier this month, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a widow whose husband died as a result of an overdose of morphine while he was recovering from surgery in an Indiana hospital. The jury took two and a half hours of deliberations to return its verdict regarding [...]

Alabama Patient Dumping Lawsuit Settled

October 18, 2016

It has been reported that an Alabama patient dumping lawsuit that had been filed in 2013 was settled for an undisclosed sum with the patient’s family on October 6, 2016. The patient died from hypothermia and other complications about a week after he was dumped on a public street by the defenda[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Denies Post-Judgment Interest On Medical Malpractice Verdicts

October 17, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held that the plaintiff was not entitled to post-judgment interest on the Missouri medical malpractice verdict in his favor in the amount of $883,000 (the Missouri medical malpractice jury a[...]

$8.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Legs

October 16, 2016

At the conclusion of a three-week Pennsylvania medical malpractice trial that ended on October 6, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $8.78 million to a 52-year-old man who lost his legs due to a series of negligent acts in a Pennsylvania hospital that led to sepsis and the need to[...]

$11.75M Ohio Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

October 14, 2016

A birth injury medical malpractice jury in Ohio returned its verdict against the defendant hospital and the defendant OB-GYN on October 6, 2016 after a four-week trial, finding that the defendant hospital was 70% responsible, and the defendant OB-GYN 30% responsible, for the severe and permanent bir[...]

Florida Appellate Court Finds Hospital Admission Claim Was A Medical Malpractice Claim

September 21, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 20, 2016, the District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint alleging that the defendant hospital and defendant psychiatrist were negligent in having the decedent[...]

Statutory Cap Reduces $10M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict To $750,000

September 14, 2016

A newborn’s skull was crushed by the alleged negligent use of forceps during delivery but the child’s mother will not be able to collect the Texas medical malpractice jury’s $10 million award for her noneconomic damages because of Texas’ $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case

September 10, 2016

On August 24, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court entering summary judgment on behalf of the defendant hospital in a Florida medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit, finding that the physicians who treated the dece[...]

$19.7M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Breathing Tube Death

September 5, 2016

On August 31, 2016, a Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $19.7 million against a Texas physician and the physician’s employer for the catastrophic injuries and death suffered by a former surgical technician as a result of medical negl[...]

Wisconsin VA Medical Center Sued For Veteran’s Death

September 3, 2016

The family of a Marine veteran filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. in federal court on August 29, 2016, alleging that the Tomah, Wisconsin VA Medical Center’s treatment of the 35-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps was negligent, that the veteran’s mental[...]

Wyoming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Death Shortly After Discharge From Hospital

August 27, 2016

On August 19, 2016, a Wyoming medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of all of the defendants after about two hours of deliberations, finding that the September 2011 death of a 16-year-old paralyzed boy within six hours after being discharged from the defendant hospital was not due[...]

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