Hospital Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 51 of 78

Nevada Supreme Court Allows Patient Dumping Lawsuit To Proceed

May 30, 2016

In its Order filed on May 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) refused to order the trial court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a former patient of a state-run psychiatric hospital, which lawsuit was filed on his own behalf and on behalf of former p[...]

Wyoming Surgeon At Center Of 20 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 29, 2016

A Wyoming surgeon and the hospital that employed him are being sued by over 20 former patients who allege that the surgeon’s medical negligence caused them harm. The hospital is alleged to have been negligent in providing the surgeon medical credentials and by dragging its feet in suspending t[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Missed Hernia Led To Man’s Death

May 27, 2016

A medical malpractice case filed against a Pennsylvania hospital and others alleges that the negligent failure of at least five doctors to properly assess the medical condition of a man who came to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of constipation and abdominal pain led to his death ni[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Tribunal Finds Fault In Maternal Death Case

May 25, 2016

A Massachusetts medical malpractice tribunal consisting of a judge, a lawyer, and a medical professional has determined that a hospital and six of seven named medical providers are responsible for the death of a woman during childbirth. The tribunal gave its blessing to the Massachusetts medical m[...]

$5M Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube Leading to Death

May 24, 2016

On May 13, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiffs and against the defendant hospital and radiology practice in the amount of $5 million, which included $1.5 million for the wrongful death claims a[...]

$9M Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Pregnant Woman In The Hospital

May 23, 2016

Earlier this month, a federal medical malpractice jury in Illinois returned its advisory verdict in favor of the plaintiff after which the federal judge affirmed a $9 million award in a federal medical malpractice case that claimed that a federally-funded hospital, a physician, and a nurse were medi[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Hospital Death

May 21, 2016

On April 20, 2016, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a hospital physician in a Florida medical negligence lawsuit that alleged that the failure to diagnose a woman’s infection was the cause of her death. The hospital where the woman had died had settled the Fl[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital On Vicarious Liability Claim

May 17, 2016

In its decision filed on March 31, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) reversed summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant hospital in an Indiana medical malpractice hospital vicarious liability case in which the plaintiff alleged that the hospital was vicar[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Rules Root Cause Analysis Report Is Not Discoverable In Medical Malpractice Cases

May 15, 2016

In its decision filed on May 4, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) ruled that the privilege afforded by the New Jersey Patient Safety Act (“PSA”) is absolute, covering all “documents, materials, or information received by the d[...]

$6M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For CT Scan Mix-Up

May 14, 2016

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on April 28, 2016 in the amount of nearly $6 million in favor of a woman who underwent unnecessary abdominal surgery after a radiologist read another patient’s CT scan images as the woman’s scan, thereby resulting in the misdia[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Puts Its Profits Above Patients’ Health

May 13, 2016

In a Florida medical malpractice case filed on April 21, 2016, the father of a 31-year-old woman who died as a result of a heart attack that she suffered while in the emergency room of the defendant hospital alleges that the hospital put its profits above the health of his daughter by failing to[...]

Florida Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case

May 11, 2016

In its opinion filed on April 1, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Florida medical malpractice lawsuit because the plaintiff failed to file her complaint within the two-year statute of limitat[...]

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