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California Medical Malpractice/Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital

April 15, 2014

A 43-year-old woman who had just undergone nine hours of surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor in April 2013 alleges that she was sexually assaulted by a hospital employee shortly after her surgery. The lawsuit was filed on April 7, 2014 against the Los Angeles hospital where she had her surge[...]

$1.1M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death After Heart Surgery

April 10, 2014

On March 28, 2014, a Maine medical malpractice jury determined that a Maine physician was negligent in his treatment of a 63-year-old man who underwent heart bypass surgery on November 9, 2010 but died four days later after he was allegedly not provided a proper blood transfusion. The same Maine[...]

$37M Settlement Of Maryland Stent Claims Announced

April 9, 2014

It has been reported that upwards of 273 former patients of a Baltimore hospital and its former cardiologist will receive at least $134,000 each (before attorneys’ fees and costs are deducted) to settle their claims against the hospital that alleged that the patients had medically unnecess[...]

Medicare Standards For Hospital Medical Records

April 8, 2014

Medical malpractice victims are often surprised when they read their hospital medical records because the records state matters that were never discussed with them or information that is false or misleading. While hospital patients do not have the ability to dictate what is stated in their medical [...]

California Appeals Court Allows Claim That Patient Froze To Death In Hospital Morgue

April 7, 2014

On April 2, 2014, the Court of Appeals of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Four (“Appeals Court”) reinstated claims against a California hospital by the relatives of a woman who allegedly was declared dead by the defendant hospital’s medical staff but la[...]

$1.6 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 48-Year-Old Man

April 6, 2014

On March 28, 2014, after a three-week trial and 10 hours of jury deliberations over the course of two days, a Peoria, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded $1.6 million to the surviving wife and children of a 48-year-old man who went to a hospital emergency department in September 2009 at whic[...]

$10.6M Kentucky Verdict In First Of Five Pending Bariatric Medical Malpractice Cases

April 4, 2014

On March 25, 2014, after more than a month of trial, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury rendered its verdict in the amount of $10,658,265 against a bariatric surgeon and the Kentucky hospital where he had performed bariatric surgeries. The jury determined that the bariatric surgeon was 40% at fa[...]

Virginia $2M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

March 12, 2014

On March 7, 2014, a Charlottesville, Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million against a hospital emergency room physician who failed to follow proper procedures after the over-50, overweight diabetic plaintiff, who had come to the emergency room complaining [...]

Kentucky Heart Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed

March 11, 2014

On March 4, 2014, two Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuits were filed on behalf of more than 500 plaintiffs against Kentucky’s King’s Daughters Medical Center (“KDMC”), a recently retired heart surgeon for whom the hospital’s heart institute was named, and other defendant[...]

$7.5M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For A Man And His Wife

March 4, 2014

A Jefferson County, Alabama medical malpractice jury has awarded a 55-year-old man and his wife $7.5 million in their medical malpractice case that alleged that a local hospital was negligent in its care and treatment of the man and that its negligence led to the man’s permanent incontinence [...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against ER Doc For Death of 6-Year-old

February 25, 2014

On February 24, 2014, a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against an emergency room physician and others for the death of a 6-year-old who had been misdiagnosed in the emergency room, was sent home, and died four hours later. The parents’ medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the [...]

Some Maryland Legislators Seek To Harm The Most Vulnerable Medical Malpractice Victims

February 13, 2014

A proposed law being considered by the Maryland Senate is Senate Bill 798. This Bill would harm the most vulnerable (and some of the most catastrophically injured) medical malpractice victims — babies born with birth-related neurological injuries due to medical negligence and their devasta[...]

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