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Hershey Medical Center Pays $400,000 To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim

February 3, 2014

The family of a 76-year-old man who had been litigating a medical malpractice case against the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for five years has settled the medical malpractice claims by agreeing to accept $400,000 from the Pennsylvania hospital. The family had [...]

Did California Hospital Intentionally Cover Up Cause Of Patient’s Death?

January 28, 2014

In a California medical malpractice/wrongful death case scheduled for trial shortly, a California hospital is alleged to have intentionally covered up the real cause of a patient’s death. The lawsuit alleges that the hospital and the patient’s surgeon conspired to deflect their respons[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Says Medical Records Admissible As Evidence Of Causation In Medical Malpractice Claim

January 26, 2014

In its decision published on December 31, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court examined the circumstances under which a treating physician’s medical records can be admitted as evidence of causation in a medical malpractice action. The Connecticut Supreme Court stated that an expert’s opinion i[...]

Two Massachusetts Maternal Deaths At One Hospital In Thirty Days

January 22, 2014

Within a 30-day period, two mothers who had given birth in the same hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts died shortly after delivery. The two deaths within a one month period are unusual because maternal deaths are rare — there were only three maternal deaths in Massachusetts in 2012, three[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Emergency Room Negligence (Twice)

January 19, 2014

On December 23, 2013, a Louisiana medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by a woman on her own behalf and on behalf of her two minor children for the death of her husband that was due to alleged medical malpractice that occurred in a hospital emergency room on two separate occasions. The medical m[...]

New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence

January 15, 2014

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Absent Cardiac Surgeon

January 14, 2014

A California medical malpractice lawsuit was filed late last month in the Superior Court of California for Fresno County that alleges that a well-known California cardiac surgeon who performed open heart surgery on a patient on April 2, 2012 to treat his ascending aortic aneurysm, failed to rema[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Victim Failed To Jump Through All Of The Legal Hoops

December 31, 2013

On December 19, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, issued its written opinion in a Maryland medical malpractice appeal where the trial judge had found that the plaintiff’s lawyer had failed to jump thro[...]

Pennsylvania Court Upholds $13M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict

December 28, 2013

On November 4, 2013, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a verdict in the amount of $12,951,884.74 (which includes the jury’s verdict, delay damages, and post-judgment interest) in favor of the Estate of a man who had died as a result of the delay in medical treatment at a hospital. A�[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury

December 25, 2013

In a medical malpractice case filed on December 6, 2013 in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois), the parents of a newborn allege that their baby suffered severe hypoxic ischemia due to lack of oxygen, hemorrhaging, and hydrocephalus, and has cerebral palsy, allegedly as a result of the me[...]

$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries

December 24, 2013

On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed, having cerebral palsy, and having pr[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Victim Awarded $30M For Throat Fire During Surgery

December 14, 2013

A 55-year-old woman from Washington State had polyps on her vocal cords for which she had surgery using a laser. A breathing tube had been inserted into her throat as part of the surgical procedure and oxygen was flowing at the time the laser started a fire in her throat. The laser surgery fire [...]

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