Hospital Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 7 of 78

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Saving Statute Did Not Save Refiled Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

March 11, 2025

On August 15, 2013, Clayton D. Richards was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (“VUMC”) to undergo a medical procedure. Mr. Richards remained at VUMC until August 29, 2013, at which point he was discharged to a different hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation facility with bilateral lo[...]

$3.3M California Verdict For Failure To Disclose Hip Fracture Resulting From Visitor’s Fall At Hospital

March 9, 2025

On May 13, 2019, Denise Wood went to visit her mother at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California. While walking through the hospital, she slipped on a liquid substance left unattended on the floor and immediately experienced severe pain. A hospital employee instructed Denise to go to the[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Right Knee Implant Placed In Patient’s Left Knee

March 5, 2025

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed in December 2024 alleges that during a left knee replacement surgery in 2023 in a Connecticut hospital, a right knee implant was wrongfully implanted in the patient’s left knee, and that no one in the operating room discovered the error before th[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Act Applies In Class Action Lawsuit

February 26, 2025

The Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA”) generally requires a medical-review panel to first issue an opinion on a claimant’s proposed complaint before litigation in a trial court. But while the complaint is pending before the review panel, a claimant may file an action in court for [...]

Virginia Hospital Indicted For Healthcare Fraud Involving Unnecessary Surgeries

February 25, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on January 8, 2025 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) with healthcare fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with government functions. As alleged in the indictment, [...]

$700,000 New Mexico Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Recasting Of 7-Year-Old’s Leg

February 24, 2025

On February 25, 2018, a 7-year-old who was learning how to ski suffered a right hip dislocation and a tibia fracture in Red River, New Mexico. She was initially brought to Holy Cross Medical Center in Taos, New Mexico, where her hip injury was treated and a closed reduction with casting was performe[...]

How Can I Avoid Being Injured While In The Hospital?

February 18, 2025

Johns Hopkins Medicine provides the following suggestions for staying safe while in the hospital: Prepare an information kit. You should prepare a kit – even if you don’t plan to go to the hospital anytime soon. The kit can be similar to the suitcase that pregnant women are encouraged to hav[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms $28M Medical Malpractice Judgment

February 18, 2025

In its opinion dated January 3, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a $20 million medical malpractice verdict, which was increased to a total judgment in the amount of $28,870,400 after prejudgment interest was applied to the verdict, stating, “We discern no abuse of discre[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Post-Surgery Patient Suffered Stroke Due To Medication Error

February 17, 2025

On December 18, 2024, a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a nurse employed by the hospital arising out of the post-operative care that a patient received following his heart surgery on August 9, 2023. The lawsuit alleges that the nurse mishandled the vasopressor No[...]

Sepsis Malpractice

February 13, 2025

According to the CDC: What is sepsis? Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the: Wit[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Expert’s Notes Not Discoverable In Medical Malpractice Case

February 6, 2025

Plaintiffs in a Pennsylvania medical lawsuit alleged that the defendant hospital and others negligently monitored the plaintiff while providing anesthesia during a surgery on August 28, 2017. They further alleged that the defendants failed to monitor and maintain the plaintiff’s blood pressure[...]

California Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Cap From Medication Vial Unknowningly Lodged In Patient’s Throat In The Operating Room, Leading To her Death

January 31, 2025

A 76-year-old mother of two and grandmother of three was brought to the hospital on November 4, 2023 after she fell at home and shattered her ankle. She underwent emergency surgery after which she was placed on a ventilator for three days. After she was removed from the ventilator, she complained th[...]

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