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Michigan Appellate Court Rules Genuine Issue Whether OBGYN Was Ostensible Agent Of Hospital

January 23, 2025

In the November 19, 2024 Per Curiam of the State of Michigan Court of Appeals, the issue discussed in a medical malpractice case involving the alleged injuries suffered by a patient as a result of the alleged medical negligence of an OBGYN was whether codefendant, Dr. Alfred K. Bediako, M.D., was an[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Provide People With Disabilities Equal Access To Medical Care

January 11, 2025

The United States Department of Justice announced on September 12, 2024 that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland resolving allegations that the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (Johns Hopkins) violated th[...]

Did Patient’s Undocumented, Uninsured Status Lead To Failure To Provide Proper Medical Care?

December 30, 2024

An Arizona medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the undocumented, uninsured status of a patient led to the failure to provide timely appropriate care, which led to his death. The Arizona medical malpractice lawsuit alleges violation of EMTALA (the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Ac[...]

Arizona Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Paralysis Due To Delayed Hospital Diagnosis Of Spinal Abscess

December 22, 2024

An Arizona medical malpractice lawsuit seeking $13 million in compensatory damages on behalf of a 40-year-old woman who became paralyzed due to the alleged delay in receiving diagnostic services for a spinal abscess in an Arizona hospital was filed against physicians, nurses, and other medical staff[...]

$1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For New Mother Who Bled To Death Due To Untreated Rare Blood Disorder

December 12, 2024

On March 28, 2024, after nine hours of jury deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.5 million in favor of the family of a 41-year-old woman who died from a brain bleed due to a rare blood disorder, shortly after giving birth to her third child on A[...]

$14 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failed Intubation Leading To Death Of 4-Year-Old

December 11, 2024

On December 11, 2023, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $14 million for the death of a 4-year-old due to a botched intubation at the now closed Einstein Medical Center in Elkins Park. The jury reportedly held Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), t[...]

Nearly $60M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis

December 7, 2024

A Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on September 27, 2024 in the amount of $59.7 million in favor of 33-year-old Kiet “Ricky” Tuan Do against Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas and a physician. Ricky had alleged in his Texas medical malpractice lawsuit that the hospit[...]

Study Found More Than 1 In 3 Hospital Surgical Patients Suffered An Adverse Event

November 21, 2024

A study published on November 13 2024 in BMJ entitled “Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study” concluded: “Adverse events were identified in more than one third of patients admitted to hospital for surgery, with nearly half of the events classified as major and[...]

U.S. Emergency Departments Are Failing Pediatric Patients

November 9, 2024

A research article published on November 1, 2024 on JAMA Network entitled “State and National Estimates of the Cost of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Lives Saved” found: “Our results suggest that more than one quarter of deaths among children receiving emergency care [...]

California Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Misplaced Deceased Patient’s Body For One Year

November 7, 2024

A lawsuit filed in California in August 2024 by the family of a woman who died in a California hospital alleges that they were not told that their family member had died in the hospital, and that her body was misplaced into cold strorage for one year. The lawsuit reportedly alleges that the 31-year-[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reinstates Attorney’s Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Her Wrongful Involuntary 12-Day Commitment To Hospital’s Psychiatric Unit

November 3, 2024

Background Facts On June 14, 2020, plaintiff’s sister had plaintiff, an attorney, transported to Hackensack University Medical Center’s (HUMC) emergency room for treatment of right hip pain that prevented her from ambulating. During her treatment at the hospital, information was erroneou[...]

$35.6M New York Medical Malpractice Pre-Verdict Settlement

October 18, 2024

On October 8, 2024, a New York medical malpractice case was settled for $35.6 million during the fifth day of trial for a 15-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage due to the alleged medical negligence of the hospital where he was treated (not treated) following a scooter accident. The teenage[...]

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