Indiana Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 9 of 11

Indiana Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Bankruptcy On Medical Malpractice Claim

March 25, 2016

In its decision filed on February 19, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) ruled in an Indiana medical malpractice case that where the bankruptcy trustee had re-opened the injured party’s bankruptcy case to amend the bankruptcy filing to include the medical mal[...]

Plaintiff’s Facebook Postings Doomed Her Indiana Medical Malpractice Case

March 19, 2016

An Indiana woman sued her ophthalmologists, claiming that their care of her fell below the standard of care and resulted in her blindness. The 27-year-old plaintiff testified during the five-day Indiana medical malpractice trial that she became legally blind due to the defendants’ negligence.�[...]

Indiana Birth Injury Case Is An Example Of Unfair Damages Caps

February 12, 2016

An Indiana couple were excitedly looking forward to the birth of their daughter in 2003 when the mother-to-be had a fetal blood sampling procedure conducted that they allege was negligently performed and led to the premature birth of their daughter at 33 weeks. The premature birth led to their daugh[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

February 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on February 1, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the Indiana medical malpractice plaintiffs, while also affirming the trial court’s denial of the medical malpractice [...]

Indiana Cardiologist Faces 300 Claims Of Performing Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 23, 2016

An Indiana cardiologist who retired in 2015 and his medical practice are facing nearly 300 Indiana medical malpractice claims that allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac procedures, including implanting unnecessary cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. On December 8, 2015, an Indiana medical[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 16, 2016

In its decision filed on January 15, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendant, noting “that medical malpractice cases are rarely appropriate for disposal by sum[...]

Indiana Nursing Home Accused Of Neglect Leading To Veteran’s Death

September 19, 2015

The family of a 43-year-old Navy veteran is accusing an Indiana nursing home of serious nursing home neglect that led to the death of the veteran on October 11, 2014 as a result of sepsis and cardiac arrest caused by the failure of the nursing home to properly provide wound care over an extended pe[...]

Indiana Inmate Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Ruled Untimely

May 28, 2015

In its decision filed on May 26, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant health care providers in a medical malpractice wrongful death case filed on behalf of an Indiana prison inmate who died allegedly due to medica[...]

Indiana Nursing Home Resident Died With Objects Down His Throat And Up His Rectum

May 23, 2015

On May 14, 2015, a 72-year-old resident of an Indiana nursing home was found unresponsive in the nursing home dining room and later died at a local hospital. The mentally ill resident was found to have latex gloves shoved down his throat and eyeglasses and a toothbrush jammed up his rectum. The dea[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Holds Prison Doctors To Same Standards As Outside Doctors

November 26, 2014

In its decision filed on November 10, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appeals Court”) held that the standard of care for doctors practicing in prisons is the same as the standard of care for doctors practicing outside of prisons, while acknowledging that doctors in prisons so[...]

3 Indiana Cardiologists Face 19 Additional Cases Alleging Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

November 22, 2014

Late last month, nineteen new Indiana medical malpractice lawsuits were filed against three Indiana cardiologists, alleging that the cardiologists, and their medical malpractice, performed unnecessary medical procedures on patients that placed the patients in danger. The hospital where the allegedl[...]

Pharmacy Held Liable For Pharmacist’s Disclosure Of Customer’s Prescription Records

November 18, 2014

By its decision dated November 14, 214, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appeals Court”) affirmed a $1.8 million verdict in favor of a customer of Walgreen Company (Walgreen’s) whose personal, private prescription history was viewed and disclosed by one of its pharmacy employees[...]

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