Laparoscopic Surgery Claims Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Robotic Hysterectomy Went Terribly Wrong

July 8, 2026

A Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a surgeon and a hospital in Georgia alleges that the plaintiff had gone into the hospital for what was supposed to be a same-day stay for a robotic hysterectomy but turned into a three-month hospital stay. She alleges that she was in a coma after t[...]

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 [...]

Did Surgeon Remove Liver Instead Of Spleen?

October 30, 2024

A 70-year-old Alabama man died unexpectedly after a surgeon at Ascension Scared Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Florida removed his liver instead of his spleen, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in the patient’s death. William “Bill” Bryan and his wife were at t[...]

$4M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict For Ureter Cut During Hysterectomy

September 29, 2023

On May 24, 2023, a Rhode Island medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4 million for a woman who underwent a total laparoscopic hysterectomy at Women & Infants Hospital that resulted in significant scarring and risk of future injury to her kidney because the surgeon negl[...]

$16.1M Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage After Gallbladder Surgery

September 28, 2023

Following a month-long Tennessee medical malpractice jury trial and eight hours of jury deliberations, a Nashville medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $16.1 million for a 26-year-old man who suffered cardiac arrest, strokes, and resulting brain damage that his lawyers argu[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Patient Told His Appendix Was Removed But It Was Not

March 1, 2023

Patient Told His Appendix Was Removed But It Was Not: A West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on December 2, 2022 against Charleston Area Medical Center (“CAMC”) in which the plaintiff alleged that he was told that his appendix had been removed when it was not that led to a[...]

$15,500 Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Remove Ovary

January 11, 2023

$15,500 Verdict For Failure To Remove Ovary: In September 2022, a 12-person Washington medical malpractice jury sitting in Asotin County Superior Court deliberated for six hours before returning its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for noneconomic damages in the amount of $15,500 for the alleged m[...]

Federal Appellate Court Overturns Summary Judgment In Robotically-Assisted Hysterectomy Case

May 16, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) concluded in its opinion dated April 22, 2021 in a case against Intuitve Surgical, Inc., the manufacturer of the surgical tools used during a robotically-assisted hysterectomy performed on the plainti[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Orders New Trial On Damages For Pain And Suffering For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

May 5, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 16, 2021, granted a new trial to the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff in a case where the jury determined that the defendant physician acted negligently in performing the plaintif[...]

Federal Court Awards Over $9M In VA Medical Malpractice Case For Injury To Bowel During Mesh Hernia Surgery

April 26, 2021

In its Memorandum And Order filed on March 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut determined that VA doctors negligently injured a patient during mesh hernia surgery and negligently failed to discover the injury during the surgery, awarding $3,270,278.22 in economi[...]

$3M Georgia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Bowel Perforation During Laparoscopic Surgery

April 18, 2021

On March 23, 2021, a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded $3 million for the death of a woman who died on May 7, 2016 from peritonitis resulting from a small intestine perforation caused during laparoscopic abdominal surgery. The Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit [...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Some Medical Malpractice Defendants In Gallbladder Surgery Case

February 1, 2021

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 13, 2021, reversed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of some of the New York medical malpractice defendants in a case involving gallbladde[...]

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