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Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nursing Home Suffocation Death

December 20, 2011

A nursing home stay after surgery or major medical treatment is sometimes necessary for the patient to receive inpatient rehabilitation services such as physical therapy and/or occupational therapy before the patient is well enough to return home (many nursing homes also provide long-term care fo[...]

Nursing Medical Malpractice In Louisiana

December 19, 2011

Louisiana’s Nursing Standard Of Care Nurses as well as other health care providers in Louisiana are subject to the same standard of care as physicians in Louisiana — a nurse is required to exercise the degree of skill ordinarily employed, under similar circumstances, by the members of th[...]

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Dentists Who Kept On Pulling…

December 18, 2011

When a 28-year-old woman had a cracked tooth, she sought treatment at a South Carolina dental clinic. The dentists did not only address the issue with the cracked tooth, they decided that all 16 of her upper teeth should be extracted (there was no medical reason to remove 13 of her teeth). The woma[...]

North Dakota Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain-Damaged Baby

December 16, 2011

A Bismarck, North Dakota jury rendered a $4 million verdict in favor of a brain-damaged baby on November 18, 2011, after three and one-half weeks of trial and more than ten hours of jury deliberations. The case involved claims of medical malpractice due to the medical negligence of a midwife who[...]

Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Death of 27-Year-Old Mother

December 15, 2011

In one of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts in Nevada during 2009, a young mother who had been complaining to her doctor for seven months that she had blood in her stools and abdominal pain beginning in 2004, died a painful death from colon and rectal cancer because her doctor misdiag[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Gastric-Bypass Patient

December 14, 2011

On August 11, 2006, a Virginia jury returned a $3.5 million verdict after a one week medical malpractice trial in favor of a gastric-bypass patient and her family for the woman’s injuries that resulted from allegedly negligent medical care. The 36-year-old woman’s weight was about dou[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For 3-Year-Old’s Death

December 10, 2011

The largest medical malpractice verdict in Massachusetts during 2009 involved a 3-year-old boy who died in December, 2004, unable to walk or speak since he underwent a cardiac catherization 18 months earlier. It was alleged that the doctors at a Massachusetts hospital injected too much contrast d[...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Birth Injuries

December 8, 2011

Wisconsin is not particularly known for its medical malpractice verdicts but a jury verdict during 2010 supports the proposition that Wisconsin juries will award proper monetary damages when medical malpractice affects babies. In a medical malpractice case decided by a Milwaukee County jury in M[...]

Federal Judge Awards Alaska Medical Malpractice Judgment For 14-Month-Old’s Injuries

December 7, 2011

Medical malpractice can occur anywhere and at any time, even in remote areas like Alaska. In March, 2011, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska entered a judgment against a health care clinic and a medical corporation that was the parent of the clinic in the amoun[...]

Maryland Physician’s Failure To Disclose Medical Malpractice Claim Affects His Medical License

December 5, 2011

A Maryland physician was placed on probation and fined in Maryland because he failed to disclose a medical malpractice action against him in his application to renew his Maryland license. The physician was initially licensed to practice medicine in Maryland in 1977. His specialty was obstetrics a[...]

Delay In Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer May Be Medical Malpractice

December 4, 2011

There are approximately 30,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States every year, resulting in about 9,000 deaths. The main risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco use and alcohol consumption — the greater the use, the higher the risk. Tobacco and alcohol use are associated with ab[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Disabled Man

December 3, 2011

Earlier this year, a Las Vegas, New Mexico jury awarded a substantial sum to the estate of a disabled man who suffered painful bed sores that allegedly developed and were not properly treated due to medical malpractice. There was also a claim that the man’s medical records were falsified by [...]

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