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Nebraska Medical Malpractice Claim For 2-Year-Old’s Heparin Death

December 2, 2011

A 23-month-old child with congenital defects was brought by her parents from Texas to the well-regarded transplant center, the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, for major surgery during which her liver, pancreas, and small bowel were transplanted during December, 2009. The child was in[...]

Large Recent Wyoming Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Broken Neck

December 1, 2011

At the end of October, 2011, a federal jury in Wyoming awarded a man whose broken neck was not properly diagnosed a record-breaking $9 million (the prior record was reported to be $1.5 million). The jury found that a board-certified emergency room physician and the hospital that employed him breac[...]

One Of The Largest Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdicts

November 30, 2011

Kansas is known to be one of the most conservative jurisdictions for jury verdicts in medical malpractice cases (when we say “conservative,” we mean low jury verdicts). However, there is one Kansas medical malpractice verdict that stands out from the rest. In the case MLM, by and through[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Hospital Negligence

November 29, 2011

A 42-year-old mother of five went to a local New Jersey hospital in 2004 with a low sodium level (hyponatremia) that was a chronic condition for her. The treatment rendered by the hospital resulted in the rapid increase in her sodium levels over the period of 14 hours, allegedly leading to severe a[...]

Florida Example Of Hospital Malpractice

November 28, 2011

A concerned 17-year-old Florida mother brought her 3-month-old infant son to a local hospital emergency room in Florida because he had been vomiting and had diarrhea for three days. She and her son were in the emergency department for four and a half hours before she was told that it was safe[...]

Pennsylvania Nurse’s Medical Malpractice Results In Woman’s Loss Of Both Legs

November 27, 2011

A jury has determined that a 55 year-old woman was caused to lose both of her legs due to the medical malpractice of a nurse. The lawsuit alleged that the visiting home nurse failed to properly report a catheter infection that nearly killed the woman. Source The medical malpractice lawsuit filed [...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Major Mistake Means Millions

November 26, 2011

On December 1, 1995, a newborn was delivered at a Michigan hospital weighing 10 pounds, 12 ounces (yes, you read that correctly). The delivering doctors failed to recognize that the baby was so large that a cesarean section delivery would be necessary. Instead, the doctors used Pitocin, which caus[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Victim With Less Than A Year To Live

November 25, 2011

An Indiana jury earlier this year found in favor of a medical malpractice claimant in his malpractice claim against a medical malpractice defendant who failed to timely diagnose and treat his colon cancer in 2004. By the time of the jury’s verdict, this poor medical malpractice victim had l[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death

November 23, 2011

The surviving wife of a 44-year-old Maine man who died in the hospital on his birthday (which was also Mother’s Day) received a favorable jury verdict during early June, 2011. The man’s death was witnessed by his wife, children, and parents who had gathered at the hospital to celebrate[...]

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