Medical Malpractice Case Archives - Page 9 of 32

Indiana Appellate Court Says Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too Late

January 4, 2014

In its decision filed on December 27, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Court of Appeals”) determined that the trial judge was correct in entering judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendants where the plaintiff filed her medical malpractice claim more than two y[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Victim Alleges Minor Surgery Almost Cost Her Her Life

December 10, 2013

In a New York medical malpractice case that has been in trial for over a month, the now 33-year-old plaintiff alleges that in the fall of 2009, the surgeon who performed her laparoscopic procedure for an ectopic pregnancy in a Long Island, New York hospital was negligent by perforating her colon dur[...]

California Urologist Faces Multiple Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

December 6, 2013

For the second time this year, a Salinas, California urologist has been sued by a former patient for medical malpractice, alleging that the urologist had the patient undergo five unsuccessful lithotripsies for kidney stones from September 2008 to March 2012 that were motivated by the urologist’[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned Due To Defense Stalking

December 5, 2013

On November 18, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Onondaga (“New York Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict and granted a new trial in a New York medical malpractice case after the trial judge spoke with jurors following their verdict and after the con[...]

Mississippi Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Affidavit Ruled Insufficient

November 26, 2013

The trial judge in a federal Mississippi medical malpractice case determined that the plaintiff’s required expert affidavit was deficient and that the medical malpractice defendant was entitled to judgment in his favor as a matter of law. In a November 21, 2013 written opinion issued by the[...]

New Mexico Traffic Stop Results In Two Anal Cavity Searches, Three Enemas, And A Colonoscopy By Hospital Physicians

November 10, 2013

On January 2, 2013, a New Mexico man left a local Walmart in his vehicle and was stopped by the police when he allegedly failed to make a full stop at a stop sign when leaving the parking lot. The police claim that the man was standing erect with his legs together after he exited his vehicle, whi[...]

Podiatrist Malpractice Lawsuit Filed In Texas

October 20, 2013

On September 20, 2013, an Arkansas woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Texas against her former podiatrist, claiming that he negligently performed surgery on her right foot that left her with painful and permanent injuries. The podiatry medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the podiatr[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Surgical Death

October 16, 2013

The family of a 67-year-old Louisiana woman who died following elective spine surgery has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital where the surgery was performed, claiming that the medical staff negligently failed to diagnose and treat post-surgical complications that led to the wo[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Breech Birth Gone Bad

September 29, 2013

When a Washington State woman read about a special program being offered by Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) Hospital to woman desiring a vaginal delivery for breech babies (babies in the womb who present buttocks or feet closest to the cervix) despite the fact that she had already sc[...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Claims Misdiagnosis Of HIV

September 5, 2013

Imagine being told that you are HIV-positive and then living with the stigma of HIV and taking the HIV drug cocktail known as HAART (“highly active antiretroviral therapy”) in order to prolong your life before being told eight years later that you had been misdiagnosed as having�[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Doctor Who Treated Woman Who Caused Car Accident

September 1, 2013

On August 8, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court revived a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured as result of a car collision that named as the medical malpractice defendant the personal physician of the other woman who had caused the serious, head-on collision (“the to[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Due To Lack Of Health Insurance

July 7, 2013

On June 27, 2013, a Pennsylvania woman filed a medical malpractice case against a Pennsylvania hospital and four physicians in which she alleges that they were responsible for the wrongful death of her husband. The medical malpractice lawsuit seeks compensatory damages and punitive damages against[...]

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