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Maine Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 27, 2012

On August 21, 2012, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (“Maine Supreme Court”) overturned a Maine medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $420,000 in favor of a man and his wife and against a local hospital for the injuries the man allegedly suffered as a result of medic[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Claim Against Kaiser Doctor

August 24, 2012

During the summer 0f 2009, an Oregon man was having problems with his right wrist and therefore sought a medical opinion and medical care from a doctor employed by Kaiser Permanente. According to the medical malpractice case filed on his behalf on July 16, 2012 in the Oregon Circuit Courts for Mari[...]

Wrongful Disclosure Of Mental Health Records

August 23, 2012

On August 2, 2012, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for Riverside County that alleges the wrongful disclosure of a patient’s mental health records, in violation of federal and state laws. The lawsuit claims that the defendants in the present case were also the defenda[...]

Four Visits To Three ERs In Two Days Without Diagnosis Or Proper Treatment

August 21, 2012

On July 30, 2012, a woman and her husband filed a medical malpractice case in the Superior Court of California for Contra Costa County against various hospitals including two Kaiser Permanente hospitals, another hospital, and others for their alleged failures to timely diagnose and treat the wom[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Father’s Death

August 19, 2012

The son of a man who died as a result of alleged medical negligence that occurred in a local New York hospital filed a medical malpractice case in court on August 14, 2012 against the hospital, three of its doctors, and the town in which the hospital is located. The medical malpractice case was file[...]

Indiana Appeals Court Allows Medical Malpractice Case 35 Years Later

August 17, 2012

On August 10, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Indiana filed its opinion in a case in which it allowed a medical malpractice case to proceed despite the medical malpractice having occurred 35 years earlier. On August 4, 2009, the medical malpractice plaintiff filed her claim that alleged that her fami[...]

Louisiana $24 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damaged Child

August 16, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana spent approximately one hour in deliberations after a one-week trial that concluded on August 10, 2012, before awarding $24 million (including $20 million for future medical expenses) for the permanent brain damage suffered by a toddler dur[...]

Breast Implant Surgeons Posted Patient Photos With Their Names On Their Websites

August 15, 2012

Imagine that you are a woman who goes to a breast augmentation surgeon for breast implants only to find out later that the doctor posted your before and after photos on his website where visitors to the website can easily discover your name. Well, that’s what has happened with some breas[...]

$7 Million Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Asthma Death In ER

August 12, 2012

On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded the medical malpractice plaintiff $7 million after a three-week trial, for a man who died in a local hospital emergency room after he had suffered an asthma attack at home. The Chicago truck driver was alone at hom[...]

Large Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infant’s Stroke

August 8, 2012

On July 31, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Palm Beach County, Florida returned a verdict in the amount of $28.45 million against two doctors who allegedly ignored the results of a spinal tap performed on a 10-month-old infant suffering from persistent fevers in 2006 that indicated that the in[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Undiagnosed Pulmonary Embolism

August 7, 2012

The family of a 48-year-old tax attorney have settled their medical malpractice claim for $5 million against a health care provider who allegedly failed to diagnose the man’s symptoms of a pulmonary embolism when he was seen for a follow-up appointment after ankle surgery. The man had fractur[...]

$15 Million Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis

August 6, 2012

Following a three-week trial that ended in late-July, 2012, a Colorado Springs, Colorado medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15 million against a hospital and an emergency room physician for medical negligence that allegedly resulted in the paralysis of a 36-year-ol[...]

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