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Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis

December 24, 2011

In August, 2003, a 25-year-old Tennessee woman was examined by her OB/GYN who found a pea-sized lump in her left breast that the OB/GYN advised the woman was probably a cyst or fatty deposit. No further investigation or testing was done at that time. About eighteen months later, during the woman[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Bled To Death After Surgery

December 23, 2011

A 37-year-old Alabama man had surgery in a hospital for a duodenal ulcer. After the surgery, the man required multiple blood transfusions. Despite having a low blood count after the surgery, the man was discharged to home following the surgery, where he died a few days later from exsanguination in a[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Places High Value On Life

December 22, 2011

An 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease died as a result of dehydration and renal failure in a West Virginia nursing home, allegedly due to medical malpractice at the negligent nursing home where she had been a patient for only 20 days. The medical malpractice l[...]

Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

December 21, 2011

When a 51-year-old man had severe chest pains, he called his doctor. Instead of advising his patient to immediately go to a hospital emergency department, the doctor scheduled his patient to come to his office a few days later. At the time of the office visit, the doctor gave his patient an electroc[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Vermont Medical Malpractice Statistics

December 9, 2011

Vermont is among the states with the fewest medical malpractice claims. According to an official report dated December 15, 2005, the following conclusions regarding medical malpractice and medical malpractice claims in Vermont were made: Vermont medical malpractice costs represent less than 1% of [...]

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[...]

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