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Iowa Emergency Room Physician Still Treating Patients Despite High Probability Of Risk To The Public

September 10, 2021

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on July 2, 2021: “An unidentified emergency room physician who allegedly caused the death of a patient in 2017 has continued to see patients with no restrictions on his license while posing a “high risk” to the public, according to the Iowa Board of Medic[...]

Massachusetts Nursing Home Agrees To Pay $90K To Settle Resident Death Claim

July 14, 2021

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced on June 24, 2021 a $90,000 settlement with Milton HC Operating, LLC, which operates the nursing home called Brush Hill Care Center, to resolve allegations that it committed neglect of a resident, which resulted in death, and failed to comply wit[...]

Confidential Settlement Reached In South Dakota Infant Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

July 11, 2021

It has been reported that the parents of an infant who died as a result of alleged medical malpractice at Avera McKennan Hospital in South Dakota have reached a confidential settlement of their claims. The settlement was reached during mediation that a court filing described as “a fair and rea[...]

Washington State Agrees To Pay $3.25M To Settle Prison Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

July 4, 2021

Washington State has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of a 57-year-old prison inmate who died from an abdominal incisional wound following cancer surgery that the prison medical staff failed to properly treat and for which he was only provided over-the-counter Tylenol for his excruciating p[...]

$2M Colorado Medical Malpractice Settlement For Teen Who Died Following Breast Augmentation Surgery

June 28, 2021

The family of an 18-year-old woman who died after breast augmentation surgery two years ago has settled their Colorado medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit for $2 million. The medical malpractice insurance companies for the defendant plastic surgeon and the defendant certified registered nurse[...]

New York Psychiatric Malpractice Case Alleging Improper Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Is Settled

June 15, 2021

Sixty-two-year-old New York resident Chris Muth, known as the “Cat Man,” has reportedly settled his wrongful psychiatric commitment lawsuit for six figures arising out of his six-day stay in a hospital psychiatric ward in July 2008 after he told the police that a cat was trapped behind t[...]

VA Agrees To Pay $2.75M To Settle Botched Ankle Surgery Leading To Leg Amputation

June 14, 2021

The U. S. Government has agreed to settle the medical malpractice claim of a 58-year-old Ohio man involving the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that in February 2015 the man was experiencing left ankle pain that caused instability in the ankle and pro[...]

Confidential Settlement Reached in Chris Cornell Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

May 29, 2021

Rolling Stone has reported that the family of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has reached a confidential settlement in their 2018 medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against a physician who allegedly overprescribed multiple medications for Cornell that “impaired [his] cognition, clou[...]

Georgia Surgeon Still Operates Despite Recent $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Settlements, And Pending Cases

May 10, 2021

A Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) surgeon who was the subject of a recent $3 million medical malpractice verdict also settled a medical malpractice case in December 2019 and has two pending medical malpractice cases against him (one filed in March 2019 and another that was filed in May 2020) [...]

Mizzou BioJoint Settlements Announced

April 30, 2021

The University of Missouri has reportedly settled personal injury and false advertising lawsuits filed from 2018 through 2020 that allege that the “BioJoint” surgeries pioneered by two university employees, orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Stannard and veterinarian Dr. James Cook, which involved[...]

Seattle Assisted Living Facility To Pay $8M To Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

April 24, 2021

The Associated Press (AP) reported that a Seattle assisted living facility’s insurance company has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged that the assisted living facility’s lax supervision of an employee resulted in the ability of the employee to repeatedly rape and sexually abuse a vu[...]

USC Announces $852M Settlement Of State Claims Involving George Tyndall

April 9, 2021

The University of Southern California (“USC”) announced in late March 2021 that it had reached an $852 million settlement agreement with 710 former patients of George Tyndall (“Tyndall”) who filed suit in California state court. Combined with the $215 million federal class ac[...]

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