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Las Vegas Delayed CPR Brain Damage Medical Malpractice Case Settled During Jury Deliberations

December 22, 2019

A Las Vegas, Nevada medical malpractice jury was in the middle of deliberations when the parties reached a settlement in the Nevada medical malpractice lawsuit that sought $63 million in compensatory damages for a woman who claimed that she suffered serious permanent brain damage because the hospita[...]

Delaware Supreme Court Holds Joint Tortfeasor Release Involving Physician In Medical Malpractice Case Also Released The Defendant Hospital

December 9, 2019

In its opinion filed on December 2, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) held: “Since the release provides that the plaintiff’s claim is reduced by “the greater” of Dr. Principe’s pro rata share of responsibility, whatever that amount [...]

Misdiagnosis Of Testicular Cancer Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Against Kaiser Permanente

November 15, 2019

A Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against Kaiser Permanente has reportedly been settled for a confidential amount. The Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in October 2017 by a 25-year-old man’s widow alleged that Kaiser Permanente and two [...]

$2.3M Chicago Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement Approved After Faulty Autopsy Finding Reversed

October 26, 2019

The $2.3 million settlement of a Chicago medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was approved by the court on September 17, 2019. The case involved a 49-year-old woman who had routine gallbladder surgery at the defendant hospital, where she worked. The woman died during the surgery and an assista[...]

University Of Chicago Pays $2.6M To Resolve $3M Medical Malpractice Judgment For Death Following Cardiac Catheterization

August 13, 2019

The University of Chicago has agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve a $3 million medical malpractice judgment entered in May 2019 against it and a cardiologist in a Chicago medical malpractice wrongful death case. The settlement includes the agreement that the University of Chicago will drop its app[...]

Did Neil Armstrong Die As A Result Of Medical Malpractice?

July 25, 2019

Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon 50 years ago this past week, died at the age of 82, reportedly as a result of medical malpractice. An article in The New York Times on July 23, 2019 stated, “His two sons contended that incompetent post-surgical care at Mercy Health — Fair[...]

$2M VA Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed Diagnosis Of Tongue Cancer

July 24, 2019

The widow of a 69-year-old veteran who died in 2017 after the VA negligently delayed diagnosis of his tongue cancer for about 20 months, during which time the cancer spread and became terminal, will receive $2 million from the federal government in settlement of her wrongful death lawsuit. The settl[...]

$12.9M Settlement For Nursing Home And Pharmacy Negligence Leading To Resident’s Death

July 14, 2019

On June 10, 2019, the parties to a Kentucky nursing home negligence wrongful death lawsuit reached a settlement in the amount of $12.9 million for the death of a retired 68-year-old judge who died in the nursing home because the nursing home failed to provide him with antibiotic treatment as ordered[...]

$1.7M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Detect Fetus’ Down Syndrome

July 8, 2019

On May 21, 2019, a New Jersey judge approved a $1.7 million New Jersey medical malpractice settlement involving an obstetrician and a midwife for their alleged failures to timely detect that the plaintiff’s child in utero had Down syndrome, thereby precluding the plaintiff from the right to de[...]

$5M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman’s Paralysis Following Back Surgery

July 3, 2019

A 42-year-old woman claimed in her New Jersey medical malpractice lawsuit that a neurosurgeon employed by the State of New Jersey performed neurosurgery on her back on January 23, 2015 after which she became partially paralyzed from her mid-back down. She alleged that she first noticed she had no se[...]

$3.8M California Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman In Coma Since 2015

May 4, 2019

The family of a woman who was 33-years-old when she suffered cardiac arrest in the defendant hospital’s emergency room on February 25, 2015, and has been in a coma ever since, has agreed to settle the California medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed in October 2016, for $3.8 million. The [...]

Missouri Appellate Court Rules That Two Medical Malpractice Policy Limits Applied To Medical Malpractice Settlement

May 2, 2019

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division One (“Missouri Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 23, 2019, held that “the undisputed facts in this case demonstrate Appellants’ claims are subject to two Liability Limits under the terms of the Policy.” [...]

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