Medical Malpractice Settlement Archives - Page 14 of 24

$344,000 Settlement For Arkansas Jail Death

July 13, 2018

An Arkansas county and the private health care provider contracted to provide medical services to prisoners in the county jail reportedly settled a deliberate indifference wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a jailed prisoner who died as a result of the failure of the defendants to provide[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Settles Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death of 11-Month-Old, For $6.5M

April 25, 2018

On April 13, 2018, a Pennsylvania judge signed off on a $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement involving the death on an 11-month-old child whose serious intestinal condition went undiagnosed and untreated by a Pennsylvania hospital until it was too late to save his life. The toddler’s pa[...]

$1.8M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Timely Re-Intubate After Untimely Removal From Ventilator

April 3, 2018

The family of a 30-year-old woman who died after she suffered profound and irreversible brain damage because she was removed from a ventilator too soon following surgery, and attempts to re-intubate her were too late and unsuccessful, have agreed to settle their North Carolina medical malpractice cl[...]

Georgia Hospital Settles Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

March 24, 2018

On March 1, 2018, a Georgia hospital settled a birth injury medical malpractice case filed against it that alleged that two physicians that it employed failed to provide care consistent with the required standard of care, which resulted in the baby suffering a severe brain injury at her birth in 201[...]

$325K Pharmacy Error Settlement Reached In Wisconsin Wrongful Death Case

February 25, 2018

A Wisconsin lawsuit alleging that the error of a pharmacist who filled a patient’s prescription with double the strength of an opioid that the patient had been taking for a year-and-a-half that led to her death has been settled for $325,000, which is $25,000 less than the $350,000 cap on nonec[...]

Confidential Medical Malpractice Settlement Agreements Harm Patient Safety – Part One

January 14, 2018

Too often victims of medical malpractice are required by negligent medical providers and their medical malpractice insurance companies to agree to sign confidentiality agreements (a/k/a non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs) in which they agree to keep silent and not discuss with anyone their underlyin[...]

$2M Minnesota Dental Malpractice Settlement For 17-Year-Old’s Death

December 16, 2017

The parents of a 17-year-old woman who died shortly after undergoing a dental procedure in Minnesota have settled their dental malpractice claims against the oral surgeon who performed the wisdom teeth extractions on June 9, 2015, reportedly receiving just over $2 million to settle their wrongful de[...]

VA Settles Overdose Medical Malpractice Death Claim For $2.3M

December 5, 2017

A federal judge has approved the $2.3 million medical malpractice wrongful death settlement involving the Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. The victim, a Marine Corps veteran, died on August 30, 2014 after he was administered sixteen different opiates in addition to other sedating medicat[...]

$2.65M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Settlement For Hospital Blood Thinner Death

September 29, 2017

On December 12, 2012, a 63-year-old man went to a Connecticut hospital’s emergency room after a chicken bone got caught in his throat. An endoscopy was performed to remove the chicken bone, after which he experienced left hemiparesis, mumbling, and slurred speech while in recovery. At the ti[...]

Hawaii Medical Malpractice Case Settled For Unnecessary Death Of 8-Year-Old

September 27, 2017

A Hawaii medical malpractice case filed after the unnecessary death of an 8-year-old second grader from Hilo, Hawaii was recently settled by the U.S. government for $850,000 (the health care clinic where the child was treated was a federally qualified health center for which the U.S. government was [...]

$3.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman’s Death Due To Undiagnosed Heart Condition

August 23, 2017

On February 6, 2012, a 41-year-old woman went to the defendant hospital’s emergency room, complaining of severe pain in her left shoulder that radiated down her left arm. She was admitted to the hospital and a cardiac evaluation was ordered due to her symptoms. As part of the cardiac evaluatio[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Heart Surgery On Newborn

August 9, 2017

A Pennsylvania hospital and several physicians have reached a medical malpractice settlement with the family of a severely injured newborn that will pay a minimum of $12.5 million. The settlement will result in an initial cash payment in the amount of $8.3 million, with the medical malpractice defen[...]

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