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$15M Chicago Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

August 8, 2017

A Chicago hospital reportedly has agreed to settle birth injury medical malpractice claims against it, without admitting liability, for $15 million. The Chicago birth injury settlement was reached on July 17, 2017 and was approved by a judge before the Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit was dismiss[...]

Arizona Court Of Appeals Affirms Medical Malpractice Settlement With Physician Precluded Vicarious Liability Claims Against His Employer

July 19, 2017

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One filed its Memorandum Decision on June 8, 2017 in which it stated that where the plaintiffs entered into a settlement agreement and stipulation dismissing their medical malpractice claims against the defendant physician in which the parties agreed that no wro[...]

$600K California Medical Malpractice Settlement For Flesh Eating Bacteria Death

April 21, 2017

In February 2017, a Santa Barbara, California hospital reportedly settled a California medical malpractice wrongful death claim by paying $600,000 to the family of a 43-year-old woman who died five years ago as a result of necrotizing fasciitis (better known as flesh eating bacteria) that the hospit[...]

Maryland State Senator Called Unethical By Judge In Baltimore Medical Malpractice Case

February 24, 2017

During a January 25, 2017 hearing on the defense request for a postponement of trial in a Baltimore medical malpractice case, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge called a Maryland state senator who entered his appearance on behalf of the medical malpractice defendant, the University of Maryland Medical [...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Settlement For Esophageal Intubation Resulting In Death

February 16, 2017

It was recently reported that a confidential settlement has been reached in an Ohio medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died as a result of a negligent esophageal intubation, instead of the intended endotracheal intubation, and the failure to timely diagnose[...]

$19.3M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement

January 2, 2017

In December 2016, a Pennsylvania court approved a $19.3 million birth injury medical malpractice settlement that involved the alleged negligent delivery of a baby on December 13, 2012 at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that left the child with a profound and permanent brain injury t[...]

$20M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Lawyer’s Misdiagnosed Brain Aneurysm

November 28, 2016

On November 21, 2016, an Illinois judge approved a $20 million medical malpractice settlement reached during an Illinois medical malpractice trial that began on October 28, 2016, for the serious brain injury suffered by a 50-year-old attorney in 2012 after he suffered a stroke two days after being e[...]

$240M Metal-On-Metal Hip Implant Settlement Announced

November 17, 2016

On November 2, 2016, Wright Medical Group N.V. (“Wright”) announced that on November 1, 2016, its wholly owned subsidiary, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., entered into a Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) with Court-appointed attorneys representing plaintiffs in metal-on[...]

Failed Sterilization Procedure Leads To Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim

October 30, 2016

A Maryland woman who had several young children advised her OB during her most recent pregnancy that she wished to have her tubes tied after she gave birth so that she would not have any more children because she and her husband could not afford to raise any more children. The OB agreed to perform [[...]

Two California Medical Malpractice Cases Against Spinal Surgeon Settled

September 19, 2016

It was announced earlier this month that two California medical malpractice cases against a spinal surgeon were settled in late July 2016 for $4.25 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The spinal surgeon was alleged to have failed to disclose to two of his spinal surgery patients that he had fina[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Pharmacy Malpractice Case

September 16, 2016

In its decision filed on August 4, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) held that the defendant pharmacy was not entitled to summary judgment in a pharmacy malpractice case because the pharmacy was not exempted from Indiana’s Comparative Fault Act, and therefore is[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Medical Malpractice Settlement On Subsequent Defendants

September 15, 2016

In its decision filed on August 31, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) was faced with the issue whether the New Jersey medical malpractice defendants were entitled to a pro tanto credit for the amount that the plaintiffs had obtained by way of [...]

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