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$4.25M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of Twins Due To Eclampsia

September 12, 2016

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed against physicians who provided prenatal care to a pregnant woman was recently settled for a reported $4.25 million payment to the plaintiff. In an opinion filed on August 18, 2016 by a state court judge in Pennsylvania, the judge gave the defendants [...]

$11M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child’s Heart Transplant Needed After Botched Cardiac Procedure

September 2, 2016

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit filed in 2009 after a botched cardiac procedure performed in November 2005 on a then 10-year-old child was recently settled for $11 million. The child’s mother had filed the Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of her son after he suffered a ve[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For 93-Year-Old’s Hospital Death Settled

August 24, 2016

A California medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit for the death of a 93-year-old hospital patient who died as a result of alleged medical negligence while in the hospital has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The elderly woman’s family had reported the incident to the California De[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Over Attorney Fee Split

August 9, 2016

An Oregon medical malpractice law firm and an Oregon sole practitioner who undertook the representation of an Oregon man who suffered a catastrophic injury due to medical negligence and won a large Oregon medical malpractice verdict that was subsequently settled for a substantial but reduced amount [...]

Former Michigan Oncologist Settles 43 Medical Malpractice Claims For $8M

July 27, 2016

On July 20, 2016, a former oncologist from Michigan settled 43 medical malpractice claims filed by his former patients for a total of $8 million. The settlement takes into account Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, which is currently $440,000 (or nearly $800,00[...]

$1.2M Settlement For Paramedics’ Delay In Treating Elderly Woman Who Later Died

June 29, 2016

The City of Columbus, Ohio has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a 76-old-woman who suffered a cardiac arrest and died after paramedics failed to treat her for nearly 25 minutes after she vomited and turned blue while at an MRI facility where she was getting an MRI of her hip. The woman [...]

$20M Hospital Medical Malpractice Settlement For Communications Breakdowns Leading To Paralysis

June 22, 2016

A Washington hospital has reached a $20 million settlement with a man whose repeated concerns that he had fractured his back after suffering a fall from his bed went unheeded, leading to his paralysis. As part of the settlement, the hospital and the man agreed to work together to address communicati[...]

New York City Hospitals Settled 221 Medical Malpractice Cases For $124M In 2015

March 30, 2016

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (“HHC”) reportedly settled 221 medical malpractice lawsuits in 2015 for a total of $124 million in payouts, which was down from $133 million that was paid out in 2014 to settle medical malpractice claims. However, the total number of new med[...]

Large Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Results In Grievances Filed Against The Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

March 23, 2016

The medical malpractice lawyers who represented the plaintiffs in a Connecticut medical malpractice case that resulted in a large medical malpractice verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor are fighting the grievances filed against them by their former clients. The grievances allege that the plaintif[...]

$3.75M Iowa Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved For Birth Injury

March 21, 2016

The State of Iowa has agreed to settle an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice claim that will pay $2.15 million to the parents of the injured child and their attorneys along with $1,000 a month paid to the child’s guardians from April 2016 through November 2028, and then $2,570 per month thr[...]

$1M Nursing Home Bedsore Claim Settlement

March 7, 2016

In late February 2016, shortly before the March 4 scheduled start of a California nursing home negligence and elder abuse lawsuit, the parties announced that the defendant California nursing home, which charges residents $100,000 per year for nursing home care and promised its residents that it woul[...]

Army Hospital Medical Malpractice Claim Ends In $9M Settlement

March 6, 2016

It has been reported that Tripler Army Medical Center has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a medical malpractice birth injury case that alleged that the medical negligence of a doctor-in-training at the army hospital caused a newborn to suffer catastrophic neurological injuries that occurred dur[...]

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