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$30M Chicago Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child Left Brain Damaged After 24 Experimental Surgeries

March 5, 2016

The Chicago medical malpractice attorneys for a young child who had 24 experimental surgeries that led to his severe and permanent brain injury were able to recently settle the medical malpractice claims against the defendant surgeon and defendant hospital, for $30 million. The child was born on No[...]

Is The U.S. Virgin Islands Medical Malpractice Trust Fund Bankrupt?

January 14, 2016

By law, the U.S. Virgin Islands Medical Malpractice Trust Fund (“Fund”) must be sustained in order to provide for medical malpractice settlements in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health (“VIDOH”) recently responded to what it called “m[...]

Connecticut OB Settles Fetal Death Case

January 12, 2016

On December 31, 2015, a Connecticut OB settled a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against her, shortly before the fetal death trial was scheduled to begin before a jury. The plaintiffs (husband and wife) had sued the defendant OB for the wrongful death of their 22-week-old fetus (the[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of Baby Due To Negligent IUD Removal

November 25, 2015

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Connecticut doctor was recently settled for an undisclosed sum just before the Connecticut medical malpractice trial was scheduled to commence. At issue was whether the doctor could be held responsible for the death of a 22-week-old fetus wh[...]

$850,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement For Blindness Following Prostate Surgery

November 5, 2015

Who among us would ever expect to wake up blind following prostate surgery? That nightmare was the reality for a former military man who had undergone prostate surgery at a military hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. While continuing to deny liability, the United States recently agreed to settle the ma[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Had No Duty To Obtain Consent To Settle

October 8, 2015

In its decision filed on September 23, 2015, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal State of Louisiana (“Appellate Court”) held that a medical malpractice insurance company was not required to obtain the consent of a physician to settle a medical malpractice case under the clear and unambigu[...]

$125K Federal Medical Malpractice Settlement For 7-Year-Old’s Amputated Thumb

June 7, 2015

The United States government has agreed to settle a federal medical malpractice case filed for the loss of a 7-year-old’s left thumb in 2011, allegedly as a result of medical malpractice at an acute care clinic run by the U.S. Navy. The little girl’s thumb had to amputated after her [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Death Claim Settled Against Former Physician

June 3, 2015

It has been reported that a former Maryland physician, who lost his Maryland medical license last year after it was discovered that he had previously been convicted of rape in Florida, has settled a Maryland medical malpractice case (Maryland wrongful death case) filed against him by the family of [...]

Connecticut Birth Injury Claim Settled For $3M

May 14, 2015

Late last month a 26-year-old woman and the State of Connecticut reached a medical malpractice settlement with regard to the alleged medical negligence that occurred during the labor and delivery of the plaintiff’s child in a Connecticut-operated hospital that led to the baby suffering a stro[...]

$1.3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

May 9, 2015

During mid-April 2015,VThe wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Roanoke, Virginia-based medical facility and a physician’s office alleged that the man’s chest x-rays taken in 2009 and 2010 as part of the pre-operative clearance process for the man’s two kn[...]

Florida Supreme Court Overturns Award Of Defendants’ Attorneys Fees In Medical Malpractice Case

April 21, 2015

In a written opinion dated April 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) overturned an award of attorneys fees and costs to the medical malpractice defendants, finding that the defendants had failed to strictly comply with the statutory requirements in order to [...]

California Appellate Court Remands For Proper Calculation Of Medicaid Lien On Medical Malpractice Settlement Proceeds

April 9, 2015

In its published written opinion filed on April 2, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Division One State of California (“Appellate Court”) held that the methodology employed by the trial court in determining a claim for reimbursement made by California’s State D[...]

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