$18.27M Kentucky Birth Injury Verdict Settled For $17.5M
February 13, 2015
On February 3, 2015, a Kentucky hospital agreed to settle a birth injury medical malpractice case for $17.5 million. In November 2014, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury had awarded the child and his mother $18.27 million for the serious and permanent brain injury suffered by the child during deli[...]
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Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak Claims Coming To A Close
November 23, 2014
There was a massive outbreak of hepatitis C in Nevada in 2007 that was associated with allegedly unsafe practices at endoscopy centers owned by a now-jailed doctor. Many patients of the endoscopy centers alleged in their medical malpractice lawsuits that they contracted the serious and potentially[...]
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Missouri Urologist Loses Third Medical Malpractice Claim
November 7, 2014
A Missouri urologist was found to have committed medical negligence by a Missouri medical malpractice jury on October 31, 2014, following a two-day trial. The jury awarded the 58-year-old former patient of the urologist $240,000 for removing her kidney during surgery when it was allegedly unnecessa[...]
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Johns Hopkins Hospital’s $190M Settlement In Jeopardy?
September 6, 2014
The $190 million settlement reached by plaintiffs’ attorneys and The Johns Hopkins Hospital (“Hopkins”) in a mandatory class-action lawsuit involving allegations that a former Hopkins gynecologist secretly recorded his patients during examinations is required to obtain final appr[...]
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