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Hershey Medical Center Pays $400,000 To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim

February 3, 2014

The family of a 76-year-old man who had been litigating a medical malpractice case against the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for five years has settled the medical malpractice claims by agreeing to accept $400,000 from the Pennsylvania hospital. The family had [...]

Weird Florida Medical Malpractice Settlement Situation

January 2, 2014

A Florida appellate court on December 27, 2013 decided a case involving the medical malpractice settlement on behalf of the young malpractice victim (the parents’ medical malpractice complaint alleged that a Florida doctor had failed to timely diagnose and treat their son’s eye condit[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Victim Awarded $30M For Throat Fire During Surgery

December 14, 2013

A 55-year-old woman from Washington State had polyps on her vocal cords for which she had surgery using a laser. A breathing tube had been inserted into her throat as part of the surgical procedure and oxygen was flowing at the time the laser started a fire in her throat. The laser surgery fire [...]

1,402 Victims Of Delaware Pedophile Pediatrician Advised Of Their Settlement Payments

December 3, 2013

In one of the most egregious and disgusting cases of a pediatrician abusing his defenseless patients, a former Delaware pediatrician reportedly filmed himself raping about 100 children, including babies, and abused hundreds of others. The pediatrician abused his young patients (the average age o[...]

Missouri Veteran Receives $8.3M Settlement For VA Malpractice

November 21, 2013

A retired 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran and long-time postal worker from St. Louis, Missouri had a cardiac stent implanted at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri during February 2009, after he experienced chest pain. The stent was implanted by using a catheter inserted t[...]

University Of Cincinnatti Settles Paralyzed Woman’s Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For $2.3 Million

November 9, 2013

On October 24, 2013, the Court of Claims of Ohio approved the $2.3 million settlement reached between the University of Cincinnati and a woman who became paralyzed as a result of medical malpractice. It took just over six years from the date that the woman filed her medical malpractice claim until [...]

When Are Medical Malpractice Payments Required To Be Reported To The NPDB?

October 13, 2013

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) is a confidential information clearinghouse created by Congress with the primary goals of improving health care quality, protecting the public, and reducing health care fraud and abuse in the U.S. The NPDB is primarily an alert or flagging sy[...]

Pennsylvania Cancer Misdiagnosis Death Case Settled for $2.4M

October 4, 2013

The family of a 49-year-old woman who died from allegedly misdiagnosed vulvar cancer (late diagnosis of her cancer) recently settled their medical malpractice claim against a large Pennsylvania hospital where the medical negligence was claimed to have occurred. The $2.4 million settlement was reache[...]

Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled

September 18, 2013

A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled For Limbs Lost To Flesh-Eating Bacteria

September 9, 2013

On September 5, 2013, a Massachusetts woman who had all four of her limbs amputated after she contracted flesh-eating bacteria while giving birth at a local Massachusetts hospital settled her medical malpractice lawsuit for $9.5 million. The 41-year-old woman alleged in her medical malpractice [...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death From Blood Clot After Hip Replacement Surgery

July 29, 2013

A Pennsylvania judge approved a $1 million settlement during July 2013 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice (wrongful death) lawsuit brought by the surviving wife of a 56-year-old man who suffered a blood clot three weeks after hip replacement surgery that allegedly was misdiagnosed and caused [...]

Ohio Hospital Agrees To $5.25 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Settlement

July 9, 2013

On June 27, 2013, the Ohio Court of Claims approved a $5.25 million settlement between an Ohio state hospital and the family of a newborn who suffered a profound brain injury due to alleged obstetrical medical malpractice. The child’s parents had filed a medical malpractice claim against the[...]

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