Maryland Stent Case Settled
May 5, 2013
A Maryland medical malpractice case filed by 21 medical malpractice plaintiffs against a former Maryland stent doctor and the hospital where he allegedly performed unnecessary cardiac stent procedures has settled. The Maryland medical malpractice trial had started on April 1, 2013 in the Circuit Cou[...]
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Maryland Dental Malpractice Claim Settled For Teen’s Death
April 4, 2013
On March 28, 2011, a Maryland 17-year-old high school junior went in for dental surgery to have her wisdom teeth extracted. Her brain was deprived of oxygen during the dental surgery which resulted in the teenager suffering a severe brain injury. The 17-year-old never awoke from the anesthesia a[...]
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VA Hospital In Virginia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
February 26, 2013
As a follow-up to our blog on November 16, 2012 entitled, “Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide,” we are satisfied to report that on February 19, 2013, the U.S. government settled the medical malpractice case involving the Hampton (Virginia) Veteran[...]
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Narconon Of Georgia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit
February 23, 2013
On February 8, 2013, Narconon of Georgia settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it almost three years earlier by the family of a former patient who died of a drug overdose while supposedly receiving court-ordered drug treatment that cost the patient’s parents $30,000 for what they w[...]
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Medical Malpractice Settlements May Cost Cook County $24 Million
February 11, 2013
Cook County, Illinois is facing the possibility that it will pay $24 million in medical malpractice settlements related to its public health system. Upwards of $20 million may be paid to settle one medical malpractice claim involving a now 3-year-old who suffered permanent irreversible brain dam[...]
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Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict
January 19, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]
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VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Claim Settled For $500,000
January 8, 2013
The VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a widow for the death of her husband as a result of alleged medical malpractice for $500,000, which has been approved by a federal judge of the U.S. District Court in Akron, Ohio. The medical malpr[...]
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