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New Mexico Neurosurgeon Sued Many Times For Medical Malpractice Found Unfit To Practice

February 28, 2025

The New Mexico Medical Board determined in April 2024 that 73-year-old neurosurgeon Mark Erasmus exhibited “manifest incapacity or incompetence,” and thus he was found to be unfit to continue working as a doctor. Erasmus appealed the Board’s decision and on December 30, 2024, a New Mexico [...]

$700,000 New Mexico Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Recasting Of 7-Year-Old’s Leg

February 24, 2025

On February 25, 2018, a 7-year-old who was learning how to ski suffered a right hip dislocation and a tibia fracture in Red River, New Mexico. She was initially brought to Holy Cross Medical Center in Taos, New Mexico, where her hip injury was treated and a closed reduction with casting was performe[...]

$1.25M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Nurse Practitioner’s Delayed Diagnose Of Endometrial Cancer

February 19, 2025

On October 30, 2024, a Massachusetts medical malpractice lawsuit against a nurse practitioner who allegedly negligently delayed the diagnosis of endometrial cancer in a 55-year-old patient was resolved during meditation after the woman’s primary care physician had been deposed. The amount of t[...]

$45M Settlement For New York Nursing Homes Fraud, Neglect

January 13, 2025

New York’s Attorney General announced on November 14, 2024 a settlement with four New York nursing homes managed by Centers for Care, LLC (“Centers”) that will require them to pay $45 million and address years of resident mistreatment and neglect. The Office of the Attorney General[...]

$11.9M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Mother’s Catastrophic Injury During Delivery

December 25, 2024

Estefania Mesa was 28-years-old when she went to Hoboken University Medical Center on July 20, 2020 to deliver her first child at nearly 40 weeks of pregnancy. A C-section delivery was performed after the baby was determined to be in fetal distress. The family claimed in their New Jersey medical mal[...]

What Are The Most Common Medical Malpractice Claims Against Physicians?

November 14, 2024

A comprehensive analysis was conducted of all paid medical malpractice claims for physicians, with linkage to physician specialty, from the National Practitioner Data Bank from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2014, a period including an estimated 19.9 million physician-years. All dollar amounts were[...]

$2.5M Settlement For Partial Loss Of Sight Due To Delayed Glaucoma Diagnosis

November 10, 2024

A 68-year-old woman had been the patient of The Princeton Eye Group in Princeton, New Jersey for more than 20 years. In February 2019, her eye doctor referred her to a glaucoma specialist. However, the woman alleged that the referral was made too late and that the delay caused her to suffer partial [...]

Florida Physician Charged With Failing To Refer Patient For Specialized Care, Resulting in 42-Day Medically-Induced Coma

November 5, 2024

On July 15, 2024, the State of Florida Department of Health filed an Administrative Complaint against a Florida physician who allegedly failed to diagnose a 75-year-old patient’s lung infection (pneumonia) and failed to refer him for specialized or emergency care that resulted in compromised l[...]

$80 Million Opioid Settlement Reached Between Teva Pharmaceuticals And Baltimore City

November 4, 2024

On September 9, 2024, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the City of Baltimore announced they have reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve the City’s claims against Teva and its associated companies for their role in fueling Baltimore’s devastating o[...]

$1,175,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Misread EKG

October 24, 2024

On March 11, 2024, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death claim against a cardiologist who allegedly misread/misinterpreted the decedent’s EKG that was taken in the patient’s primary care physician’s office the day before, was reportedly settled for $1,175,000. The patient h[...]

$35.6M New York Medical Malpractice Pre-Verdict Settlement

October 18, 2024

On October 8, 2024, a New York medical malpractice case was settled for $35.6 million during the fifth day of trial for a 15-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage due to the alleged medical negligence of the hospital where he was treated (not treated) following a scooter accident. The teenage[...]

BD Agrees To Settle Majority Of Hernia Mesh Cases

October 4, 2024

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced on October 2, 2024 that it has reached an agreement to resolve the vast majority of its existing hernia litigation. Terms of the settlement agreement, which are confidential, include cases in both [...]

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