Medical Malpractice Settlement Archives - Page 9 of 24

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Act Does Not Apply To Indemnification Claim Between Medical Providers

August 2, 2022

Court Holds Malpractice Act Does Not Apply To Indemnification Claim: In its opinion dated March 8, 2022, the Indiana Supreme Court stated: “Today, we’re asked to extend the reach of the Medical Malpractice Act (MMA or Act) to include a claim for indemnification by one medical provider agains[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Massachusetts Will Pay $56 Million To Settle Nursing Home COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuit

July 26, 2022

Massachusetts Will Pay $56 Million To Settle COVID-19 Lawsuit: Massachusetts has agreed to pay $56 million to settle a class action lawsuit involving the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in the spring of 2020. The settlement covers veterans who lived at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home [...]

New Mexico $1.265 Million Late Abortion Death Settlement

July 25, 2022

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (“UNMHSC”) and Southwestern Women’s Options, a private late-term abortion clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have settled claims by the estate of a 23-year-old woman who died as a result of a late-term abortion performed at 24 weeks. [...]

Iowa Pays $7.5M To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim Against University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics

July 17, 2022

Iowa Pays $7.5M To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim: On July 11, 2022, Iowa agreed to pay a 41-year-old man $7.5 million to settle his medical malpractice claims against University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (“UIHC”) after he suffered ongoing major neurological deficits, including spe[...]

Oregon Health System Settles Chemotherapy Death Lawsuit

July 16, 2022

Oregon Health System Settles Chemotherapy Death Lawsuit: Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) reportedly has agreed to pay $1 million to the widow of a cancer patient who allegedly died as a result of a toxic reaction to a chemotherapy drug due to a genetic variant that affect[...]

$28.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Missed Pediatric Brain Tumor

June 14, 2022

A $28.5 million settlement was recently reached in a South Carolina medical malpractice case that alleged that a radiologist failed to identify a malignant tumor on an MRI brain scan of a 14-year-old student-athlete in 2015 after he started having shooting pains in the back of his skull, incidents o[...]

Denver Hospital Settles 24-Year-Old’s Medical Malpractice Death Case For The Maximum: $387,000

May 30, 2022

It was recently announced that Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado (collectively, “Denver Health”) settled a family’s Colorado medical malpractice wrongful death case arising from the unnecessary death of a 24-year-old snowboarder for $387,000, which was the[...]

Federal Government Agrees To Pay $10M For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse in Maine

May 10, 2022

It has been reported that the federal government has agreed to settle the claims of a Maine mother who alleged that a federally-funded medical clinic in Maine failed to report the suspected physical abuse of her then six-and-a-half-month-old child. The now three-and-a-half-year-old child allegedly w[...]

Washington State Pays $3.75M To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Inmate Died From Untreated Cancer

April 30, 2022

The Seattle Times has reported that Washington state has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 63-year-old inmate who died at Monroe Correctional Complex after his cancer was untreated for over one year. The man died on June 12, 2019 from breast ca[...]

University Of Michigan Announces $490M Settlement With Sexual Abuse Plaintiffs

February 11, 2022

The University of Michigan announced on January 10, 2022 that approximately 1,050 claimants who have alleged sexual abuse by the late University of Michigan physician Robert E. Anderson will receive $460 million in settlement of their claims, and an additional $30 million is reserved for future clai[...]

Florida Doctor Suspended For 90 Days After Patent Died Following Liposuction

January 27, 2022

A Florida internal medicine and cardiovascular disease doctor had his medical license suspended after a patient on whom he performed liposuction died as a result of complications she suffered from the procedure. The extent of the doctor’s training for performing liposuction procedures on patie[...]

$6.2M Settlement For 13 Families Harmed By Pediatric Nursing Home’s Inadequate Virus Response (Pre-COVID)

November 9, 2021

Thirteen families obtained a $6.2 million settlement from the former operators of the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a pediatric nursing facility in Passaic County, New Jersey, who had alleged that the facility experienced a viral outbreak among its young patients in 2018 but failed [...]

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