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$75M Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed For 32-Year-Old With Locked-In Syndrome Due To Misdiagnosis Of Brainstem Stroke Following Chiropractic Treatment

May 2, 2025

At around 4:20 p.m. on October 26, 2015, 32-year-old Jonathan Buckelew arrived by ambulance to the emergency department of North Fulton Hospital after he experienced seizure-like activity and became unresponsive during a chiropractic neck adjustment. Although the hospital was a primary stroke center[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms $1.2M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict, Turning Aside Claims Of Judge’s Racial Bias

April 25, 2025

A Maryland medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice wrongful death case, finding that one defendant doctor, who was white, was not negligent, and that the other defendant doctor, who was black, was negligent and that his negligence led to the patient’s[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages As Applied In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unconstitutional

April 23, 2025

On November 29, 2022, John Paganini filed a complaint for medical malpractice against Gregory J. Louis, M.D. and his medical practice that alleged that after Dr. Louis performed cataract surgery on Paganini, Dr. Louis failed to diagnoseendophthalmitis (an infection) during his December 10, 2021 appo[...]

California Appellate Court Slashes $29.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Chiropractor To $250K

April 22, 2025

In 2018, then 14-year-old Jake Drost—who had a pre-existing heart condition—died from cardiac arrest after participating in a 100-yard dash for his school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Before Jake began participating, Shamus Sheridan, a licensed chiropractor, screened an[...]

$8M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death Involving Endoscopy

April 15, 2025

On April 11, 2025, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in an amount just over $8 million for the medical malpractice wrongful death of a 43-year-old public school teacher and father of three children, the youngest being four months old at the time of his death. The man was[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Win

April 15, 2025

On June 25, 2019, Georgia Ann Miller filed an Indiana medical malpractice action against Trinh Tran, M.D. and his medical practice alleging that Dr. Tran’s treatment caused her to sustain her tendon injuries and to also experience weight gain, depression, hair loss, and other symptoms. On November[...]

$10M Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Use Of Pitocin During Labor

April 12, 2025

A Wisconsin medical malpractice jury determined in mid-February 2025 that a hospital negligently used Pitocin during labor and delivery that led to the newborn baby suffering permanent brain damage. The now six-year-old child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly before her second birthday and i[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Found Liable For Failing To Diagnose And Treat Patient’s Stroke

April 2, 2025

“Penn Highlands Mon Valley is a Primary Stroke Center, offering expert stroke care and stroke management in southwestern Pennsylvania. While all of Penn Highlands ERs and hospitals are skilled at assessing and treating stroke patients, Penn Highlands Mon Valley’s advanced stroke certifi[...]

$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infection Leading To Necrotizing Fasciitis After Cosmetic Surgery

March 30, 2025

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $35 million for a patient who had elective cosmetic surgical procedures after which she developed an infection that was not timey or appropriately diagnosed or treated, leading to sepsis and the patient deteriorating into a co[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Award Of Attorney Fees In Medical Malpractice Offer Of Settlement Case

March 22, 2025

The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in its January 31, 2025 opinion, affirmed the award of $1,990,567.69 in attorney fees and expenses under OCGA § 9-11-68, Georgia’s offer of settlement statute, in a stillborn medical malpractice case. Plaintiff Jullyene Santos Keitt, individually and as the natura[...]

Washington Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Palestinian Plaintiff Alleged Bias

March 19, 2025

Joumana Al Hayek and Nicholas Phillips filed an action against Dr. Kathryn Miles and Northwest OB-GYN, PS, for medical malpractice relating to the delivery of their second child. Although the child was born healthy, Al Hayek’s uterus ruptured during the long painful labor, and she no longer can ha[...]

$3M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Patient After Gallbladder Surgery

March 13, 2025

Earlier this month, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $3 million for the family of a man who died after gallbladder surgery because his hepatic artery was negligently cut by the surgeon and the surgeon negligently failed to diagnose the injury. Maryland’s ca[...]

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