Medical Malpractice Verdict Archives - Page 15 of 106

Missouri Appellate Court Overturns Punitive Damages Award In Opioid-Prescribing Medical Malpractice Case

September 26, 2024

Gregory Frost (“Frost”) claimed he became addicted to opioids due to the negligence of PCRMC Medical Group, Inc., d/b/a Phelps Health Medical Group (“Medical Group”). A jury found that Frost incurred compensatory damages in the amount of $200,000, that comparative fault for said damages was [...]

$15.4M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Anesthesia Leading To Death

September 9, 2024

A 57-year-old woman who went in for a routine, 15-minute endoscopy procedure ended up suffering cardiorespiratory collapse at the end of the procedure. The Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged that the anesthesia team failed to timely recognize the emergency situation and o[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff And Orders New Trial

September 6, 2024

Background The defendant doctor began treating the patient in 2012. In 2013, the defendant doctor diagnosed the patient with mitral-valve stenosis, recommended a mitral valve replacement, and suggested a cardiac surgeon. The patient chose a different cardiac surgeon and underwent cardiac surgery in [...]

Florida Appellate Court Enforces Arbitrator’s Award Against Physician and Hospital For Medical Malpractice

September 5, 2024

Background After a family member’s death during hospitalization, the personal representative filed a medical negligence action against five physicians, including Patrick Regan, D.O. and two hospitals, including Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc., and related entities. The circuit court referred all iss[...]

$8.5M Maryland Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict

August 25, 2024

On August 19, 2024, a Prince George’s County, Maryland nursing home malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant nursing home in the amount of $8.5 million ($8 million for the Estate and $500,000 for the decedent’s daughter). Pursuiant to Maryland’s cap on noneconomi[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Appropriateness Of Collateral Source Jury Instruction In Medical Malpractice Case

August 17, 2024

In a Georgia medical malpractice case involving the alleged medical negligence in implanting a spinal cord stimulator in a patient, the trial court instructed the jury after closing arguments: “In assessing the damages of the Plaintiff, the presence or absence of any insurance or other benefit[...]

$1.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Surgery

August 15, 2024

Victoria Nelson had gallbladder removal surgery at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in July 2019 after she went to the emergency room complaining of severe upper abdominal pain. She was not advised by her surgeon after the surgery that a remnant of her gallbladder was left in her or that the surgeon ha[...]

What Is Tennessee’s Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict?

August 9, 2024

The largest Tennessee medical malpractice verdict was a May 2024 Davidson County jury’s award of almost $47 million ($46,993,500) for now five-year-old Vivian Boughton, who suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of the failure of a hospital to timely deliver her in 2018. Vivian’[...]

$41 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lawyer Who Suffered Avoidable Stroke

July 17, 2024

In early May 2024, after a one-month trial, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 72-year-old lawyer who suffered a serious stroke because his medical providers failed to properly manage his anticogulation medication. On February 28, 2016, the lawyer[...]

$23M Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 11, 2024

On May 1, 2024, an Illinois birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $23,070,000 in favor of now seven-year-old Na’ Jai Johnson, who sustained brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of the claimed medical negligence of two obstetricians and a nurse at Chicag[...]

New York Appellate Court Finds Trial Judge Erred In Setting Aside $10M Medical Malpractice Suicide Verdict On Issue Of Proximate Cause

July 9, 2024

A New York medical malpractice plaintiff filed an action against the defendant physician, Theodore Strange, to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death related to the death of Richard Shouldis by suicide. Strange treated the decedent in the days and weeks before the decedent’s de[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Reverses Remittitur Order In Medical Malpractice Case

July 4, 2024

In 2019, Anthonette Jasco (“Jasco”) filed a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that Lawrence Shall, M.D. and his employer, Vann-Virginia Center for Orthopaedics, P.C., were negligent in failing to properly diagnose and treat her knee injury, which resulted in complex surgery, [...]

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