Medical Malpractice Verdict Archives - Page 58 of 106

$7.6M Georgia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict

February 4, 2018

On January 25, 2018, a Georgia nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict against the defendant nursing home in the amount of $7,621,000, finding the nursing home guilty of both ordinary negligence and medical malpractice. The Georgia nursing home negligence jury determined that the defendant[...]

$40M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

February 3, 2018

On January 23, 2018, after more than two weeks of trial, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 6-year-old girl who suffered catastrophic injuries during birth that left her paralyzed below her chest due to a spinal injury. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice[...]

Defense Verdict For Abortion Doctor Who Left Part Of Baby’s Skull In Woman’s Uterus

February 1, 2018

On January 22, 2018, a Colorado medical malpractice jury found in favor of an abortion doctor who performed a late-term abortion on the plaintiff and left more than a half of the baby’s skull imbedded in her uterus. The 79-year-old late-term abortion doctor was accused of negligently performin[...]

Utah Appellate Court Imputes Nurse’s Concealment Of Medication Error To The Nursing Home Where She Was Employed

January 31, 2018

The Utah Court of Appeals (“Utah Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 19, 2018 that the defendant nursing home’s efforts to avoid full liability for its nurse’s medication error and her subsequent concealment of that error are unavailing, largely because kno[...]

$400K Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Plastic Surgeon For Botched Facelift

January 27, 2018

On December 11, 2017, a Michigan medical malpractice jury awarded a woman $400,000 in total damages, which included $50,000 for permanent scarring and $350,000 for the plaintiff’s past pain and suffering, in a lawsuit that claimed that the defendant plastic surgeon who performed her facelift h[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Vacates Trial Court’s Granting Of New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

January 22, 2018

The Rhode Island Supreme Court held in its decision dated January 9, 2018 that the trial judge had erred in granting a new trial to a Rhode Island medical malpractice plaintiff where the jury found the defendant physician negligent but that his negligence was not the proximate cause of the plaintiff[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Critical Medical Record Not Produced Until Shortly Before Trial

January 17, 2018

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 5, 2018 that the trial judge had abused his discretion in dealing with the defense’s late production of relevant medical records and in denying the plaintiff’s moti[...]

$26M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital For Patient’s Severe Brain Injury

January 6, 2018

A Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $26 million against the defendant hospital on December 11, 2017 for the severe and permanent brain injury suffered by the plaintiff as a result of respiratory collapse that was allegedly due to the medical negligence of a physi[...]

$11M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputations

December 27, 2017

On November 28, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.05 million in favor of a man who had to have both of his legs amputated due to the delayed diagnosis and treatment of his circulatory problems that allegedly resulted from the defendants’ medi[...]

$250,000 Pennsylvania Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Death Of 85-Year-Old Resident

December 24, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $250,000 on December 9, 2017, following a one-week trial and five hours of deliberations. The deceased resident’s family had alleged in their Pennsylvania nursing home negligence lawsui[...]

$1M Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Against Nursing Home For Resident’s Fractures From Falls Due To Inadequate Staffing

December 22, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million, which included $750,000 in punitive damages, against a Pennsylvania nursing home operator and others, for the fractures suffered by a resident as a result of multiple falls that were allegedly due to the nu[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Applies General Verdict Rule In Affirming Nearly $7.9M Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 18, 2017

The December 1, 2017 majority opinion of the Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) upheld the $7,884,761.76 medical malpractice judgment entered against the medical malpractice defendants despite finding that the trial court erroneously denied the defend[...]

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