Medical Malpractice Verdict Archives - Page 64 of 106

$8.5M Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Complication Leading To Penis Injury

June 4, 2017

On April 12, 2017, a Washington medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife a total of $8.5 million in compensatory damages ($6 million to the husband and $2.5 million to the wife for the harm to their marriage) as a result of complications from abdominal surgery that led to the man’s[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Shoulder Dystocia Case

May 30, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on May 2, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial judge did not commit error in refusing to allow the plaintiff’s biomedical engineering expert, who was not a licensed medical provider, fro[...]

New York Trial Judge Upholds $7.5M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Fertility Clinic

May 29, 2017

A New York trial judge has upheld a New York medical malpractice jury’s award in the amount of $7.5 million to the parents of a child born with cystic fibrosis. The defendant, a New York fertility clinic, allegedly failed to perform a genetic test for cystic fibrosis before the couple had fer[...]

$21.6M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delay In Breast Cancer Diagnosis

May 28, 2017

A 47-year-old former emergency room nurse recently obtained a $21.6 million Florida medical malpractice verdict against an ultrasound technician and the doctor who was interpreting the ultrasound for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose her breast cancer. The judge in the Florida [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Non-Party Subsequent Treating Physicians’ Negligence In Medical Malpractice Case

May 26, 2017

In a case decided on May 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”), Maryland’s highest court, held: ” … a defendant generally denying liability may present evidence of a non-party’s negligence and causation as an affirmative defense. It was not [...]

$460K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Leading To Death

May 22, 2017

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $460,000 in favor of the wife and six adult children of a 79-year-old man whose lung cancer was misdiagnosed for years until it was at stage IV. The man died two years after he was finally diagnosed, which was five years after a [...]

Nebraska Appellate Court Discusses Joint And Several Liability When One Medical Malpractice Defendant Settles

May 20, 2017

The Nebraska Court of Appeals filed a decision on April 18, 2017 in a Nebraska medical malpractice case where one of the named medical malpractice defendants settled with the plaintiff before trial and the case proceeded to trial against the remaining medical malpractice defendant, which resulted [...]

$9.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned For Failure To Consider Future Medical Expenses Under ACA

May 16, 2017

The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division One (“California Appellate Court”) overturned a California medical malpractice jury’s award of $9,577,000 as the present cash value of the future medical and rehabilitation care expenses in a birth inj[...]

$3M Paxil Labeling Verdict For Suicide Death

May 9, 2017

On April 20, 2017, a Chicago jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of a widow whose 57-year-old husband was a corporate attorney who committed suicide while taking a generic version of Paxil, by stepping into the path of a train on July 15, 2010. The defendant was GlaxoSmith[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Unsupported Expert Opinion

May 5, 2017

In its opinion filed on April 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) reversed a Virginia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the defendant otolaryngologist involving the unexpected death of a child during the afternoon following outpatient[...]

Arkansas Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

April 30, 2017

In its opinion delivered on March 29, 2017, the Arkansas Court of Appeals “(Appellate Court”) ruled that there was no error committed by the trial judge during a medical malpractice jury trial, and therefore affirmed the jury’s defense verdict. The Arkansas medical malpractice [...]

$14.9M Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ambulatory Surgery Center For Patient’s Permanent Paralysis

April 26, 2017

On March 23, 2017, a Colorado medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant ambulatory surgery center for the permanent paralysis suffered by a patient who was given a drug during an epidural steroid injection procedure that the manufacturer of the drug specificity warned agai[...]

« 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 … 106 »

Category: Medical Malpractice Verdict