Kentucky Jury Awards $21.2M For Unnecessary Cardiac Procedure
August 21, 2016
A Kentucky medical malpractice jury awarded a local man $21.25 million in compensatory and punitive damages on August 10, 2016 against a local hospital and its owner for allegedly allowing an unnecessary cardiac procedure to be performed on him. The jury found that the defendant hospital and its p[...]
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South Dakota Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
August 15, 2016
On August 1, 2016, a South Dakota medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defense, clearing the defendant surgeon of a claim of medical negligence leading to his patient’s death. The South Dakota medical malpractice jury deliberated for over four and a half hours before h[...]
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Over Attorney Fee Split
August 9, 2016
An Oregon medical malpractice law firm and an Oregon sole practitioner who undertook the representation of an Oregon man who suffered a catastrophic injury due to medical negligence and won a large Oregon medical malpractice verdict that was subsequently settled for a substantial but reduced amount [...]
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Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Liposuction Death Verdict
August 8, 2016
On August 4, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho (“Idaho Supreme Court”) affirmed the verdict in favor of the surviving husband of a woman who underwent a liposuction and fat transfer procedure at an Idaho medical spa owned and operated by an anesthesiologist. The woman died le[...]
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