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$4.58M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

June 15, 2016

In mid-May 2016, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff after fifteen days of trial, finding that the defendant emergency room physician negligently misdiagnosed a 33-year-old married nurse, who was the mother to three minor children, as suffering from a migr[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned Due To Judge’s Bizarre Behavior

June 14, 2016

By its opinion filed on May 27, 2016, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Louisiana medical malpractice case, and ruled that the plaintiffs’ motion for new trial should have been granted, based on the trial judge’s biza[...]

$2.2M Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Unnecessary Cardiac Procedure

June 12, 2016

On May 24, 2016, a Kentucky medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, for the husband’s unnecessary cardiac procedure performed in preparation for knee replacement surgery that led to the husband’s loss of his leg below the knee. [...]

Kansas Appellate Court Affirms $1.67M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Judgment Against Pain Clinic

June 9, 2016

On May 27, 2016, the Kansas Court of Appeals (“Kansas Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgments entered in favor of the parents of a man who had committed suicide, and in favor of their son’s estate, against a physician and against a pain clinic, stating, “We hold that in wron[...]

$7.7M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Pulmonary Embolism

June 6, 2016

On May 20, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the estate of a 50-year-old woman who died due to undiagnosed and untreated pulmonary emboli after being negligently treated by the defendant doctor at the defendant hospital. The Philadelphia medical malpracti[...]

$6M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Mom After Giving Birth

June 4, 2016

An Ohio medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiff at the conclusion of a one-and-a-half week trial that took place in May 2016, awarding $6,067,830 to the husband of a woman who died on March 4, 2009 shortly after giving birth by an emergency Cesarean delivery. The eight-person jury [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Evidence Of Negligence Of Subsequent Treating Physicians

June 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 31, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was not error for the trial court to admit evidence pertaining to the negligence of subsequent treating physi[...]

$20M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital For Opiate Death

May 31, 2016

On May 18, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $20 million against a rehabilitation hospital that allegedly overdosed a patient with opiates, despite indicators that the patient was allergic to opiates, which ultimately resulted in her death at home fo[...]

$875K Lasik Malpractice Verdict

May 28, 2016

On April 22, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $875,000 in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that her Lasik surgery was improperly performed, resulting in significant and permanent injury to her eyesight that causes visual problems. The plaintiff, who [...]

$5M Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Verdict For Misplaced Feeding Tube Leading to Death

May 24, 2016

On May 13, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiffs and against the defendant hospital and radiology practice in the amount of $5 million, which included $1.5 million for the wrongful death claims a[...]

$9M Federal Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Pregnant Woman In The Hospital

May 23, 2016

Earlier this month, a federal medical malpractice jury in Illinois returned its advisory verdict in favor of the plaintiff after which the federal judge affirmed a $9 million award in a federal medical malpractice case that claimed that a federally-funded hospital, a physician, and a nurse were medi[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Hospital Death

May 21, 2016

On April 20, 2016, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a hospital physician in a Florida medical negligence lawsuit that alleged that the failure to diagnose a woman’s infection was the cause of her death. The hospital where the woman had died had settled the Fl[...]

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