Ohio Medical Malpractice Case: When A Win Is Really A Loss
July 26, 2014
In our blog posted on July 17, 2014 that was entitled, “Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery,” we discussed an Ohio medical malpractice/wrongful death case that was in the middle of a jury trial in which the surviving husband of a woman who died 15 months after sh[...]
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Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict
July 9, 2014
A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]
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$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man
July 8, 2014
On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Neurosurgeon
June 29, 2014
It took a Maryland medical malpractice jury just 45 minutes of deliberations on June 6, 2014, after eight days of trial, to find in favor of the defendant neurosurgeon. The Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had sought compensation for past medical expenses in the amount of nearly $230,000, futu[...]
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$1.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Lap Chole
June 28, 2014
On June 23, 2014, a Georgia medical malpractice jury awarded $1.5 million to a 30-year-old man who suffered permanent, life-changing injuries as a result of negligently performed lap chole surgery. The man alleged that he suffered a severe ischemic injury to his femoral and sciatic nerves and has pe[...]
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$14.5M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury
June 17, 2014
On June 10, 2014, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $14.5 million after a two-week trial, for the alleged birth injuries suffered during delivery when the baby suffered a brain hemorrhage in utero. The verdict included $5 million for the [...]
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$7.9M Michigan Hospital Medical Malpractice Verdict
June 15, 2014
A Michigan medical malpractice jury recently determined that a Michigan hospital, an anesthesiologist practice, and a physician should pay $7.9 million in compensatory damages to the survivors of a woman who allegedly died due to medical malpractice. The defendant hospital immediately expressed its [...]
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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Battery Case
June 13, 2014
It is not often that a medical malpractice case alleges that a battery was committed by a medical provider due to the fact that the medical provider usually obtains the prior consent of the patient before performing particular medical procedure(s) on the patient (a “battery” may be defin[...]
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