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Michigan Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.3M For Scarring After Surgical Infection

February 26, 2014

On February 18, 2014, a Michigan medical malpractice jury awarded a now 43-year-old woman $1.3 million for her injuries and damages following her elective surgery. The jury deliberated for less than six hours after a ten-day trial before awarding $500,000 for the woman’s pain, suffering, ment[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Law Says A Fetus Is A Patient

February 21, 2014

In an opinion filed on January 10, 2014, a Virginia appellate court held that a fetus who was injured in the womb due to alleged medical malpractice is considered a “patient” and therefore her medical malpractice claim arose under Virginia’s Medical Malpractice Act, Code Sections 8[...]

A Case Of Medical Malpractice In Canada

February 18, 2014

On April 8, 2005, a woman had surgery in Canada to address a bladder condition. She woke up in excruciating pain that did not subside when she arrived home after the surgery. The pain was so bad that she was unable to walk on her own; she also had a fever. Over the following months, she went to [[...]

For Second Time In Six Months, Mississippi Federal Judge Criticizes Cap On Damages

February 15, 2014

In the December 20, 2013 written opinion issued in a Mississippi medical malpractice case filed under the Federal Torts Claims Act, a Mississippi federal judge has once again criticized Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, quoting his written opini[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned For Lack Of Proper Expert Testimony

February 12, 2014

On February 7, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Superior Court”) overturned a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The jury had awarded damages in the amount of $365,500 to the plaintiff in her capacity as the executrix of her decea[...]

Georgia Judge Increases $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict To Nearly $4.5M

February 11, 2014

On February 4, 2014, a Georgia judge determined that the plaintiffs’ medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $3 million for a baby’s permanent and severe brain damage suffered as a result of alleged medical malpractice shortly after his birth will be increased to almost $4.5 millio[...]

$2.7M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Lung Disease

February 10, 2014

In December 2013, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,700,000 in favor of a woman and her family for the woman developing terminal lung disease as a result of a combination of medications she was prescribed. While the results of an abnormal chest x-ray to che[...]

$32.8M Pennsylvania Birth Injury Verdict For Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy

February 5, 2014

On January 17, 2014, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs and against two nurses who were the defendants whom the jurors determined to have been negligent in failing to alert the doctor performing the delivery of a baby that the baby’s heart rate had droppe[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Child’s Lost Testicles

February 1, 2014

On January 23, 2014, an Oregon jury found in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit that claimed that a little boy’s testicles were negligently lost during surgery to address his undescended testicles. The twelve-person jury deliberated for about six hours after a six-day t[...]

$2.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Teen’s Misdiagnosed Cancer Death

January 27, 2014

On January 17, 2014, after a five-day medical malpractice trial, a Maryland jury in a very conservative jurisdiction returned its verdict in the amount of $2.5 million after finding a surgeon was medically negligent in failing to timely diagnose a 19-year-old’s cancer that resulted in her dea[...]

South Dakota Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Malpractice

January 25, 2014

On January 16, 2014, after four days of trial and three hours of jury deliberations, a South Dakota medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $776,000 against the defendant surgeon and in favor of a woman who suffered end-stage liver disease allegedly as a result of her surg[...]

Connecticut $8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide

January 17, 2014

In December 2013, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury determined that a former Connecticut physician and his employers were negligent in the medical care and treatment that led to a patient committing suicide (the patient also killed his wife, but the jury’s verdict was in favor of the man[...]

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