Medical Malpractice Verdict Archives - Page 93 of 106

Colorado Medical Malpractice Loss Means Parents Must Pay $340,000 For Defendant’s Costs

August 14, 2013

When a baby in the womb did not have a pulse and was not receiving oxygen for thirteen minutes during delivery four years ago, resulting in the baby suffering permanent brain damage requiring constant medical care for the rest of his life, without explanation as to what had occurred, the parents fi[...]

$1.45M Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Fire Injuries Caused By Smoking

August 13, 2013

A nursing home negligence jury in Virginia recently awarded $1.45 million to the estate of a man whose clothing caught on fire while he was allowed to smoke unsupervised at a Virginia nursing home. The incident occurred on June 3, 2011, when the wheelchair-bound nursing home resident’s swea[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide

August 5, 2013

In its written opinion dated July 15, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Court of Appeals”) affirmed a Georgia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $400,000 in compensatory damages for a knee infection claim, $500,000 in compensatory damages for a wro[...]

District Of Columbia Court Of Appeals Affirms $6.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 1, 2013

On July 25, 2013, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld a $6.5 million verdict for inadequate prenatal care that led to the premature birth and severe and permanent injuries suffered by a newborn. The Washington, D.C. medical malpractice claim alleged that on March 5, 1987, the woman w[...]

Tennessee $33.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury

July 30, 2013

On July 15, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury awarded $33.5 million against an obstetrician and his employer for the obstetrician’s alleged failure to perform a timely cesarean section delivery that resulted in the newborn’s severe and permanent brain injury and a form of cereb[...]

Illinois $1 Million Verdict For Carpal Tunnel Surgery Nerve Injury

July 28, 2013

On June 8, 2013, an Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded an 82-old-woman $1,066,000.00 in compensatory damages for injuries she suffered when her surgeon cut her median nerve during carpal tunnel surgery. The medical malpractice defendants argued that injury to the median nerve during carpel [...]

Florida Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict: $1.2 BILLION

July 25, 2013

On July 22, 2013, a Florida jury awarded $1.2 billion to the family of a 69-year-old nursing home resident who died after repeated falls in the nursing home that the nursing home negligently failed to prevent. The nursing home negligence lawsuit was filed in 2009 and involved years of legal ma[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Ectopic Pregnancy

July 24, 2013

On July 18, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $513,129.00 for the loss of her fallopian tube due to a certified nurse midwife’s alleged negligent failure to diagnose her ectopic pregnancy. The jury deliberated for 90 mi[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Oncologist For Cancer Misdiagnosis

July 22, 2013

Imagine being told by an oncologist that you have terminal Stage IV breast cancer, meaning that your cancer is advanced (has spread) and you are likely to die from the cancer. Imagine further that your oncologist misread a medical test that showed you did not have cancer and that the chemotherapy a[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Wyoming Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 19, 2013

By its Order and Judgment dated July 2, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (which includes Wyoming) reinstated the $2 million verdict for a wife’s loss of consortium claim awarded by a federal Wyoming medical malpractice jury, and upheld the $7 million verdict in favor of th[...]

Maryland Bed Bug Claim Ends In Large Verdict

July 18, 2013

Just the mention of bed bugs makes many people squeamish and uncomfortable. Being bitten by bed bugs that come out in the dark at night and bite people without warning while they are sleeping in their own beds is a nightmare for many people. While most people do not live with bed bugs in their ho[...]

Controversial Arkansas Judge Seeking Higher Office Cuts Nursing Home Jury Verdict By Over 80%

July 17, 2013

By Order dated July 10, 2013, an Arkansas circuit court judge denied the defendant nursing home’s motion for a new trial but nonetheless eviscerated the $5.2 million verdict that a unanimous Arkansas jury had awarded against the local nursing home, finding that the 12-person jury’s verdi[...]

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