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Missouri $6.4 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stroke

July 16, 2013

A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded a man and his wife $6.4 million on July 5, 2013 for a stroke the man suffered in 2007. The basis for the man’s medical malpractice lawsuit was his primary care physician’s failure to diagnosis and treat his bacterial infection that led to a str[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain-Damaged 4-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient

July 14, 2013

On July 12, 2013, a Washington judge awarded the family of a 4-year-old $15.2 million after a hospital physician prescribed Afrin, an over-the-counter decongestant that was contraindicated for the child because she had had a heart transplant almost four years earlier. The drug error caused the litt[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Trach Tube Error

July 13, 2013

On July 3, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $15.2 million in favor of a 23-year-old man who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when his doctor removed his breathing tube (tracheostomy tube) and failed to timely or adequately respond when he had problem[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Vacates $28 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 10, 2013

On July 3, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s second highest appellate court, vacated a Baltimore medical malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $28,301,825 (the Maryland medical malpractice jury originally awarded the plainti[...]

Washington State Medical Malpractice Verdict In Favor Of Anesthesiologist

June 29, 2013

On June 24, 2013, a Washington State medical malpractice jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist in a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that the anesthesiologist was negligent in his care of a 66-year-old patient following minor surg[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Jury’s Flip Flop Causes Problems For Everyone

June 28, 2013

An Ohio medical malpractice verdict rendered by an eight-person jury on May 2, 2013 after a nearly four-week trial is at the center of a controversy regarding whether it is a legitimate verdict and should stand. The controversy involves the fact that six of the jurors (the minimum number of jurors [...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned On Appeal

June 23, 2013

On May 24, 2013, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) overturned a medical malpractice verdict in favor of the defendants because the trial court impermissibly allowed the defendants’ lawyer to question the plaintiff’s medical expert in front of [...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Misdiagnosis

June 20, 2013

On June 13, 2013, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a now 47-year-old man $200,000 for his severe emotional trauma due to his physician misdiagnosing his cancer as a much more aggressive form of pancreatic cancer (stage 4) rather than the more treatable non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he ac[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict ($620,000) For Neck Injuries During Spinal Tap

June 19, 2013

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $620,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff on June 13, 2013 after an eight-day trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The Maryland medical malpractice jury deliberated for four hours on June 13, 2013 before[...]

New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Jury Rejects Unanimous Medical Malpractice Panel Decision

June 18, 2013

Earlier this month, a New Hampshire medical malpractice jury rejected the unanimous decision of a New Hampshire medical malpractice panel that had found in favor of a cardiologist and his cardiology practice after they were sued for medical malpractice by the parents of a 37-year-old man who died[...]

New York Court Of Appeals Side-Steps Loss-Of-Chance Recovery In Medical Malpractice Case

June 10, 2013

In its decision filed on June 6, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) declined to decide if the “loss-of-chance” theory of tort recovery is available in New York medical malpractice cases. The loss-of-chance doctrine allows recovery to patients “[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Defendant Anesthesiologist

June 9, 2013

After six days of trial and three and a half hours of jury deliberations, a Maine medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist. The patient sued the anesthesia practice that employed the anesthesiologist as well as a hospital, alleging that he was injured a[...]

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