North Carolina $4 Million Verdict For Nursing Malpractice
May 26, 2013
During late April 2013, a Hertford County, North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $4 million to the estate of a deceased patient of a psychiatric acute care inpatient facility who died on April 24, 2009 after going into a diabetic coma on April 13, 2009 following an insulin overdose at[...]
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Arkansas $5.2 Million Nursing Home Verdict May Be Uncollectible
May 19, 2013
On May 16, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in Faulkner County, Arkansas returned a unanimous verdict against a local nursing home in the amount of $5.2 million after determining that the nursing home had been negligent in its care and treatment of an elderly female resident. The resident died at[...]
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Nevada $500 Million Punitive Damages Verdict For Hepatitis C
April 30, 2013
On April 9, 2013, a Nevada jury returned a punitive damages award in the amount of $500 million against two affiliates of UnitedHealth Group ($270 million against Health Plan of Nevada and $230 million against Sierra Health Services), arising out of a hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada caused by the [...]
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