Medical Malpractice Victim Archives - Page 19 of 19

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Places High Value On Life

December 22, 2011

An 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease died as a result of dehydration and renal failure in a West Virginia nursing home, allegedly due to medical malpractice at the negligent nursing home where she had been a patient for only 20 days. The medical malpractice l[...]

North Dakota Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain-Damaged Baby

December 16, 2011

A Bismarck, North Dakota jury rendered a $4 million verdict in favor of a brain-damaged baby on November 18, 2011, after three and one-half weeks of trial and more than ten hours of jury deliberations. The case involved claims of medical malpractice due to the medical negligence of a midwife who[...]

Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Death of 27-Year-Old Mother

December 15, 2011

In one of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts in Nevada during 2009, a young mother who had been complaining to her doctor for seven months that she had blood in her stools and abdominal pain beginning in 2004, died a painful death from colon and rectal cancer because her doctor misdiag[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Gastric-Bypass Patient

December 14, 2011

On August 11, 2006, a Virginia jury returned a $3.5 million verdict after a one week medical malpractice trial in favor of a gastric-bypass patient and her family for the woman’s injuries that resulted from allegedly negligent medical care. The 36-year-old woman’s weight was about dou[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For 3-Year-Old’s Death

December 10, 2011

The largest medical malpractice verdict in Massachusetts during 2009 involved a 3-year-old boy who died in December, 2004, unable to walk or speak since he underwent a cardiac catherization 18 months earlier. It was alleged that the doctors at a Massachusetts hospital injected too much contrast d[...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Birth Injuries

December 8, 2011

Wisconsin is not particularly known for its medical malpractice verdicts but a jury verdict during 2010 supports the proposition that Wisconsin juries will award proper monetary damages when medical malpractice affects babies. In a medical malpractice case decided by a Milwaukee County jury in M[...]

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