Medical Malpractice Victim Archives - Page 7 of 19

Medical Malpractice Claim For Transplanted Pancreas That Was Cancerous

August 4, 2012

On July 9, 2012, a woman in Illinois filed a medical malpractice claim against her transplant surgeon claiming that he transplanted into her a pancreas that had cancer. While the reason why the woman needed a pancreas transplant was not divulged, the life-saving surgery is typically performed on ve[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death of 36-Year-Old

August 3, 2012

After a two-week trial during July, 2012, a Montana medical malpractice jury found that a local Butte, Montana hospital failed to timely diagnose the rare medical condition of a 36-year-old patient in 2006 that contributed to her death. The woman was suffering from TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic[...]

San Diego Doctor And Medical Device Manufacturer Ordered To Pay $5.2 Million

July 29, 2012

On July 25, 2012, a San Diego medical malpractice jury returned a verdict against an orthopedic doctor (who is the head doctor for the San Diego Chargers football team) and the medical device manufacturer Breg Inc. for the injuries suffered by a 15-year-old girl who underwent knee surgery in 2003.[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice $12 Million Settlement For Disabled Child

July 24, 2012

An obstetrician and a local hospital in Illinois have agreed to settle a medical malpractice case filed against them for $12 million that alleged that medical negligence caused a newborn to suffer severe and permanent brain damage. The now 9-year-old child has cerebral palsy and cannot walk, hear, [...]

Utah Supreme Court Overturns Defendants Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 23, 2012

On July 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”), Utah’s highest appellate court, overturned a verdict in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice case tried before a jury in 2008. The Utah Supreme Court found that the lawyers for the medica[...]

Missouri $1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 21, 2012

Earlier this month, a Missouri medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case that alleged that an 88-year-old woman who was a resident of a Missouri nursing home was left unattended and standing alone in her room after an aide helped her with [...]

Report Finds California Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse Are Rampant

July 20, 2012

In a report issued on July 17, 2012 involving a review of fourteen California nursing homes investigated by California’s Operation Guardians, it was reported that there were wide-spread problems involving residents having bed sores (pressure ulcers) that were under-reported and under-treat[...]

Tennessee Appeals Court Orders New Trial After Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case

July 18, 2012

On June 25, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee (“Appeals Court”) ordered a new trial for the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case involving a newborn born with severe brain injuries allegedly due to medical malpractice. The original medical malpractice jury had returned a verdi[...]

Dismissal Of Ohio Medical Malpractice Case Upheld

July 17, 2012

In an appeal of the dismissal of an Ohio medical malpractice case, the Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld the dismissal in its opinion filed on July 10, 2012. The trial court had dismissed the medical malpractice case because the medical malpractice plaintiff allegedly had failed to comply with an Oh[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Claim For Hearing Loss

July 14, 2012

A medical malpractice plaintiff in West Virginia filed his medical malpractice claim against a physician and the physician’s medical practice on June 18, 2012, alleging that the physician failed to timely and properly diagnosis the man’s complaints of hearing loss. The medical malpra[...]

Disturbing Medical Malpractice History Of California Malpractice Defendant

July 11, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of nearly $1.2 million in favor of the plaintiffs after a two-week trial (including $908,804 for medical expenses and pain and suffering of the medical malpractice victim and $267,500 to the patient’s husb[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

July 9, 2012

In February, 2003, a woman’s physician ordered a chest x-ray for the woman in preparation for her back surgery. The physician received the x-ray report from the radiologist that noted a mass on the woman’s right lung but the physician never advised his patient about the finding or order[...]

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