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$11.2M Indiana Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Amputation Of Leg Due To Medical Negligence

April 25, 2024

On February 5, 2024, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $11 million for 72-year-old Mychajlo Hajdaj against defendant Dr. James Shoemaker Jr. and his employer for his alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose Hajdaj’s right leg critical limb ischemia [...]

$5.785M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict Against ER Doctor For Failure To Advise Patient About Incidental CT Finding Of Lung Nodule

April 13, 2024

In April 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against an emergency room physician for the death of a 47-year-old man from Stage IV lung cancer that was left untreated for 14 months. The jury awarded $600,000 for pain and suffering, $5 million for the loss of relationsh[...]

Kansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges 10-Year Misdiagnosis Of Woman’s Multiple Sclerosis Led To Devastating Injury

February 5, 2024

On November 8, 2023, a Kansas woman filed a Kansas medical malpractice lawsuit against Saint Luke’s Health System and its physicians alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose her multiple sclerosis led to her disease being untreated for 10 years. The woman’s Kansas medica[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Filed Her Claim Too Late

February 2, 2024

Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations The Maryland statute of limitations applicable to negligence claims against health care providers is set forth in Section 5-109(a) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJP”): An action for damages for an injury arising out of the re[...]

$1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis

August 16, 2023

$1.5M For Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis: On February 21, 2023, during mediation, a Virginia medical malpractice case alleging that the defendant gastroenterologist breached the standard of care by delaying the scheduling of a colonoscopy for a patient with a medical history of ulcerative colitis an[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Nurse And Nurse Practitioner Are Members Of The Same Profession

June 30, 2023

Nurse And Nurse Practitioner Are Members Of The Same Profession: Christopher Bryant filed a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in which he alleged that on February 26, 2019, he went to the emergency department at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital for pain he was experiencing after being involved [...]

British Man’s Colon Cancer Misdiagnosed In 2016

June 17, 2023

Colon Cancer Misdiagnosed In 2016: A 58-year-old British man, Mark Allinson, who had a prior history of kidney stones, went to the hospital in September 2016 for stomach pain. A CT scan ordered at that time showed that he had a kidney stone in his left kidney. He was sent home after the diagnosis. I[...]

$20 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Blood Clot Leading To Amputation

April 3, 2023

$20 Million Verdict For Missed Clot Leading To Amputation: A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $20 million for the avoidable amputation of his left leg above his knee due to DVT not being timely diagnosed. The verdict was rendered [...]

$792,000 Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Timely Diagnose Lyme Disease

February 1, 2023

$792000 Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict: Following a two-week trial before a Baltimore medical malpractice jury, and after two hours of deliberations, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $792,000 in favor of a 32-year-old African American man who suffered serious complications from [...]

$3.5 Million Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Blood Clot

January 15, 2023

$3.5 Million For Misdiagnosis Of Blood Clot: On September 28, 2022, a Texas medical malpractice jury in Houston returned its verdict in the amount of $3.5 million in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that the defendant failed to properly diagnose a large blood clot in his leg that left him with a s[...]

$1.3 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection

January 7, 2023

$1.3 Million Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection: On October 7, 2022, a Berks County Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found that Reading Hospital was medically negligent in treating the plaintiff, Kathryn Dailey, when she arrived at the hospital in October 2016, complaining of sym[...]

Missed Diagnosis Of Cancer In Primary Care

December 9, 2022

Missed Diagnosis Of Cancer In Primary Care: A recent study entitled Missed diagnosis of cancer in primary care: Insights from malpractice claims data examined key features and factors identified in missed cancer diagnosis malpractice claims filed related to primary care and evaluated predictors of c[...]

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