Michigan Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 9 of 11

Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Wrongful Conception

July 9, 2016

A now 50-year-old Michigan woman has filed a Michigan medical malpractice lawsuit for wrongful conception, alleging that the voluntary sterilization procedure performed on her was negligently performed and as a result, she became pregnant. The woman subsequently gave birth to a child suffering from [...]

Cat Bite Leads To Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

December 23, 2015

A 41-year-old Michigan woman who was bitten by a cat and then received allegedly inadequate emergency medical care at a local hospital has filed a medical malpractice case against the Michigan hospital, and others, seeking compensatory damages in excess of $75,000. The Michigan medical malpractic[...]

$5M Assisted Living Verdict For Death Of Resident Who Swallowed Dishwasher Detergent

December 5, 2015

A Michigan jury recently returned its verdict in the amount of $5,080,000 ($3 million of which was for conscious pain and suffering) for the death of a 90-year-old assisted living resident, who suffered from dementia, who was unsupervised when she opened the unsecured cabinet beneath the kitchen si[...]

Detroit Lawsuit Alleges Jail Inmate Died From Untreated Prescription Medication Withdrawal

October 9, 2015

A lawsuit recently filed in federal court in Detroit alleges that a for-profit prison medical services contractor and others were negligent when it came to their treatment of a man who was spending 30 days in jail due to his failure to appear in traffic court for a careless driving charge. On the[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Failure To Monitor Cardiac Patient

September 30, 2015

A 72-year-old Michigan man who had a history of heart problems went to a Michigan hospital on May 10, 2014 because he was having shortness of breath, heaviness in his chest, and a fever. A physician at that hospital had the man transferred to another Michigan hospital so that he could be monitored i[...]

Detroit EMT Allegedly Refused To Provide CPR For Dying Infant

August 16, 2015

A Detroit lawsuit was filed on July 20, 2015 against a Detroit EMT, the Detroit Fire Department, and the City of Detroit, alleging that the defendant EMT refused to provide potentially life-saving CPR to an infant who had stopped breathing. According to the lawsuit, on May 30, 2015, the infantR[...]

Michigan Supreme Court Decides Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Was Filed Too Soon

July 30, 2015

In its decision filed on July 22, 2015, the Michigan Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs filed their medical malpractice lawsuit before the expiration of the statutory 182-day waiting period between the time that the plaintiffs gave notice of their intent to sue (“NOI”) and the earli[...]

Four Michigan Hospitals Sued for Alleged Unlawful Agreement To Limit Their Marketing

June 29, 2015

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against four Michigan hospital systems, each of which were the only hospitals in the Michigan counties they served, alleging that they unlawfully agreed to allocate terr[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim For Nonviable Fetus

June 22, 2015

In its decision filed on June 16, 2015, the Michigan Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) overturned the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants with regard to the plaintiff’s wrongful death claim on behalf of her nonviable fetus that alleged that[...]

$21M Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrong Patient Brain Surgery

May 16, 2015

On May 6, 2015, a Michigan medical malpractice jury awarded $21 million for the unnecessary brain surgery performed on an 81-year-old woman who was scheduled for jaw surgery but had brain surgery because of a mix-up regarding her radiology films. The woman lived for only 60 days after the wrong surg[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Trial Begins For Hospital’s Mistake Of Patient’s Blood Type

March 19, 2015

A Michigan medical malpractice trial began earlier this week in a case where the plaintiff alleges that a hospital mixed up her blood with another patient’s blood that led her to be transfused with the wrong blood-type, causing her serious injuries. The Michigan medical malpractice trial again[...]

Indicted Michigan Spine Surgeon In More Hot Water

January 8, 2015

In November 2014, a Michigan spine surgeon was federally indicted for alleged Medicare fraud and other criminal charges arising out of an alleged health care fraud scheme in which he performed lumbar spinal surgeries on patients and billed Medicare and other health insurers, including Medicaid [...]

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