Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict
January 19, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]
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VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Claim Settled For $500,000
January 8, 2013
The VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a widow for the death of her husband as a result of alleged medical malpractice for $500,000, which has been approved by a federal judge of the U.S. District Court in Akron, Ohio. The medical malpr[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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Donated Kidney Thrown Out With The Trash During Surgery
September 1, 2012
On August 10, 2012, at Ohio’s University of Toledo Medical Center, a man voluntarily had surgery to have one of his healthy kidneys removed so that it could be implanted into his sister, who desperately needed a kidney transplant. In what appears to have been an unfathomable hospital error[...]
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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[...]
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