Ohio Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 9 of 12

$4.58M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

June 15, 2016

In mid-May 2016, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff after fifteen days of trial, finding that the defendant emergency room physician negligently misdiagnosed a 33-year-old married nurse, who was the mother to three minor children, as suffering from a migr[...]

$6M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Mom After Giving Birth

June 4, 2016

An Ohio medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiff at the conclusion of a one-and-a-half week trial that took place in May 2016, awarding $6,067,830 to the husband of a woman who died on March 4, 2009 shortly after giving birth by an emergency Cesarean delivery. The eight-person jury [...]

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies What Is A “Medical Record”

April 7, 2016

In its decision filed on March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) ruled that the physical location of the data is not relevant to the determination whether that data qualifies as a medical record in Ohio because the Ohio General Assembly did not limit the defini[...]

Convicted Ohio Orthopedic Surgeon Being Sued For Sexual Misconduct By Former Patient

March 27, 2016

An orthopedic surgeon from Ohio is facing a medical malpractice suit following a conviction related to sexual misconduct and tampering with medical records. The 41-year-old Ohio orthopedic surgeon was convicted on February 24, 2016 of two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of tamper[...]

Reported Disciplinary Actions For Ohio Medical Professionals Increased 500% From 1990

November 21, 2015

The results of a recent analysis of reports made to the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) regarding medical professionals in Ohio found that the rate of disciplinary actions against Ohio medical professionals has increased by 500% since 1990: in 1990, there were 429 disciplinary a[...]

Ohio Cardiologist Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud

October 4, 2015

On September 25, 2015, a federal jury in Ohio found an Ohio cardiologist guilty of a Medicare fraud scheme, after a four-week trial and more than a day of jury deliberations. The Ohio cardiologist was found guilty of performing unnecessary cardiac catheterizations, tests, stent insertions, and cau[...]

$13.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury Upheld

July 13, 2015

By its decision rendered on June 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals Eleventh Appellate District Trumbull County, Ohio (“Appellate Court”) affirmed an Ohio medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $13,902,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs, for the severe an[...]

$10.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Woman’s Stroke

January 22, 2015

On January 14, 2015, an Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $10,928,188 in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following seven days of trial testimony, for the serious stroke suffered by a woman during her pregnancy that the plaintiffs alleged was the result[...]

Ohio Judge Awards $28.7M In Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Involving Cerebral Palsy

January 14, 2015

On December 26, 2014, a judge in Ohio entered judgment in the amount of $28,745,991 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case in which it was alleged that the defendants’ medical negligence led to the plaintiffs’ child being born with cerebral palsy due to oxygen deprivat[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Says Nursing Home Fall Claim Is Not A Medical Malpractice Claim

December 30, 2014

In its decision filed on December 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Tenth Appellate District (“Appellate Court”) held that the plaintiff’s claim for injury due to a nursing home fall was a negligence claim and not a medical malpractice (medical negligence) claim. The Appella[...]

Ohio Legislature Seeks To Expand Medical Malpractice “Apology” Law

December 7, 2014

Ohio’s Legislature is seeking to expand Ohio’s “apology” medical malpractice law that currently shields physicians and other health care providers when they apologize to patients for injuries they suffered as a result of medical negligence. The expanded protection, if signed[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.8M In Death Case

August 19, 2014

On August 12, 2014, an Ohio medical malpractice jury, after a two-week trial, awarded the estate of a 30-year-old man who never woke up after surgery, $900,000 for loss of companionship and $900,000 for metal anguish, for a total of $1.8 million. The medical malpractice defendants against whom the [...]

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