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PA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ER Responsible For 15-Year-Old’s Death

November 6, 2015

A Pennsylvania wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit scheduled for trial in January 2016 alleges that the defendant hospital, its emergency room physician, and others were medically negligent in discharging a 15-year-old patient from the emergency room before properly treating him and diagnosi[...]

$2.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paraplegia

November 4, 2015

On October 23, 2015, a 12-person Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $2.2 million ($300,000 for past pain and suffering, $1.7 million for future pain and suffering, and $200,000 for the injured party’s wife, for her loss of consortium claim)[...]

$2.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Too High Tracheostomy

September 1, 2015

On August 21, 2015, after a five-day trial and five hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.78 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case against a general surgeon who allegedly placed the plaintiff&#[...]

Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Employee Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Patient

August 22, 2015

On August 17, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh hospital alleging that a hospital employee sexually assaulted an 85-year-old female patient in her hospital room on July 3, 2015. According to reports, the woman was the fourth of seven female patients in the defendant [...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

July 25, 2015

On July 15, 2015, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the exclusion from strict liability for prescription drug claims should also apply to prescription medical device claims. Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet to a[...]

$1.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Tonsillectomy Resulting In Loss Of Sense Of Taste

June 21, 2015

On May 7, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.5 million after a three-day trial, for a restaurant owner’s loss of his sense of taste following a tonsillectomy. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, had sued the oral sur[...]

$6.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 2-Year-Old

May 25, 2015

On May 20, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned a plaintiffs’ verdict in the amount of $6.2 million, after almost four weeks of trial, against the defendants pediatric surgeons, hospital, and health care systems arising out of the death of a two-year-old child in 2009. The[...]

Circumcision Clamp Manufacturer Sued For Amputation Of Baby’s Penis

April 27, 2015

A civil lawsuit filed on April 22, 2015 in the Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County by the guardian of a baby boy born on March 19, 2010 alleges that the circumcision clamp that was used during the baby’s circumcision procedure performed on March 26, 2010 was defective and resulted i[...]

$7.4M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stroke Victim

April 22, 2015

On April 15, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a Pennsylvania man $7.4 million after less than five hours of deliberations, for the serious stroke and resulting permanent injuries he suffered, allegedly as a result of the medical negligence of his primary care physician in faili[...]

$5.7M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Liver Cancer

April 16, 2015

On April 9, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5.7 million after three days of jury deliberations following the medical malpractice/wrongful death trial that began on March 30, 2015. The plaintiff was the husband of a 51-ye[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Informed Consent Irrelevant In Medical Negligence Claim

April 10, 2015

In its decision dated March 25, 2015, the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Middle District (“the Court”) held that in a medical malpractice case where the plaintiff has not raised a lack of informed consent claim, informed consent evidence is irrelevant to the issues to be decided by th[...]

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