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West Virginia Radiologists Sued For Failure To Diagnose Spine Fracture

May 2, 2015

In March 2015, a West Virginia couple field a West Virginia medical malpractice case against two radiologists and others for their alleged failure to timely diagnose the man’s T-8 fracture from radiology studies taken at a local hospital. As a result, the plaintiffs allege that the man was[...]

New, Additional Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner Of Maryland-Based Portable Diagnostic Services Company

April 13, 2015

On April 9, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a superseding indictment against the owner of a Maryland-based portable diagnostic services company, charging him with an additional four counts of health care fraud resulting in serious bodily harm and death, as well as conspiracy a[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiologist In Medical Malpractice Case

April 2, 2015

In its opinion dated March 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) had to decide whether the Kansas medical malpractice plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence of causation to survive summary judgment in a case where it was alleged that the defen[...]

Legal Malpractice Verdict For Failure To File Timely Colorado Medical Malpractice Case

January 12, 2015

After one week of trial and one day of jury deliberations, a Colorado legal malpractice jury determined on December 8, 2014 that the plaintiff’s former Colorado medical malpractice attorneys were negligent in their failure to file the plaintiff’s Colorado medical malpractice case befo[...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2014

In a written opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) on September 18, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated a medical malpractice case that had ended in summary judgment being entered in favor of the defendant hospital because [...]

$11.7M Boston Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

July 11, 2014

In June 2014, a Boston medical malpractice jury found in favor of a Boston woman whose lung cancer was allegedly misdiagnosed (undiagnosed) by a hospital radiologist, leading to the insidious spread of the cancer throughout her body and her painful death in August 2008 at the age of 47, leaving behi[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Wrong Kidney Surgery

June 19, 2014

On June 10, 2014, a Texas couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a urologist, a radiologist, and others, alleging that surgeons removed the husband’s healthy left kidney instead of removing his cancerous right kidney. As a result of the wrong kidney removal, the 55-year-old patient[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

May 31, 2014

A New Mexico woman was pro-active and attentive to protecting her own health when she arranged to have a screening mammogram in 2007 at a local radiology practice. She was surprised when she was told by the radiologist that a spot the size of a nickel was found in her right breast but she felt [&hel[...]

Georgia Radiology Technician Guilty Of Falsifying More Than 1,200 Mammograms

April 20, 2014

A former Georgia radiology technician who worked in a local hospital pleaded guilty and received a 6-month jail sentence for allegedly entering the results from more than 1,200 mammograms as negative. Ten women whose mammogram results were entered by the technician as negative had breast cancer at [...]

Michigan Radiologist Held Liable For Newborn’s Death

March 29, 2014

Earlier this week, a Grand Rapids, Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against a deceased radiologist and his medical practice in the amount of $1.25 million, finding in favor of the parents of a newborn baby girl who died three days after her birth in June 2009. The Michigan med[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Defendant’s License Status Inadmissible

March 26, 2014

A Kentucky woman alleged that a radiologist misread three CT scans of her lungs and failed to identify and report lesions, one in either lung, that ultimately resulted in the delay of her lung cancer diagnosis. The woman’s experts testified at trial that the lesions were identifiable as [...]

New York Medical Malpractice Appeal: A Win And A Loss For The Parties

April 7, 2013

In a New York medical malpractice appeal decided on April 2, 2013 by the highest court in New York (New York Court of Appeals), the Court of Appeals stated that a new trial on damages for pain and suffering was necessary because the lower courts erred in holding that causation issues could not be[...]

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