Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Three Rhode Island Physicians Received Reprimands On Same Day

January 18, 2025

On November 13, 2024, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) issued repirmands to three physicians, as follows: (1) RIDOH issued a reprimand to Todd Handel, MD following a medical malpractice settlement. According to RIDOH, “On or about January 4, 2023, a Complaint was filed against [Handel[...]

Rhode Island Superior Court Finds Surgical Medical Malpractice Case Not Filed Too Late

December 1, 2024

Plaintiff Ronald Madison first presented to defendant Michael P. Bradley, M.D. at South County Ortho on September 9, 2013, with complaints of right hip pain and swelling. At that appointment, it was determined that Mr. Madison needed a right total hip arthroplasty because conservative therapy had gi[...]

Former Pediatrician Indicted For Sexually Assaulting Nursing Home Resident In Rhode Island

November 30, 2024

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced on September 25, 2024 that a Pawtucket man has been indicted on multiple counts of sexual assault against a patient who was known to him at Tockwotton Assisted Living Facility in East Providence in May 2024. On September 24, 2024, the Pro[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Grants New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

October 1, 2024

The plaintiff, John Armour, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Judith Armour, appealed from the denial of his motion for a new trial following a verdict for the defendants David Bader, M.D., Neil Brandon, M.D., and South County Hospital Healthcare System d.b.a. South County[...]

$4M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict For Ureter Cut During Hysterectomy

September 29, 2023

On May 24, 2023, a Rhode Island medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4 million for a woman who underwent a total laparoscopic hysterectomy at Women & Infants Hospital that resulted in significant scarring and risk of future injury to her kidney because the surgeon negl[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules Non-Settling Medical Malpractice Defendants Not Entitled To Discover Amounts Of Settlements

September 19, 2023

Background Facts The plaintiffs settled their Rhode Island medical malpractice claims with all defendants except for Dr. Sambandam; stipulations dismissing plaintiffs’ claims against the settling codefendants entered on March 26, 2020. Doctor Sambandam, the sole remaining defendant, filed a supple[...]

Rhode Island Settles Opioid Claims Against Two Pharmaceutical Companies For Over $100 Million

August 11, 2022

The Rhode Island Attorney General Office announced on March 21, 2022 opioid settlements with drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan that includes $28.5 million in cash as well as one million life-saving Naloxone sprays to Rhode Island over the next 10 years, free of charge. Rhode Island will also rece[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Orders New Trial Where Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney Made Improper Closing Argument

May 2, 2022

The Rhode Island Supreme Court held in its February 22, 2022 opinion in a Rhode Island medical malpractice case in which a premature baby received total parenteral nutrition (TPN) through a peripheral intravenous line (IV) in her left foot that escaped the IV line and was instead going into the surr[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

July 1, 2021

In its Opinion dated June 9, 2021, the Rhode Island Supreme Court stated in a medical malpractice case that had resulted in a defense verdict after which the trial judge granted the plaintiff a new trial, “Viewing the entirety of the evidence, therefore, in the light most favorable to Dr. Cass[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Vacates Trial Court’s Granting Of New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

January 22, 2018

The Rhode Island Supreme Court held in its decision dated January 9, 2018 that the trial judge had erred in granting a new trial to a Rhode Island medical malpractice plaintiff where the jury found the defendant physician negligent but that his negligence was not the proximate cause of the plaintiff[...]

$40M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Leg Due To Medical Negligence

September 25, 2017

An eight-person Rhode Island medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $40 million on September 21, 2017 in favor of a 62-year-old man who lost his leg due to medical malpractice at Rhode Island Hospital, which amount will be increased to $62 million when interest is added in. T[...]

Rhode Island Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Allowed To Proceed

August 13, 2016

A Superior Court judge in Rhode Island has ordered that the wrongful birth lawsuit filed by the parents of two children born with cystic fibrosis can proceed. The parents have three children, the two youngest of which were born with incurable cystic fibrosis. The parents claim in their Rhode Island [...]

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