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Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim For Injunctive Relief Against Transplant Program Was Not Health Care Liability Claim

May 29, 2026

An article in the New York Times reported that transplant surgeon Dr. John S. Bynon was under investigation for altering the transplant list at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and potentially denying his patients lifesaving care. Susie Garcia, Dianelys Corrales, and Robert Osuna, Jr., surviv[...]

HHS To Close University Of Miami’s Failing Organ Transplant Agency

November 2, 2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on September 18, 2025 that it is moving to decertify a major organ procurement organization (OPO) after an investigation reportedly uncovered years of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic underperformance, understaffing, and paperw[...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Undiagnosed Bowel Perforation After Kidney Transplant Surgery

October 15, 2024

The two adult children of a 76-year-old man who underwent what appeared to be successful kidney transplant surgery on April 28, 2023, after their father had been on kidney dialysis for two years, have filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in California. The day after surgery, stents wer[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

California Hospital Found To Have Overdosed Kidney Donor With Opioid And Failed To Monitor

July 15, 2022

A California court found UCFS liable for the opioid overdose death of a kidney donor patient while he was in the hospital following transplant surgery, concluding “based upon the evidence presented that it is more likely than not that the Regents (of University of California) were negligent in[...]

Ohio’s University Hospitals Transplanted Kidney Into Wrong Patient

August 6, 2021

Ohio’s University Hospitals has acknowledged that a kidney intended for one patient was wrongly implanted into another patient, leaving the intended recipient waiting for a kidney transplant and remaining one of almost 1,100 other people in Northeast Ohio who are waiting for kidney transplants[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer Accused Of Seeking $25M From Hospital System To Keep Quiet

July 22, 2020

A prominent Maryland medical malpractice lawyer has been accused by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland (“AGC”) of numerous conflicts of interest and engaging in an allegedly improper scheme by seeking a $25 million payment directly to him by way of a sham consulting agreement [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses “Same Or Related Specialty” Requirement In Medical Malpractice Case

October 30, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion dated October 25, 2019 that “a licensed nurse practitioner, even one who is a Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator, is not “in the same or related specialty” as a board-cer[...]

$5M Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Ongoing Urine Leak Following Kidney Transplant Surgery

August 29, 2019

On July 17, 2019, after a month-long New York medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman’s estate in the amount of $5 million. The woman had died at age 39 in 2000, one and a half years after she underwent kidney transplant surgery d[...]

FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Fecal Transplantation

August 7, 2019

On June 13, 2019, the FDA issued a safety alert in which it stated, in part, “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing health care providers and patients of the potential risk of serious or life-threatening infections with the use of fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT). The a[...]

South Dakota Eye Bank Sued For Medical Malpractice

June 21, 2016

A South Dakota eye bank is being sued by two teenagers who either lost their eyesight or are at significant risk of losing their eyesight because the South Dakota eye bank supplied infected corneas that were transplanted in them. One of the plaintiffs is a 19-year-old woman who is now blind in h[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Live Kidney Donor Death

April 11, 2016

The wife of a 40-year-old man who was a live donor of a kidney that was implanted into his 69-year-old father has filed a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the live kidney removal, and his medical practice, alleging that the defendant surgeon’s medical negli[...]

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