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$2M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Gender-Affirming Surgery Involving A Minor

April 17, 2026

A New York State medical malpractice jury awarded $2 million on January 29, 2026 to a person who was 16 years old when she underwent gender-affirming surgery in 2019 (a double mastectomy that she alleged had left her disfigured), against her psychologist and the plastic surgeon who performed the sur[...]

$970,900 Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict In Talbot County

April 16, 2026

Talbot County, Maryland is located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and is considered a very conservative jurisdiction for medical malpractice claims. Earlier in April 2026, a Talbot County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $970,900 in favor of Bruce Clarke, who was 76-[...]

New York Man Sentenced To 14 Months For Brain Scans Kickback Scheme

April 15, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on February 13, 2026 that 45-year-old Timothy Doyle of Selden, New York was sentenced in federal court in Boston to 14 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for conspiring to offer and[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendants Not Entitled To Summary Judgment

April 14, 2026

In the early morning of January 15, 2017, plaintiff was admitted to defendant Adirondack Medical Center (“AMC”) in active labor. There, less than two hours later, she gave birth to a healthy infant without the use of pain medications or the need for other interventions. Approximately two[...]

CDC Warns About Serious Eye Infections After Laser Surgery

April 13, 2026

Purpureocillium lilacinum is an environmental mold that can cause a range of infections in humans. Although infection in immunocompetent persons is uncommon, eye infections have been reported. Most cases of P. lilacinum keratitis have been reported in association with soft contact len[...]

Federal Appellate Court Upholds No Deliberate Indifference Shown In Failing To Treat Mental Health Crisis Of Jailed Inmate

April 12, 2026

In the morning on the day of Jason Perez’s death, Diana Perez called the police in response to Jason Perez’s behavior, including threatening her. Eventually, officers located and transported Jason Perez to Live Oak County Jail. Perry and Vasquez worked as a corporal and officer, respectively, at[...]

U.S. Cancer Deaths In People Under 50

April 11, 2026

From 1990 through 2023, a total of 1, 267, 520 people died of cancer in the United States before 50 years of age (53% were female). The age-standardized death rate decreased by 44%, from 25.5 to 14.2 per 100 000. Among the 5 leading causes of cancer death, the mean annual decline from 2014 thr[...]

$3.2M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Amputation Due To Misplaced Central Line

April 10, 2026

In June 2025, a Massachusetts medical malpractice claim was settled for $3.2 million for a man who required that his right leg be amputated because the medical staff at the hospital placed a central line in his right femoral artery instead of his right femoral vein. The severely developmentally disa[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Pro-Se Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

April 9, 2026

On July 16, 2024, plaintiff, as a self-represented litigant, filed a handwritten New Jersey medical malpractice complaintagainst defendants. In the accompanying Case Information Statement (CIS), plaintiff checked the “yes” box, indicating her assertion of a professional malpractice claim[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms $51M Mesothelioma Verdict Against Avon

April 8, 2026

Rita-Ann Chapman began using Avon talcum powder products in 1954, when she was 8 years old. She used the products multiple times per week until 1978; she resumed her use in 1995 and continued it until 2010. At some point before 2021, she was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease caused by exposure [...]

$1.4M New Hampshire Testicular Cancer Malpractice Verdict

April 7, 2026

A New Hampshire medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a Vermont man who alleged in his New Hampshire medical malpractice lawsuit that the defendant, John Seigne, M.D., was medically negligent in treating him for testicular cancer. The man began receiving treatment for urologic an[...]

$3.25M Massachusetts Birth Injury Wrongful Death Settlement

April 6, 2026

In July 2025, a Massachusetts medical malpractice birth injury wrongful death case was settled for $3.25 million in which the plaintiff alleged the wrongful death of her baby, who was born lifeless with Apgar scores of 0/0/0, due to the OB’s alleged negligence in failing to deliver her baby ea[...]

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