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NC Medical Malpractice Lawsuit – IUD Inserted During Surgery Without Consent

October 26, 2017

A North Carolina woman filed a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit on September 21, 2017 against Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and others, alleging that during her surgery to remove uterine fibroids on October 5, 2007, when she was 29 years old, the defendant surgeon implanted a Gore-Tex[...]

12 Former Patients Sue New Mexico Psychiatrist For Malpractice, Sexual Misconduct

October 25, 2017

Twelve former patients of a New Mexico psychiatrist have sued him and the hospital where he practiced for psychiatric malpractice and sexual misconduct. The New Mexico medical malpractice complaint was filed on October 4, 2017 and alleges that each of the plaintiffs were victims of sexual abuse and [...]

Florida Federal Appellate Court Finds Inmate Claims Of Deliberate Indifference To Serious Medical Need Sufficient

October 24, 2017

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on October 3, 2017 that the U.S. District Court erred in dismissing an inmate’s complaint before any of the defendants filed a response or the parties had c[...]

$465K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Kidney Cancer

October 23, 2017

On October 17, 2017, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury awarded a total of $465,000 to the estate of an 87-year-old man and his wife of 65 years for the failure to diagnose his kidney cancer for two years. After the man’s kidney cancer was finally diagnosed in 2015, he lived for only six wee[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Stillborn’s Body Sent Out With Dirty Laundry

October 22, 2017

A Minnesota medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by the family of a stillborn baby against the hospital where the delivery of the 22-week-old baby occurred, for the alleged negligence of the hospital in failing to send the body for cremation, as was promised to the family, but rather sent the [...]

$5.7M West Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Vocal Cord Paralysis From Thyroidectomy

October 21, 2017

Earlier this month a West Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,788,977.36 in favor of the 41-year-old plaintiff who suffered vocal cord paralysis following a thyroidectomy that the plaintiff alleged was due to the defendant surgeon negligently failing to protect[...]

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Infant’s Blindness

October 20, 2017

In its opinion delivered on September 29, 2017, the Supreme Court of Texas upheld a Texas medical malpractice jury’s finding in favor of a premature infant for the permanent blindness she suffered as a result of the alleged medical negligence of the defendant medical providers, holding that th[...]

New Maryland Law Requires Board Of Physicians To Create Physician Profiles Accessible To The Public

October 19, 2017

Effective October 1, 2017, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“MBP”) is required to create and maintain a public practitioner profile for each licensed physician and provide appropriate and accessible links to the profiles from the Board’s website. In addition to specified discipl[...]

Maryland Law Now Requires Physicians Without Medical Malpractice Insurance To Notify Patients In Writing

October 18, 2017

As of October 1, 2017, Maryland physicians who choose not to obtain medical malpractice insurance for claims of medical negligence made against them are required to notify each patient in writing at the time of the patient’s first visit and as part of obtaining the patient’s informed con[...]

$500K Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Unauthorized Tissue Samples Taken From Stillborn Fetus

October 17, 2017

A Maine medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $500,000 in favor of the plaintiffs in a Maine medical malpractice case in which the plaintiffs alleged they suffered severe emotional trauma when a pathologist working at the hospital where their 18-week fetus was stillborn took[...]

Maryland Woman Sentenced To Two Years For Adulterated Silicone Butt Injections

October 16, 2017

The U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland announced on September 29, 2017 that a Maryland woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for injecting non-medical grade silicone into the bodies of customers. In addition to the two-year prison sentence, the woman will be subjected to one[...]

$3M Delaware Medical Malpractice Verdict Against OB For Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

October 15, 2017

On September 27, 2017, a Delaware medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of a now 9-year-old child against the obstetrician who delivered him, finding that the defendant OB was responsible for the child’s brachial plexus injury that occurred during h[...]

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