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$6.8M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital For Patient’s Blindness

August 20, 2016

A Texas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the 50-year-old plaintiff in the amount of $6,844,543 to compensate him for his total blindness that he developed over the course of two days while in the hospital following his heart surgery. The jury’s award of $1.7 million fo[...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Fired Heart Surgeon

August 19, 2016

On August 12, 2016, a wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Wisconsin against a hospital and its former heart surgeon, alleging that the heart surgeon’s medical negligence during open heart surgery led to a patient’s wrongful death shortly after his surgery. The defenda[...]

Investigation Finds Massachusetts Nursing Home Placing Residents In “Immediate Jeopardy” Of Harm

August 18, 2016

A long-troubled Massachusetts nursing home, owned and operated by a long-troubled nursing home chain, has been found to be placing residents in “immediate jeopardy” of harm, leading to the imposition of a hefty fine ($200,000), the freezing of payments from federal health care programs, [...]

$9.5M Indiana Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Rehab Death

August 17, 2016

Earlier this summer, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $9.5 million in favor of the family of an obese 49-year-old man who died after the nurse at a rehabilitation facility failed to timely follow the orders of the man’s physician to transfer him to the [...]

$1B Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Miami-Area Nursing Homes

August 16, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 22, 2016 that the owner of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant have been charged in federal court with conspiracy, obstruction, money laundering, and health c[...]

South Dakota Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

August 15, 2016

On August 1, 2016, a South Dakota medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defense, clearing the defendant surgeon of a claim of medical negligence leading to his patient’s death. The South Dakota medical malpractice jury deliberated for over four and a half hours before h[...]

$16M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital’s Misleading Natural Birth Program Marketing

August 14, 2016

On August 5, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who had undergone natural childbirth at the defendant hospital but suffered serious injuries during labor and delivery. The Alabama medical malpractice jury took about ten hours to deliberate after a two-[...]

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 [...]

$6.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Default Judgment For Botched Abortion Leading To Disabled Baby

August 12, 2016

On August 5, 2016, a federal judge in Maryland entered a default judgment in the amount of $6.5 million against the defendant OB and his women’s health clinic after the defendants failed to respond to the plaintiff’s amended complaint. The plaintiff had alleged in her federal Maryland me[...]

This Is Our 2,000th Consecutive Daily Blog Post

August 11, 2016

It is with great pride and satisfaction that we post our 2,000th consecutive daily blog today. While our accomplishment is a major milestone in our mission to assist victims of medical malpractice gain knowledge and assistance in achieving fairness and justice for the harms they suffered, it is s[...]

Maryland Hospital’s NICU Temporary Closed Due To 3 Babies With Serious Bacterium, 2 NICU Deaths Last Week

August 10, 2016

A Maryland hospital’s NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) has been temporarily closed, and nine babies in the NICU have been transferred to other hospitals, after the bacterium Pseudomonas was found in a water pipe that provides water to the NICU. The water was tested following the deaths of t[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Over Attorney Fee Split

August 9, 2016

An Oregon medical malpractice law firm and an Oregon sole practitioner who undertook the representation of an Oregon man who suffered a catastrophic injury due to medical negligence and won a large Oregon medical malpractice verdict that was subsequently settled for a substantial but reduced amount [...]

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