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West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Death Following AICD Lead Wire Removal Procedure

July 3, 2016

The husband of a woman who died following alleged medical negligence that occurred during a procedure on June 4, 2014 to remove a lead wire of her automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (“AICD”) filed a federal medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in West Virginia on June[...]

Largest U.S. Health Care Fraud Takedown Announced

July 2, 2016

On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Attorney and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the largest nationwide health care fraud sweep to date, in terms of the number of defendants charged and the loss amount, led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal distri[...]

$4.65M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Veterinarian

July 1, 2016

On June 21, 2016, a New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4.65 million against a primary care physician, a gastroenterologist, and the defendant hospital for the death of a 63-year-old veterinarian who died because of the defendants’ failure to timely and pro[...]

Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Prisoner’s Death

June 30, 2016

A federal wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Maryland following the death of an inmate at a correctional center who was allegedly denied timely and proper medical care while she was suffering severe withdrawal symptoms from drugs, which led to her becoming unresponsive in her cell and later[...]

$1.2M Settlement For Paramedics’ Delay In Treating Elderly Woman Who Later Died

June 29, 2016

The City of Columbus, Ohio has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a 76-old-woman who suffered a cardiac arrest and died after paramedics failed to treat her for nearly 25 minutes after she vomited and turned blue while at an MRI facility where she was getting an MRI of her hip. The woman [...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Radiologist Who Missed Brain Tumor

June 28, 2016

A Huntington, West Virginia couple have filed a West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit against a radiologist and the radiology practice that employed him, alleging that the radiologist missed a brain tumor on a brain scan that he read that led to the untreated brain cancer growing until it could [...]

Cook Medical Facing More Than 500 IVC Filter Claims

June 27, 2016

Cook Medical, a large Indiana-based medical device supplier in the United States, is facing more than 500 medical device claims filed against it with regard to its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, which are small, cage-like medical devices that are implanted in patients to prevent blood clots from [...]

Seattle Hospital Warns Dialysis Patients Of Possible Hepatitis B Exposure

June 26, 2016

A Seattle hospital has warned nearly 650 patients who have received dialysis treatments at its dialysis facility since February 2011 that inadequate screening of dialysis patients for Hepatitis B may have exposed them to the serious disease. The matter involves dialysis patients who may have receive[...]

CMS Statistical Report On Nursing Home Enforcement Reports

June 25, 2016

On June 3, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its report entitled Nursing Home Enforcement Reports Through December 31, 2014 (“Report”). The Nursing Home Enforcement Reports analyzed in the Report covered the years 2006 through 2014 and prov[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Smoker’s Lung Cancer Death

June 24, 2016

On June 8, 2016, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant doctor, after only a short period of jury deliberations following a medical malpractice trial that lasted a little over one week, finding that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the defendant [...]

Washington Mental Hospital Settles Patient On Patient Assault Case

June 23, 2016

A Washington State mental hospital has agreed to settle a Washington medical malpractice case filed against it that alleged that it was negligent when it failed to monitor and protect a patient admitted for observation that led to his suffering a severe assault that was committed by another patient.[...]

$20M Hospital Medical Malpractice Settlement For Communications Breakdowns Leading To Paralysis

June 22, 2016

A Washington hospital has reached a $20 million settlement with a man whose repeated concerns that he had fractured his back after suffering a fall from his bed went unheeded, leading to his paralysis. As part of the settlement, the hospital and the man agreed to work together to address communicati[...]

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