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New Jersey Psychiatric Hospital Sued For Abuse

December 26, 2015

The parents of a 17-year-old incapacitated woman who is an inpatient in a New Jersey state-run psychiatric hospital have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the psychiatric hospital and some of its employees, alleging that the civil rights of their daughter were violated by their numerous ac[...]

$22.18M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 25, 2015

On December 4, 2015, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $22.18 million for her respiratory distress that led to respiratory arrest and a hypoxic brain injury. The medical malpractice defendant was the Chicago hospital where the alleged[...]

Conscious Sedation During Dental Procedure Leads To Child’s Death

December 24, 2015

A four-year-old child in Texas died three days after he was given conscious sedation medications by a pediatric dentist on December 30, 2013 at the dentist’s office located in a strip mall before having extensive dental work. The child’s general dentist had recommended four crowns to t[...]

Cat Bite Leads To Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

December 23, 2015

A 41-year-old Michigan woman who was bitten by a cat and then received allegedly inadequate emergency medical care at a local hospital has filed a medical malpractice case against the Michigan hospital, and others, seeking compensatory damages in excess of $75,000. The Michigan medical malpractic[...]

$4.2M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation

December 22, 2015

A Philadelphia medical malpractice jury found in favor of a woman whose leg had to be amputated following double knee replacement surgery after she developed a serious infection that was allegedly improperly diagnosed and treated. The $4.3 million medical malpractice verdict includes $2.13 million [...]

Wrongful Life Lawsuit Filed In California

December 21, 2015

On December 3, 2015, a husband and wife filed a wrongful life lawsuit on their own behalf and on behalf of their disabled child in the Los Angeles Superior Court regarding their son, Justin James Sanchez, who was born on September 6, 2014 and later tested positive for cystic fibrosis. The plaintiff[...]

Summary Judgment For Defendant In Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Upheld

December 20, 2015

In its unreported decision filed on December 3, 2015, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appeals Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, upheld the trial court granting summary judgment to the defendant anesthesiologist in a Maryland medical malpractice and wrong[...]

New Hampshire ER Misdiagnosed Disabled Man’s Neck Fracture – Twice

December 19, 2015

The family of a severely disabled nonverbal New Hampshire man is demanding answers for why their severely disabled relative’s neck fracture was misdiagnosed by a local hospital’s ER, twice, leading to his unnecessary agonizing pain. The man was no stranger to the New Hampshire hospital [...]

Colorado Abortion Doctor Sued For Causing Woman’s Sterility

December 18, 2015

A federal lawsuit was recently filed in Colorado against an abortion doctor and his abortion clinic for the alleged failure to remove all of the fetal tissue during an abortion, leading to the female plaintiff suffering sterility. The plaintiffs (husband and wife) also allege that the defendants f[...]

$11M Verdict For Wright Medical’s Conserve Hip Implant Claim

December 17, 2015

On November 24, 2015, a federal jury in Georgia returned its verdict in the amount of $11 million ($1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages) against Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (“Wright”) involving its Conserve hip replacement system, after a two-week[...]

Claim Against Pennsylvania Hospital For NTM Infection Linked To Heart Bypass Machines With Heater-Cooler Devices

December 16, 2015

On November 30, 2015, a husband and wife filed a notice of medical negligence claim against a Pennsylvania hospital regarding the husband’s open heart surgery in November 2013 that allegedly resulted in him contracting a very serious bacterial infection due to an allegedly unclean device [...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Sued For Medical Malpractice, Altered Medical Records

December 15, 2015

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died as a result of alleged medical negligence that occurred in a Pennsylvania hospital alleges that the defendant hospital and its staff altered her husband’s medical records, citing the six sets o[...]

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