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$6M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Colon Cancer

October 27, 2015

After a two-week medical malpractice trial in New Jersey that ended on October 14, 2015, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $6 million in favor of the family of a 62-year-old man who had died due to colon cancer. The plaintiffs alleged in their New Jersey medical malpractice lawsuit tha[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Undiagnosed Colon Perforation During Colonoscopy

October 26, 2015

On October 15, 2015, a Baltimore medical malpractice case was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that on September 9, 2011, the plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy at a local Baltimore hospital during which her colon was perforated but the tear was negligently undiagnosed for fo[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit

October 25, 2015

In its decision filed on October 13, 2015, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) en banc affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of a Missouri medical malpractice wrongful death case filed against three chiropractors because the plaintiffs failed to file the requir[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Guilty Plea

October 24, 2015

An 82-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on October 15, 2015 in federal court in Maryland to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other drugs at a pill mill in Maryland. According to the defendant’s plea agreement, the Maryland pill mill was an off-shoot of the Florida pill mill that he [...]

$9.1M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Anesthesiologist

October 23, 2015

A Minnesota anesthesiology practice was found liable earlier this month to a former patient who suffered a permanent spinal injury and lost the use of his legs due to the alleged medical negligence of an anesthesiologist just before and during surgery that allowed the patient’s blood press[...]

$12.2M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Due To Medication Error

October 22, 2015

On October 19, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 56-year-old man who suffered a massive and permanent brain injury as a result of a medication overdose in an Oregon hospital following a surgical procedure. When the man developed ventricular fibrillation f[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Bowel Injury During Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery

October 21, 2015

An Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against an obstetrics and gynecology physician who allegedly injured the plaintiff’s bowel during laparoscopic surgery to remove her left ovary. The plaintiff alleges that her bowel injury was negligently unidentified when it happene[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Pediatrician To Testify In Lead Paint Case

October 20, 2015

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, ruled on October 16, 2015 that the lower court erred when it granted summary judgment to the defendant landlord in a Maryland lead paint case when the lower court found that the plaintiffR[...]

Mexico Medical Malpractice Claim For Child’s Loss of Eyesight Due To Needle Puncture

October 19, 2015

At a Mexico hospital during October 2013, a two-year-old child had a maxillofacial cyst that a medical intern attempted to drain using a syringe. The procedure required that the syringe be guided through the child’s upper right gum in order to drain the cyst. During the procedure, the chi[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Surgeon Who Waited To Operate

October 18, 2015

A Georgia medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon in a medical malpractice case that alleged that the surgeon waited too long to operate on a man who had undergone gallbladder removal surgery the day before and had internal bleeding as a result. The [...]

Two New York Hospitals Sued After Patient Dies – Twice

October 17, 2015

A 46-year-old man suffered an apparent heart attack while in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in October 2014. A bystander performed CPR on the man until an ambulance arrived and took the man to the hospital. Within minutes after arriving at the hospital, the man was declared dead. When the man[...]

Our 1,700th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting

October 16, 2015

Today’s blog post is our 1,700th consecutive daily blog posting to our website, www.medicalmalpracticelawyers.com. While we continue to report on medical malpractice verdicts throughout the United States in favor of injured victims of medical malpractice, according to statistics from the U.S.[...]

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