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Minnesota Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Operative Blindness And Deafness

September 9, 2015

In July 2015, a Minnesota couple filed a Minnesota medical malpractice lawsuit in federal court against a local hospital system for the alleged medical negligence of the defendant’s surgeon and anesthesiologist during post-operative care of the husband that allegedly resulted in his severe i[...]

Between 100,000 And 1,000,000 People Die Each Year From Counterfeit Drugs

September 8, 2015

The World Health Organization estimates that between 100,000 and 1,000,000 people die each year due to counterfeit drugs. The World Health Organization estimated in 2012 that the worldwide counterfeit drug trade was worth $431 billion per year, and is growing. In 2006, the World Health Organization[...]

$1.75M Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 7, 2015

On August 27, 2015, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.75 million after the jury found that the defendant cardiologist had unnecessarily implanted a cardiac device in the woman in 2010. The Arkansas medical malpractice jury trial[...]

$28M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Two Gastroenterologists

September 6, 2015

On September 3, 2015, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff and his wife in the amount of $28 million, after a three-week trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The plaintiffs alleged that the husband’s undiagnosed duodenal ulcer subsequ[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Wrongful Conduct Rule In Pill Mill Case

September 5, 2015

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“West Virginia Supreme Court”) recently ruled that the so-called wrongful conduct rule does not apply in an alleged pill mill case in West Virginia that was brought by the plaintiffs who alleged that the defendants were responsible for [...]

California Nursing Home And Two Employees Charged With Causing Resident’s Death

September 4, 2015

A California nursing home and two of its employees were charged during mid-August 2015 with causing the death of a 58-year-old nursing home resident. An arrest warrant was issued on August 14, 2015 for both of the employees charged, and bail was set at $50,000 for both. The resident had resided a[...]

New Study Of Orthopedic Medical Malpractice Claims

September 3, 2015

A study released on August 27, 2015 by The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company in the United States, analyzed 1,895 medical malpractice claims made against orthopedists insured by The Doctors Company that were closed between 2007 and 2014. Th[...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Cardiac Death Case

September 2, 2015

On August 27, 2015, after a four-day trial and two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a Virginia hospital and a nurse in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case filed by the widow of a man who was declared brain dead after he u[...]

$2.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Too High Tracheostomy

September 1, 2015

On August 21, 2015, after a five-day trial and five hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.78 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case against a general surgeon who allegedly placed the plaintiff&#[...]

California Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Death Of 20-Month-Old

August 31, 2015

A California medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against a California hospital for the death of a 20-month-old child who died while an inpatient at the hospital after having what was described as successful surgery. The child died allegedly as a result of too much sedation or due t[...]

Arizona Doctor Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of Patients, Improperly Prescribing Pain Medications

August 30, 2015

An Arizona physician finds himself defending against numerous claims of improper professional conduct, including multiple claims that he sexually abused patients and many claims that he improperly prescribed large doses of powerful pain medications for patients who were not properly examined before [...]

Arrested Texas Neurosurgeon Remains In Jail

August 29, 2015

On August 21, 2015, a Texas judge refused to lower the $600,000 bail set for a neurosurgeon who had practiced in Texas before his medical license was revoked in December 2013 as a result of the Texas Medical Board determining that the neurosurgeon had exhibited a pattern of failing to follow appro[...]

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