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$1.57M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Perforated Bowel During Laparoscopic Surgery

June 17, 2015

On June 11, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.57 million in favor of the plaintiff and against a gynecological surgeon and his medical practice. The verdict included $474,477.00 for the plaintiff’s past medical expenses and $1.1 million for her p[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Teenager’s Required Heart Transplant

June 16, 2015

On May 8, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on behalf of a now 16-year-old former student athlete who was required to have a heart transplant, and may need further heart transplants in the future, allegedly due to the negligent failure of [...]

New York Legislature Considers Date Of Discovery Rule In Medical Malpractice Cases

June 15, 2015

New York is one of the few U.S. states where the medical malpractice statute of limitations begins to run from the date of the alleged negligent act or omission rather than from the date that the patient discovered the medical malpractice or a reasonable person should have discovered the medica[...]

$4.5M Connecticut Dental Malpractice Verdict For Botched Root Canal

June 14, 2015

A Connecticut dental malpractice jury has awarded $4.5 million to a 42-year-old woman who had a root canal procedure performed on her by the defendant dentist on March 15, 2011 that left her with pain at all times: pain when she is eating, pain while she is sleeping, and pain when she is doing noth[...]

$600K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Untreated Surgical Complications

June 13, 2015

When the 72-year-old wife, mother of six, and grandmother went in for surgery on February 23, 2010 for a subtotal colectomy with an ileorectal anastomosis to treat her five-year history of diverticulosis, neither she nor her family could have imagined that she would die sixteen days later from surg[...]

Connecticut Physician Denied Maine Medical License Due To Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

June 12, 2015

A Connecticut physician who had applied for a permanent Maine medical license has been denied his request due to four claims of alleged sexual misconduct with former patients in Maine who have filed lawsuits against the physician. The physician, who is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabil[...]

New Jersey VA Nursing Home Choking Death Case Settled For $1.4M

June 11, 2015

An 85-year-old World War II Navy veteran who was a resident of a nursing home operated by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs choked to death on June 10, 2012 after he was brought breakfast and left alone to eat, which was contrary to his care plan that required that he recei[...]

California College Athlete Awarded $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 10, 2015

On June 2, 2015, a now 25-year-old former college athlete in California received a verdict in the amount of $1,045,000 that included $285,000 for her past lost earnings, $730,000 for her future loss of earnings claim, and $30,000 for her past and future pain and suffering claim. After the Californi[...]

9 Baby Deaths Following Open Heart Surgery At Florida Hospital

June 9, 2015

On June 2, 2015, the ninth baby died after having heart surgery at a Florida hospital that opened its pediatric open heart surgery program in December 2011. CNN has reported that the death rate for babies after open heart surgery at the Florida hospital between 2011 and 2013 was 12.5%, which is thr[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ORIF On Wrong Bone In Foot

June 8, 2015

Imagine going to the hospital for surgery on a particular bone in your foot, and when you awake from surgery, the surgeon performed surgery on the wrong bone. That is what a Navy veteran is claiming that happened to him, in his VA medical malpractice lawsuit filed under the provisions of the Federa[...]

$125K Federal Medical Malpractice Settlement For 7-Year-Old’s Amputated Thumb

June 7, 2015

The United States government has agreed to settle a federal medical malpractice case filed for the loss of a 7-year-old’s left thumb in 2011, allegedly as a result of medical malpractice at an acute care clinic run by the U.S. Navy. The little girl’s thumb had to amputated after her [...]

New York Medical Malpractice Insurer Allegedly Paid Over $100K To Indicted Senator’s No-Show Son

June 6, 2015

In an Indictment filed on May 28, 2015 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York State Senate Majority Leader/President Pro Tem of the New York Senate (up until three weeks ago, that is), and his son, it is alleged that the defendants engaged i[...]

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