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$35.4M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman Who Suffered Stroke Shortly After Giving Birth

May 12, 2015

On May 7, 2015, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the 35-year-old plaintiff in the amount of $35.4 million. The plaintiff had suffered a massive stroke within hours after giving birth in 2008, allegedly as a result of the medical negligence of the defendants. [...]

$2M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

May 11, 2015

On May 4, 2015, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $2 million, which included $350,000 in noneconomic damages, $1.5 million for future medical expenses, and $150,000 for past medical expenses, for the birth injuries suffered by a ne[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Signed Back Into Law

May 10, 2015

On May 7, 2015, the Governor of Missouri signed into law caps on noneconomic damages in Missouri medical malpractice cases after a three-year lapse following the Missouri Supreme Court finding that the prior medical malpractice cap was unconstitutional because the flat $350,000 cap violated the co[...]

$1.3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

May 9, 2015

During mid-April 2015,VThe wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Roanoke, Virginia-based medical facility and a physician’s office alleged that the man’s chest x-rays taken in 2009 and 2010 as part of the pre-operative clearance process for the man’s two kn[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Orders New Trial Where Medical Malpractice Jury Found Liability But Awarded No Damages

May 8, 2015

In its written opinion filed on April 30, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District affirmed a trial court’s granting of a new trial on liability and damages after an Illinois medical malpractice jury found that the defendant physician was negligent and that his negligence caused [...]

California Medical Malpractice Whistleblower Files Lawsuit After His Termination

May 7, 2015

On April 17, 2015, a California cardiac perfusionist filed a wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit against the hospital where he had worked alleging that he was fired after he had reported to the hospital that a cardiac surgeon allegedly left the operating room while his patient was stil[...]

$7.5M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Death

May 6, 2015

Late last month a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7.5 million in favor of the family of a woman who bled out during surgery – the family’s medical malpractice attorney had requested that the jury return a verdict in favor of the family in the amou[...]

Study Finds Banned Medicare Miscreants Still Able To Bill State Medicaid Programs

May 5, 2015

A recent analysis of federal and state data by Reuters found that more than one-in-five of the physicians and other health care providers who have been banned from participating in Medicare nonetheless were able to bill state Medicaid programs: Reuters found 1,800 physicians and other health care p[...]

$9.4M Bariatric Surgery Malpractice Verdict

May 4, 2015

On April 29, 2015, a 52-year-old woman won her Illinois bariatric surgery malpractice lawsuit against two bariatric surgeons that was tried before a federal medical malpractice jury. The plaintiff alleged that medical negligence during her bariatric surgery led to her brain damage. She had previous[...]

California Appellate Court Says Fall On Wet Floor Not Medical Malpractice

May 3, 2015

In a case decided on April 23, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“Appellate Court”) determined that a hospital patient’s claim of negligence involving her slip and fall on a recently mopped floor that lacked warning s[...]

West Virginia Radiologists Sued For Failure To Diagnose Spine Fracture

May 2, 2015

In March 2015, a West Virginia couple field a West Virginia medical malpractice case against two radiologists and others for their alleged failure to timely diagnose the man’s T-8 fracture from radiology studies taken at a local hospital. As a result, the plaintiffs allege that the man was[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Bystander To Medical Malpractice To Claim Emotional Distress

May 1, 2015

In its decision released on April 28, 2015, the Connecticut Supreme Court decided whether, and under what circumstances, a bystander emotional distress claim may be brought in connection with an injury arising from alleged medical malpractice and what degree of emotional distress a bystander mus[...]

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