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Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury

December 25, 2013

In a medical malpractice case filed on December 6, 2013 in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois), the parents of a newborn allege that their baby suffered severe hypoxic ischemia due to lack of oxygen, hemorrhaging, and hydrocephalus, and has cerebral palsy, allegedly as a result of the me[...]

$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries

December 24, 2013

On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed, having cerebral palsy, and having pr[...]

A Nevada Case Of Medical Malpractice Fraud

December 23, 2013

A Las Vegas, Nevada lawyer wanted to handle medical malpractice cases and wished to stack the odds in his favor so that he would receive substantial settlements in the medical malpractice cases he handled — in doing so, he wrongfully put his financial interests above the interests of his c[...]

Choose Your Medical Malpractice Lawyer The Same Way You Would Choose Your Doctor

December 22, 2013

Medical malpractice lawyers and medical doctors are similar in that they are typically well-educated and trained in taking care of people who need their specialized services. Everyone would like to think that they have chosen (or have been provided) the best professional when their need for medi[...]

White Lab Coats Can’t Turn Bad Doctors Into Competent Doctors

December 21, 2013

One patient who was horribly injured and disfigured as a result of medical negligence that bordered on medical recklessness was asked by her medical malpractice lawyer during their initial meeting how she chose the particular doctor that caused her to suffer such devastating harm. Her response was [...]

Be Glad This Delaware Doctor Was Not Your Doctor

December 20, 2013

A 32-year-old Delaware gynecologist has made a total mess of her life and is facing a possible 20-year federal prison sentence after being indicted on December 12, 2013 by a federal grand jury in Wilmington, Delaware, for the alleged illegal distribution of a controlled substance. On December 13, 2[...]

Massachusetts $2M Nursing Home Verdict For Sexual Assault

December 19, 2013

On December 17, 2013, a Middlesex Superior Court (Massachusetts) jury returned its $2,014,000 verdict in favor of an 87-year-old nursing home resident, who suffers from dementia and Huntington’s disease, for her alleged sexual assault that occurred in July 2011. The verdict was against the[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Cases (Part One)

December 18, 2013

Medical malpractice cases may be filed in the federal courts in the United States if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount in controversy is greater than $75,000.00, or if the case gives rise to a federal question (which depends upon who provided the medical care at[...]

An Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Cases Filed Against Georgia’s Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

December 17, 2013

The Augusta Chronicle recently published the results of its investigation into medical malpractice cases filed in the U.S. District Court in Augusta, Georgia, involving the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta. Its analysis of court records revealed that at least nine medical malpractice[...]

Appellate Court Decides Washington State Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too late

December 16, 2013

In its unreported opinion filed on December 5, 2013, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“WA State Court of Appeals”) held in the case it was deciding that the statute of limitations period was neither tolled by a timely request for mediation by the medical malpractice plai[...]

Maryland Federal Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

December 15, 2013

On November 22, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland rendered it verdict in favor of a Maryland neurosurgeon whom the plaintiff alleged had negligently performed spinal surgery on her. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on November 16, 2011 by the West Virginia plainti[...]

Washington Medical Malpractice Victim Awarded $30M For Throat Fire During Surgery

December 14, 2013

A 55-year-old woman from Washington State had polyps on her vocal cords for which she had surgery using a laser. A breathing tube had been inserted into her throat as part of the surgical procedure and oxygen was flowing at the time the laser started a fire in her throat. The laser surgery fire [...]

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