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5 Common Mistakes Made By Medical Malpractice Victims

September 20, 2013

Medical malpractice victims in the United States are too often unpleasantly surprised when they discover that they made their own mistakes that could cause their medical malpractice claims to become unviable. Once the unintentional mistake is made, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to reme[...]

5 Ways Medical Malpractice Victims Are Disadvantaged

September 19, 2013

With the constant drone of physicians who mournfully cry that ungrateful patients are filing “frivolous” medical malpractice claims against them which force them to practice costly defensive medicine (which some would argue to be pro-active, patient-oriented medicine), force the[...]

Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled

September 18, 2013

A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]

California Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Woman Bled To Death After IUD Removed

September 17, 2013

A California medical malpractice trial is underway in which it is claimed that a woman bled to death after her IUD was surgically removed because the doctors failed to recognize that a needle had inadvertently punctured her left internal iliac artery during the procedure. The 40-year-old woman wan[...]

Medical Malpractice Payments To Veterans Hit 12-Year High

September 16, 2013

Medical malpractice payments to veterans made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) totaled $91.7 million in 2012 (an increase of 28% from 2011, when the VA paid approximately $72 million in medical malpractice payments), which was the highest amount in 12 years. F[...]

Ohio Nursing Home Verdict For Suffocation Death

September 15, 2013

On September 9, 2013, after approximately two weeks of trial, an Ohio jury awarded $375,000 to the family of a 70-year-old nursing home resident who suffocated and died when the electricity to the nursing home went out during a storm, causing his breathing machine to stop functioning. The res[...]

$5.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Improperly Placed Cardiac Pacing Wires

September 14, 2013

On September 6, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.5 million in favor of the estate of a 53-year-old woman and her surviving daughter for the death of the woman when she bled to death within minutes after improperly placed temporary cardiac pacing wi[...]

$4M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Perform Timely Cesarean Delivery

September 13, 2013

On September 7, 2013, after a four-day Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury trial in Lehigh County Court, a verdict in the amount of $4 million was awarded to a 29-year-old woman and her child as a result of the injuries they both suffered in August 2009 during the 16-hour-long vaginal delivery of[...]

Dental Malpractice Class Action Lawsuit Filed In Oklahoma

September 12, 2013

On September 3, 2013, a class action dental malpractice lawsuit was filed against a Tulsa, Oklahoma dentist, his dental practice, and several pharmaceutical companies by former dental patients who claim that they were exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV due to poor conditions and unsanitar[...]

Maryland Hospital Immune For Its Failure To Involuntarily Admit Patient

September 11, 2013

On September 5, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”) held that a Maryland hospital was entitled to statutory immunity from any liability when it decided not to involuntarily admit an individual so long as it acted in good faith and with reason[...]

LASIK Lawsuits

September 10, 2013

LASIK (Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis) surgery involves the precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser that reshapes the cornea and thereby changes its focusing power. The cornea is a part of the eye that helps focus light to create an image on the retina by bendin[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled For Limbs Lost To Flesh-Eating Bacteria

September 9, 2013

On September 5, 2013, a Massachusetts woman who had all four of her limbs amputated after she contracted flesh-eating bacteria while giving birth at a local Massachusetts hospital settled her medical malpractice lawsuit for $9.5 million. The 41-year-old woman alleged in her medical malpractice [...]

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