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$40 Million Colorado Medical Malpractice Judgment Affirmed

November 30, 2023

The Gressers, individually and on behalf of their minor daughter, C.G., asserted a medical negligence claim against Banner Health premised on the alleged failure of its nursing staff to timely recognize and report to C.G.’s treating physicians that C.G. was exhibiting signs of sepsis. The Colorado[...]

$31.5 Million Arizona Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 29, 2023

On November 17, 2023, an Arizona medical malpractice jury in Maricopa County returned its verdict in excess of $31.5 million in a birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that University Medical Center, which is operated by Banner Health, repeatedly administered Pitocin to a woman in la[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Failure To Test Newborn’s Blood Sugar Level Before Discharge Malpractice Case

November 28, 2023

David Breymeier was born March 21, 2000, weighing five pounds, six ounces, slightly small for his gestational age, like the oldest of the parents’ other children, but healthy with excellent Apgar scores. A little less than an hour after birth, however, David was observed by hospital staff to h[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Allows Medical Malpractice Discovery Respondent To Be Converted To Defendant

November 27, 2023

Section 2-402 of the Code is a statutory procedure whereby a plaintiff in a civil action is permitted to name as respondents in discovery “those individuals or other entities, other than the named defendants, believed by the plaintiff to have information essential to the determination of who shoul[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Must Disclose Root Cause Analysis Notes Regarding Patient’s Bad Surgical Outcome

November 26, 2023

Wanetta Ford-Bey underwent wrist surgery at the defendant hospital. Shortly after the surgery, she suffered cardiacand respiratory failures that required her transfer to another facility for further care. A nurse internally reported the incident pursuant to hospital’s “Sentinel Event Policy” ([...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Informed Consent Case

November 25, 2023

Renae Wetterling (“Wetterling”) appealed from a summary judgment dismissing all of her claims against Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and its insurer Preferred Professional Insurance Company. Wetterling argued that the circuit court erred b[...]

$850K Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death From Too Much Propofol During Colonoscopy

November 24, 2023

On May 5, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice claim was settled for $850,000 for the death of a woman who was given too much propofol over too short a period of time during a colonoscopy procedure, resulting in her death. The woman had been on dialysis for more than two years. She also had diabetes[...]

$1M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Low Potassium Leading To Cardiac Arrest In Hospital

November 23, 2023

On May 23, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death claim was settled in the amount of $1 million for the death of a 55-year-old woman who died in a hospital because her low potassium level upon arrival was not timely or appropriately treated, leading to cardiac arrest and death. The woma[...]

Dinnerplate-Sized Retractor Left In Woman For 18 Months Following C-Section

November 22, 2023

In 2020, a woman in her twenties underwent a scheduled Caesarean section (C-section) at 36 weeks plus 3 days’ gestation in Auckland, New Zealand. The C-section was planned because of concerns about placenta previa and placenta accreta. An Alexis wound retractor (AWR), a device used to draw back th[...]

New Jersey Provides Constitutionally Deficient Care At Two State Run Veterans’ Homes

November 21, 2023

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced on September 7, 2023 that they have concluded an investigation into whether New Jersey subjected residents of two veterans’ homes to conditions that violate the 14th A[...]

$20M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Dilaudid After Surgery

November 20, 2023

In June 2020, 54-year-old Joshua Hamby, husband and father, was brought to a hospital emergency room by his wife because he was suffering from very painful acute pancreatitis. His wife of ten years was unable to stay with him due to COVID-19 restrictions at that time. The next day, the wife received[...]

$38.6M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Son From Fatal Injury During Heart Transplant Surgery

November 19, 2023

A Georgia medical malpractice jury awarded $38.6 million against Emory University Hospital in Georgia for the death of the plaintiff’s 20-year-old son who suffered what turned out to be a fatal complication during heart transplant surgery in 2017: “Trevon lost two-thirds of the blood tha[...]

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