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$50M Alabama Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict

March 16, 2026

The decedent, Dan Haas, experienced severe pain between his shoulder blades and had shortness of breath after he returned home from a hunting trip on December 24, 2020. Because his symptoms did not get better, he telephoned his cardiologist, John M. Galla, M.D., of Cardiology Associates, the next da[...]

$6M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Gallbladder Surgery

November 19, 2024

After a six-day medical malpractice wrongful death trial and less than one hour of jury deliberations, the family of a 71-year-old woman who died after gallbladder surgery in September 2017 received a verdict in the amount of $6 million against the partner of the surgeon had performed her gallbladde[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms $10M Punitive Damages In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

October 19, 2023

The Supreme Court of Alabama, in its opinion released on August 4, 2023 in a medical malpractice wrongful death case in which the jury awarded punitive damages in the amount of $35 million that was subsequently reduced by the trial court to $10 million, stated: “In sum, given the degree of rep[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $100K Judgment Against Hospital For Defective Glidewire

July 15, 2021

An Alabama man (Cameron Murphy) underwent a ureteroscopy procedure to remove kidney stones. During the procedure, defendant Dr. Margaret Vareb, a board-certified urologist employed by defendant Jackson Hospital, used a glidewire to establish the correct surgical path to Murphy’s kidneys throug[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Verdict Because Expert Not Qualified

February 22, 2020

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated January 10, 2020, overturned a verdict in favor of the Alabama medical malpractice plaintiff, finding that the plaintiff’s expert was not qualified: “Dr. Doblar did not give any testimony demonstrati[...]

$9M Alabama Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Urgent Care Clinic

October 16, 2019

On October 11, 2019, an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $9 million against an urgent care clinic, finding that it breached the standard in care in treating a patient that resulted in her death. The jury’s verdict was the largest ever in a m[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Wipes Out $20M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital

October 17, 2018

The Superme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) overturned the $20 million medical malpractice wrongful death verdict against the defendant rehabilitation hospital in its opinion filed on September 28, 2018, concluding that “charging the jury as to the hospital standard of c[...]

$3M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Pulmonologist For Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer

February 9, 2018

On January 22, 2018, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant pulmonologist in an Alabama medical malpractice case that alleged that the defendant negligently failed to diagnose a man’s lung cancer, which killed him after it was diagnosed too late. The Ala[...]

$375K Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Pediatrician For 3-Year-Old’s Death

December 19, 2016

An Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $375,000 against a pediatrician for her alleged medical negligence that led to the death of a 3-year-old who was under her care. The hospital where the young child died reportedly paid the Alabama medical malpractice plaintiff[...]

$20M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital For Opiate Death

May 31, 2016

On May 18, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $20 million against a rehabilitation hospital that allegedly overdosed a patient with opiates, despite indicators that the patient was allergic to opiates, which ultimately resulted in her death at home fo[...]

$7.5M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For A Man And His Wife

March 4, 2014

A Jefferson County, Alabama medical malpractice jury has awarded a 55-year-old man and his wife $7.5 million in their medical malpractice case that alleged that a local hospital was negligent in its care and treatment of the man and that its negligence led to the man’s permanent incontinence [...]

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