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$780,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement For Man Who Was Injured While Under Effects Of Anesthesia

June 10, 2023

$780,000 Settlement For Man Who Was Injured While Under Anesthesia: A man who claimed he was involved in a motorcycle accident while allegedly still under the effects of anesthesia from a cardiac catheterization procedure at a Veterans Affairs medical center in St. Louis, Missouri has reached a $780[...]

$500K Michigan Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict

April 27, 2023

$500K Anesthesia Malpractice Verdict: On February 27, 2023, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 for disability and pain and suffering the plaintiff suffered after he aspirated the contents of his stomach into his lungs during s[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Cites Old Precedent In Affirming That Nurses Cannot Be Held Liable For Medical Malpractice In North Carolina

July 28, 2020

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated June 16, 2020: “Nearly a century ago, our Supreme Court rejected the notion that nurses can be liable for medical malpractice based on their diagnosis and treatment of patients. Th[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Expert’s Report Inadequate In Medical Malpractice Case

July 6, 2019

The Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its June 6, 2019 opinion that the Texas medical malpractice plaintiff’s expert report was inadequate “Because the expert report filed by Appellees in support of their claims fails to state the specific cond[...]

Large Health Insurer Announces It Will Not Pay For Anesthesia Services For Many Cataract Surgeries

March 8, 2018

Anthem, Inc. (“Anthem”) is one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States. Anthem is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Ham[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Over Attorney Fee Split

August 9, 2016

An Oregon medical malpractice law firm and an Oregon sole practitioner who undertook the representation of an Oregon man who suffered a catastrophic injury due to medical negligence and won a large Oregon medical malpractice verdict that was subsequently settled for a substantial but reduced amount [...]

Young Florida Cosmetic Surgery Patient Suffered Brain Damage Following Her Procedure

June 5, 2016

An 18-year-old female in Florida decided to have elective breast augmentation surgery at a Florida outpatient cosmetic surgery clinic. Little did she know that the physician who administered the anesthesia for her procedure was a convicted felon. Within five minutes after the plastic surgery proced[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Anesthesiologist

April 16, 2016

On April 1, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict favor of the defendant anesthesiologist after ninety minutes of jury deliberations following a trial that lasted one week. The Maryland medical malpractice jury found that the anesthesiologist did not breach the standard of c[...]

Anesthesia Medical Malpractice Statistics

January 24, 2016

The findings of a retrospective analysis of anesthesia-related medical malpractice claims that spanned the period from 2005 to 2013 and were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in October 2015. The stu[...]

Ecuadorian Beauty Queen Dies During Plastic Surgery She Won

January 21, 2015

A 19-year-old woman from Ecuador, who won a beauty pageant in Ecuador in October 2014, died on January 10, 2015 as a result of cerebral edema she suffered during elective plastic surgery (abdominal liposuction) she was undergoing at a clinic in her home town. The plastic surgeon who performed t[...]

A Recent Study Of Closed Anesthesia Medical Malpractice Claims

October 23, 2014

In a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management that is entitled “Analysis of Patient Injury Based on Anesthesiology Closed Claims Data from a Major Malpractice Insurer,” the authors reviewed 607 anesthesia-related medical malpractice claims reported [...]

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