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$23.1M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Severe Injuries During Delivery

June 5, 2017

At the conclusion of a nonjury trial, a Chicago judge awarded in excess of $23.1 million to the family of a child who suffered catastrophic injuries during her delivery in the family’s medical malpractice lawsuit against a neonatologist and hospital. The hospital was found to be not liable[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Shoulder Dystocia Case

May 30, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on May 2, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial judge did not commit error in refusing to allow the plaintiff’s biomedical engineering expert, who was not a licensed medical provider, fro[...]

$9.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned For Failure To Consider Future Medical Expenses Under ACA

May 16, 2017

The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division One (“California Appellate Court”) overturned a California medical malpractice jury’s award of $9,577,000 as the present cash value of the future medical and rehabilitation care expenses in a birth inj[...]

$46.5M Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Newborn’s Untreated Jaundice Leading To Brain Damage

March 12, 2017

After a two-week trial, an Arkansas medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $46.5 million for the severe permanent brain damage suffered by a newborn caused by untreated jaundice at birth that developed into kernicterus. As a result, the now two-and-a-half-year-old child has l[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Alleged Ultrasound Negligence

September 22, 2016

After a recent four-day medical malpractice jury trial, a Florida jury took only two hours to return its verdict in favor of the defendant Florida OB/GYN and his medical practice. The plaintiff, who sought $8 million in compensatory damages from the defendants, alleged that the defendant had failed[...]

$17M Nebraska Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 9, 2015

Last week, a federal medical malpractice jury in Nebraska returned its verdict in the amount of $17 million for the serious and permanent injuries suffered by a baby during her birth in Nebraska on November 2, 2012. The now 2-year-old girl suffered a catastrophic brain injury during labor and deli[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Birth Injury Case

July 17, 2015

On June 19, 2015, after a two-week trial and three and a half hours of deliberations, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The case involved the birth injuries suffered by a now 11-year-old boy who sustained a brain injury due to alleged medical neglig[...]

$1.7M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict In Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Case

September 17, 2014

On September 5, 2014, after eight days of trial and three days of jury deliberations, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff, which was reduced to $1.7 million due to Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages and a calcu[...]

North Carolina Court Of Appeals: Sudden Emergency Doctrine Inapplicable In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 12, 2014

In a North Carolina medical malpractice case it decided on July 1, 2014, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, which is North Carolina’s intermediate appellate court, held that the standard of care for healthcare professionals, both at common law and as enunciated in section 90-21.12, is design[...]

Wisconsin Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages Leaves Parents Of Deceased Newborn Without Answers

July 3, 2014

The parents of a Wisconsin baby who died 10 days after birth may never know whether medical negligence was the cause of their baby’s death because Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $500,000 makes it financially infeasible for Wisconsin medical malpractice lawyers to[...]

$5M Michigan Medical Malpractice Judgment For Midwife Malpractice

June 2, 2014

In what may be a hollow victory due to the lack of malpractice insurance to pay the judgment, a Michigan judge entered a default judgment in the amount of $5 million in favor of the parents of a newborn who died shortly after his birth in 2011, allegedly due to the medical negligence of the [&hellip[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Birth Injury

May 25, 2014

The parents of a now 6-year-old child have filed an Oregon birth injury medical malpractice case against an Oregon hospital where the labor and delivery took place, three defendant doctors who participated in the labor and delivery, and two clinics, alleging that their son suffered a brain injury du[...]

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