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Michigan Medical Malpractice Settlement Payment Fully Applied To Reduce Jury Verdict

May 22, 2014

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) recently held in a Michigan medical malpractice case that the amount of a settlement paid by one medical malpractice defendant to all of the plaintiffs prior to trial to settle all of their claims reduces the amount of the juryR[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury

December 25, 2013

In a medical malpractice case filed on December 6, 2013 in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois), the parents of a newborn allege that their baby suffered severe hypoxic ischemia due to lack of oxygen, hemorrhaging, and hydrocephalus, and has cerebral palsy, allegedly as a result of the me[...]

Washington State $50M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby Born With Genetic Defect

December 12, 2013

On December 10, 2013, a King County, Washington State medical malpractice jury awarded $50 million to the parents of a child who was born with a rare genetic defect resulting in the now five-and-a-half-year-old child having an IQ between 50 and 70. The child’s physical disabilities prevent[...]

$9.5M Maryland Medical Malpratice Verdict For Infant’s Cerebral Palsy

November 30, 2013

On November 22, 2013, after eight hours of jury deliberations, a Prince George’s County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its $9.5 million verdict in favor of a minor child and her family against a hospital emergency room nurse and the company that provided emergency room services[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $12.9M For Birth Injuries

October 9, 2013

On September 27, 2013, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned an award in favor of the plaintiffs in a birth injury case in the amount of $12.9 million after a 12-day trial. The verdict will likely be reduced to approximately $4 million once Michigan’s $433,400 cap on noneconomic damages[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Breech Birth Gone Bad

September 29, 2013

When a Washington State woman read about a special program being offered by Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) Hospital to woman desiring a vaginal delivery for breech babies (babies in the womb who present buttocks or feet closest to the cervix) despite the fact that she had already sc[...]

$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[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Loss Means Parents Must Pay $340,000 For Defendant’s Costs

August 14, 2013

When a baby in the womb did not have a pulse and was not receiving oxygen for thirteen minutes during delivery four years ago, resulting in the baby suffering permanent brain damage requiring constant medical care for the rest of his life, without explanation as to what had occurred, the parents fi[...]

Tennessee $33.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury

July 30, 2013

On July 15, 2013, a Tennessee medical malpractice jury awarded $33.5 million against an obstetrician and his employer for the obstetrician’s alleged failure to perform a timely cesarean section delivery that resulted in the newborn’s severe and permanent brain injury and a form of cereb[...]

Ohio Hospital Agrees To $5.25 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Settlement

July 9, 2013

On June 27, 2013, the Ohio Court of Claims approved a $5.25 million settlement between an Ohio state hospital and the family of a newborn who suffered a profound brain injury due to alleged obstetrical medical malpractice. The child’s parents had filed a medical malpractice claim against the[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

May 30, 2013

In an opinion filed on May 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case because the trial judge twice failed to remove jurors for cause when it was revealed that the first juror indicated an inability to [...]

New York $1.6 Million Settlement For Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury

May 13, 2013

In April 2013, a $1.6 million New York medical malpractice settlement was reached with the medical malpractice defendant hospital and the hospital’s chief resident as a result of alleged medical negligence in properly recognizing and managing a baby’s shoulder dystocia during delivery[...]

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