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Alabama $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Heart Attack Misdiagnosed As Stomach Virus

August 24, 2014

On August 19, 2014, after a seven day trial, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $4 million. The medical malpractice defendant was the emergency room physician who had treated the 40-year-old man in the hospital’s emergency room,[...]

Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict

July 9, 2014

A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]

$1.6 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 48-Year-Old Man

April 6, 2014

On March 28, 2014, after a three-week trial and 10 hours of jury deliberations over the course of two days, a Peoria, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded $1.6 million to the surviving wife and children of a 48-year-old man who went to a hospital emergency department in September 2009 at whic[...]

Massachusetts Emergency Room Malpractice Results In $2.925M Verdict

March 15, 2014

On March 3, 2014, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $2.925 million to the mother of a 23-year-old man who died as a result of alleged misdiagnosis in a hospital emergency room. The verdict was reached after five days of trial. The medical malpractice defendant was the emergency room [...]

Virginia $2M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

March 12, 2014

On March 7, 2014, a Charlottesville, Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million against a hospital emergency room physician who failed to follow proper procedures after the over-50, overweight diabetic plaintiff, who had come to the emergency room complaining [...]

$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 [...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against ER Doc For Death of 6-Year-old

February 25, 2014

On February 24, 2014, a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against an emergency room physician and others for the death of a 6-year-old who had been misdiagnosed in the emergency room, was sent home, and died four hours later. The parents’ medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the [...]

New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence

January 15, 2014

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Appeal Determines Nephrology And Urology Are Related Specialties

March 11, 2013

In an appeal decided by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) on March 1, 2013, the issue was whether nephrology and urology are “related” fields under the circumstances of the case before it, as that term is used in subsubparagraphs §§ 3-2A-02(c)(2)(ii)1A [...]

Virginia $25 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $2 Million

February 19, 2013

On February 14, 2013, a Virginia medical malpractice jury awarded $25 million to a man whose cardiologist treated his serious heart condition with an over-the-counter medication and three months later he suffered a massive heart attack. The 37-year-old man had gone to the hospital in January, 201[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $390,000 Verdict For Misdiagnosed Stroke

January 12, 2013

On September 11, 2012, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) affirmed a judge’s verdict in the amount of $390,000 in favor of James Taylor, who was 57-years-old when he suffered a stroke that a physician in a hospital emergency room failed to timely [...]

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim After Hospital Forces Removal Of Homeless Woman From ER To Jail

November 27, 2012

On September 21, 2011, a 29-year-old homeless woman in St. Louis, Missouri went to a hospital emergency room complaining of severe pain in her legs. The emergency room staff asked her to leave the emergency room even though the woman was complaining that her leg pain was so severe that she could not[...]

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