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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 [...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Emergency Room Negligence (Twice)

January 19, 2014

On December 23, 2013, a Louisiana medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by a woman on her own behalf and on behalf of her two minor children for the death of her husband that was due to alleged medical malpractice that occurred in a hospital emergency room on two separate occasions. The medical m[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Jury Considers Emergency Room Negligence Claim

October 10, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Iowa was unable to reach a decision in a medical malpractice case as of Monday, October 8, 2012. The jury deliberated for about three hours before being sent home and instructed to return to court on October 9, 2012 to continue with its deliberations. The medical malpra[...]

Large Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Condition

June 5, 2012

On May 31, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded the five young surviving children of a 38-year-old man $6.4 million as a result of alleged medical malpractice that resulted in the man’s death. The $6.4 million verdict included $5.5 million for the loss of guidance, tutelage[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict Finally Paid

April 21, 2012

When a 34-year-old woman arrived at a local Fort Collins, Colorado hospital Emergency Department in December, 2006, she complained to the emergency room doctor that she had the worst headache of her life and that she was weak and dizzy. The emergency room doctor diagnosed the woman’s condit[...]

Patient Dumping Settlements In 2011

March 10, 2012

The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG”) has reported the following settlements involving patient dumping cases in 2011 that resulted in the payment of a civil monetary penalty (the settling parties denied the patient dumping allega[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman Who Lost Both Hands, Both Feet, And One Eye

March 6, 2012

A Brooklyn, New York mother has received a settlement from the city of Brooklyn, New York and from a local Brooklyn hospital and two of its doctors for her severe losses suffered as a result of alleged medical malpractice that cost her her feet, her hands, and her sight in one eye. In September,[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Died From Pulmonary Embolism

February 29, 2012

A man went to a local New Jersey hospital’s emergency room to be examined and treated for chest pains and shortness of breath that he feared might be serious. He was seen in the emergency room by a doctor who diagnosed the man as having a virus. The emergency room doctor discharged the man to[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Undiagnosed Aneurysm

February 22, 2012

When a 49-year-old man walked into a New York hospital’s emergency room in November, 2007, he complained to the emergency room physician of classic signs of an aortic aneurysm (an aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge in an artery caused by certain medical conditions, genetic conditions, or traum[...]

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