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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Failure to Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

November 9, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Maryland in late October 2015 against a Maryland hospital, alleging that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to timely diagnose the plaintiff’s serious back condition, including cauda equina syndrome, and discharged the plaintif[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Naval Hospital Malpractice Led To Birth Injury

October 15, 2015

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in late September 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, naming the United States as the defendant pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the negligent medical care received by the plaintiff during her [...]

Federal Appeals Court Affirms District Court’s Refusal To Amend Medical Malpractice Pretrial Order

March 11, 2015

In a federal appellate court decision filed on February 10, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the district court’s refusal to allow a medical malpractice defendant to amend a final pretrial order after the other medical malpractice defendants settled the c[...]

For Second Time In Six Months, Mississippi Federal Judge Criticizes Cap On Damages

February 15, 2014

In the December 20, 2013 written opinion issued in a Mississippi medical malpractice case filed under the Federal Torts Claims Act, a Mississippi federal judge has once again criticized Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, quoting his written opini[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Cases (Part One)

December 18, 2013

Medical malpractice cases may be filed in the federal courts in the United States if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount in controversy is greater than $75,000.00, or if the case gives rise to a federal question (which depends upon who provided the medical care at[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed In Utah For Death Of 30-Year-Old Former Soldier

October 19, 2012

The parents of a 30-year-old former U.S. Army soldier who was medically discharged from the Army following a service-related back injury have filed a federal medical malpractice lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) in Utah for his death that was allegedly due to[...]

Veteran’s Medical Malpractice Claim For Deficient PTSD Treatment

October 18, 2012

An honorably discharged former U.S. marine who participated in the invasion of Iraq filed a federal medical malpractice claim naming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as the defendant, claiming that the treatment he received for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) at the Wi[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Claim For Vet’s Frozen, Amputated Penis

October 4, 2012

On October 2, 2012, an Army veteran who served during the late 1960s filed a federal medical malpractice case in the federal district court in Kentucky as a result of the alleged medical negligence of a Veterans Administration nurse following surgery on his penis. The surgery that was done i[...]

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