The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) in its opinion filed on October 25, 2017 affirmed a federal medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.75 million, finding… Read More
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Federal Medical Malpractice Claim For Vet’s Frozen, Amputated Penis
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… Read More
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Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Mutilated Genitals
A federal medical malpractice jury in Baltimore has awarded $1.5 million to a 38-year-old man whose genitals were allegedly mutilated by a flesh-eating bacteria that a local hospital failed to diagnose for over 58 hours. The award in the amount of $1.4 million… Read More
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Chicago Health Care Clinic Held Responsible For Medical Malpractice For Baby’s Irreversible Brain Damage
A federally-funded health clinic and its doctors in Chicago were held responsible for medical malpractice by a federal judge, and subsequently by an appellate court, for the irreversible brain damage that a baby needlessly suffered as a result of medical negligence. After the… Read More
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Feds Test The Medical Malpractice Reform Waters
On January 24, 2011, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives (H.R. 5) that would have made changes to medical malpractice laws on the federal level. If H.R. 5 became law, the new law would be known as the “Help… Read More
