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Tennessee Federal Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Fails Because Plaintiff Failed To Follow Expert Rule

May 27, 2024

Oral Moore sued for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for medical malpractice by physicians at the Memphis Healthcare Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He sustained floppy glans and a shortening of penile length from a surgical implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis. The[...]

Feres Doctrine Will Likely Bar Medical Malpractice Claim For Soldier’s Delayed Diagnosis Of Stomach Cancer

March 7, 2019

On October 31, 2018, an Army Sergeant died following a prolonged battle with stage 4 stomach cancer. His widow claims that military care providers committed medical malpractice when they failed to diagnose his stomach cancer during multiple visits to Army base doctors over a four-year period. The Ar[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Advise Patient Of Melanoma Diagnosis

January 24, 2014

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit involving the Bath VA Medical Center in New York was filed on January 8, 2014 on behalf of a 70-year-old man whose malignant melanoma was diagnosed after a biopsy of a skin lesion but he was not advised of the diagnosis of melanoma until two years later. Th[...]

An Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Cases Filed Against Georgia’s Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

December 17, 2013

The Augusta Chronicle recently published the results of its investigation into medical malpractice cases filed in the U.S. District Court in Augusta, Georgia, involving the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta. Its analysis of court records revealed that at least nine medical malpractice[...]

Missouri Veteran Receives $8.3M Settlement For VA Malpractice

November 21, 2013

A retired 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran and long-time postal worker from St. Louis, Missouri had a cardiac stent implanted at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri during February 2009, after he experienced chest pain. The stent was implanted by using a catheter inserted t[...]

$346,272 Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Veteran’s Death

August 31, 2013

On August 28, 2013, a federal judge in Baltimore, Maryland awarded $346,272 to the family of a veteran who died on October 11, 2007 as a result of medical malpractice at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore. The 59-year-old veteran had been discharged to home from the VA Medical[...]

Our Memorial Day Thoughts Are With Veterans Injured Due To VA Medical Malpractice

May 27, 2013

On this Memorial Day 2013, we remember and honor all of the members of all of the branches of the U.S. military who sacrificed their own needs when their country needed them the most. Fortunately, most veterans returned home after their tours of duty in good shape. However, others were permane[...]

A Supreme Court Win For Man Injured By A Navy Doctor

March 5, 2013

In a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) on March 4, 2013, the Supreme Court determined the issue whether the controlling provision of the Gonzalez Act, §1089(e), authorizes battery claims against the United States when military doctors operate without the patient�[...]

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[...]

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