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Ohio Medical Malpractice Settlement For Esophageal Intubation Resulting In Death

February 16, 2017

It was recently reported that a confidential settlement has been reached in an Ohio medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died as a result of a negligent esophageal intubation, instead of the intended endotracheal intubation, and the failure to timely diagnose[...]

Reported Disciplinary Actions For Ohio Medical Professionals Increased 500% From 1990

November 21, 2015

The results of a recent analysis of reports made to the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) regarding medical professionals in Ohio found that the rate of disciplinary actions against Ohio medical professionals has increased by 500% since 1990: in 1990, there were 429 disciplinary a[...]

$10.9M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pregnant Woman’s Stroke

January 22, 2015

On January 14, 2015, an Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $10,928,188 in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following seven days of trial testimony, for the serious stroke suffered by a woman during her pregnancy that the plaintiffs alleged was the result[...]

$2.7M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Lung Disease

February 10, 2014

In December 2013, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,700,000 in favor of a woman and her family for the woman developing terminal lung disease as a result of a combination of medications she was prescribed. While the results of an abnormal chest x-ray to che[...]

$27.5M Ohio Verdict For Mesothelioma Victim

January 29, 2014

On December 18, 2013, after an 11-day trial, a jury in Ohio awarded a 40-year-old man and his wife a record $27.5 million for the man’s mesothelioma, a rare and often fatal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The jury awarded the man $515,000 in economic damages, $12 million in nonecono[...]

Ohio Supreme Court: “I Take Full Responsibility For This” Is Inadmissble In Medical Malpractice Case

May 1, 2013

In its decision filed on April 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) held that a surgeon’s statement to his patient that “I take full responsibility for this. Everything will be okay” after he performed gall bladder surgery on her that resulted in complica[...]

Ohio $5.1 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Plastic Surgeon

April 29, 2013

On April 25, 2013, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after eight days of trial in the amount of $5.1 million in favor of a plastic surgery patient and against a plastic surgeon for the woman’s multiple recurrent infections, nerve damage, and permanent scarring as a result o[...]

Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 19, 2013

On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]

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