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Pennsylvania Hospital Sued For Medical Malpractice, Altered Medical Records

December 15, 2015

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died as a result of alleged medical negligence that occurred in a Pennsylvania hospital alleges that the defendant hospital and its staff altered her husband’s medical records, citing the six sets o[...]

Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Employee Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Patient

August 22, 2015

On August 17, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh hospital alleging that a hospital employee sexually assaulted an 85-year-old female patient in her hospital room on July 3, 2015. According to reports, the woman was the fourth of seven female patients in the defendant [...]

$3.34M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Perforated Bowel

July 15, 2014

A Philadelphia County medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a 27-year-old man in the amount of $3.34 million after determining that a hospital and a physician were medically negligent in their failure to timely diagnose the man’s perforated bowel following surgery to address [...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Battery Case

June 13, 2014

It is not often that a medical malpractice case alleges that a battery was committed by a medical provider due to the fact that the medical provider usually obtains the prior consent of the patient before performing particular medical procedure(s) on the patient (a “battery” may be defin[...]

Hershey Medical Center Pays $400,000 To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim

February 3, 2014

The family of a 76-year-old man who had been litigating a medical malpractice case against the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for five years has settled the medical malpractice claims by agreeing to accept $400,000 from the Pennsylvania hospital. The family had [...]

New Doctor Dies Due to Medical Negligence

January 15, 2014

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a new physician who graduated from medical school on May 11, 2013 alleges that the 26-year-old woman died on May 29, 2013 due to the negligence of a hospital where she had sought medical treatment. The woman went to the hospital beca[...]

Pennsylvania Court Upholds $13M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict

December 28, 2013

On November 4, 2013, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a verdict in the amount of $12,951,884.74 (which includes the jury’s verdict, delay damages, and post-judgment interest) in favor of the Estate of a man who had died as a result of the delay in medical treatment at a hospital. A�[...]

$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries

December 24, 2013

On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed, having cerebral palsy, and having pr[...]

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