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California Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Patient Died Of Pulmonary Embolism Shortly After Surgery

November 6, 2021

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Fifth Appellate District (“California Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on September 21, 2021: “The alleged professional negligence in this case was that of Dr. Barnes, not that of a nurse or other non-physician s[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defense In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Where Man Died From Aortic Dissection Eight Hours After Discharge From ER

July 15, 2020

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Eight (“California Appellate Court”), in its June 1, 2020 published opinion, stated: “The trial court granted summary judgment to a hospital in a lawsuit brought by the family of an emergency room pat[...]

$1,275,000 New Jersey Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement For Misdiagnosed Stomach Cancer

January 22, 2020

A New Jersey medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was recently settled for $1,275,000 for the death of a 34-year-old woman whose stomach cancer allegedly was not diagnosed in time and resulted in her death in 2016. The woman died of stage IV cancer on August 29, 2016. The defendants included a[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Fraudulent Concealment Claims Were Time Barred

January 5, 2020

The December 10, 2019 opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed a lower court ruling that the Missouri medical malpractice plaintiffs’ fraudulent concealment claims against the defendant health care providers were time barred because the facts upon which they now rely to show fraud wer[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Responsible For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

August 30, 2017

An Oregon woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oregon during early August 2017 against the hospital where she gave birth and a nurse who was involved with her care, alleging that their negligence led to the woman accidentally suffocating her newborn when she rolled over onto her newborn who [...]

$460K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Leading To Death

May 22, 2017

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $460,000 in favor of the wife and six adult children of a 79-year-old man whose lung cancer was misdiagnosed for years until it was at stage IV. The man died two years after he was finally diagnosed, which was five years after a [...]

Connecticut OB Settles Fetal Death Case

January 12, 2016

On December 31, 2015, a Connecticut OB settled a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against her, shortly before the fetal death trial was scheduled to begin before a jury. The plaintiffs (husband and wife) had sued the defendant OB for the wrongful death of their 22-week-old fetus (the[...]

Two New York Hospitals Sued After Patient Dies – Twice

October 17, 2015

A 46-year-old man suffered an apparent heart attack while in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in October 2014. A bystander performed CPR on the man until an ambulance arrived and took the man to the hospital. Within minutes after arriving at the hospital, the man was declared dead. When the man[...]

$3.7M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Urologist For Wrongful Death

October 13, 2015

In late September 2015, a Jefferson County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the widow of a man who died after suffering a pulmonary embolism while he was an inpatient in the hospital. The defendant urologist was alleged to have been medically negligent by failing [...]

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Wrong Blood Type Transfusion

August 4, 2015

A medical malpractice/wrongful death/survival action lawsuit was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois on July 23, 2015, alleging that the defendant hospital’s medical staff transfused a patient with the wrong type of blood that led to the woman’s death. The administrator[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth-Related Injuries Leading To Death

August 3, 2015

On July 27, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against a Baltimore hospital, alleging that the medical negligence of the hospital’s emergency room staff led to the premature birth of a baby who needed extensive care in a neonatal i[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Botched Hernia Repair

July 21, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed by the wife of a man who died after having emergency exploratory surgery following hernia repair surgery. The wife’s medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the defendants negligently failed to diagnose and treat her husband’s b[...]

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