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$3M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Patient After Gallbladder Surgery

March 13, 2025

Earlier this month, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $3 million for the family of a man who died after gallbladder surgery because his hepatic artery was negligently cut by the surgeon and the surgeon negligently failed to diagnose the injury. Maryland’s ca[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms $10.1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Surgery

March 27, 2024

On October 11, 2018, Dr. Tamica White performed a surgery at WellStar Hospital to remove Amy McGouirk’s gallbladder. During the surgery, Dr. White transected or cut Amy’s common bile duct. Following the transection, Amy was transferred to Emory University Hospital where she remained for five day[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Not Entitled To Summary Judgment For Surgeon’s Negligence

October 11, 2023

On March 16, 2018, plaintiff, Barbara Stempniak, presented to the emergency department of Garden City Hospital with complaints of severe abdominal pain. The emergency department staff diagnosed Stempniak with cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) and admitted her to the hospital. The next [...]

$16.1M Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage After Gallbladder Surgery

September 28, 2023

Following a month-long Tennessee medical malpractice jury trial and eight hours of jury deliberations, a Nashville medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $16.1 million for a 26-year-old man who suffered cardiac arrest, strokes, and resulting brain damage that his lawyers argu[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Not Entitled To Summary Judgment For Surgeon’s Botched Gallbladder Surgery

October 11, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Decision dated September 15, 2021: “The record in this case, unlike that in Hiland, contains evidence that the patient believed the surgeon was an employee of Hospital. Newlin visited the surgeon in [...]

$1.875M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nurse’s Negligence Following Gallbladder Surgery

January 18, 2016

A North Carolina woman had elevated liver enzymes that led to her have her gallbladder removed during laparoscopic surgery (i.e., laparoscopic cholecystectomy) in Virginia. During the procedure, the surgeon improperly cut the woman’s common hepatic duct and her left and right hepatic ducts, ac[...]

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