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Iowa Agrees To Pay $1.4M For Woman Who Died After Falling From Bed In Hospital

May 31, 2025

Bounthath Phetsomphou was 75-years-old when she had surgery on January 15, 2019 to remove a cancerous lesion in her cheek at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Immediately after the successful surgery, she was placed in the Intensive Care Unit (“ICU”). Shortly afterwards, she [...]

California Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Negligent Knee Surgery Led To Leg Amputation

May 13, 2025

A California medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by Wayne Wolff and his wife, alleging that Dr. Dean Wang, a UCI Medical Center orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, diagnosed him with a left medial meniscus tear and mild knee arthritis, after which performed knee surgery on [...]

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Hospital Entitled To COVID-19 Immunity In Medication Malpractice Case

May 6, 2025

Gregory Turner was admitted to Kennestone Hospital (“Hospital”) where he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on November 7, 2021. As part of his treatment, he was prescribed anticoagulants, including the medication Heparin, on November 15, 2021. The medication was ordered at 7:53 a.m., and an in[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Found Liable For Failing To Diagnose And Treat Patient’s Stroke

April 2, 2025

“Penn Highlands Mon Valley is a Primary Stroke Center, offering expert stroke care and stroke management in southwestern Pennsylvania. While all of Penn Highlands ERs and hospitals are skilled at assessing and treating stroke patients, Penn Highlands Mon Valley’s advanced stroke certifi[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled For Man Who Lost Limbs After Kidney Stone Removal Procedure

March 30, 2025

A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a 49-year-old man who had been rendered a quadriplegic as the result of a car accident in 1998 but nonetheless was self-reliant and living independently despite limited use of his arms and being confined to a wheelchair, alleged that his limbs had to be[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Post-Surgery Patient Suffered Stroke Due To Medication Error

February 17, 2025

On December 18, 2024, a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a nurse employed by the hospital arising out of the post-operative care that a patient received following his heart surgery on August 9, 2023. The lawsuit alleges that the nurse mishandled the vasopressor No[...]

$35.6M New York Medical Malpractice Pre-Verdict Settlement

October 18, 2024

On October 8, 2024, a New York medical malpractice case was settled for $35.6 million during the fifth day of trial for a 15-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage due to the alleged medical negligence of the hospital where he was treated (not treated) following a scooter accident. The teenage[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Survives Jury Instructions Challenge

June 7, 2024

Kimberly Burch, the administrator of the estate of Joan Ison, sued Dr. Jeff Sensenig and other medical professionals for failing to diagnose Ison with a symptomatic aortic aneurysm that ruptured and caused her death. The Virginia medical malpractice jury returned a defense verdict. On appeal, Burch [...]

Illinois Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

January 2, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) held in its November 18, 2021 opinion in an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death action arising out of the treatment a decedent received in the defendant hospital: “we conclude that the circuit court did n[...]

California Appellate Court Holds Hospital Not Vicariously Liable For Alleged Medical Negligence Of On-Call Physicians

May 18, 2019

The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, State of California (“California Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on April 15, 2019 “the Hospital could not be vicariously liable for any negligence by the on-call physicians because the physicians[...]

$20.6M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Man Who Became Paralyzed Due To Hospital Medical Negligence

March 1, 2019

A now 64-year-old Illinois man has settled his Illinois medical malpractice case that alleged that he became paralyzed because the defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat his ruptured aneurysm. As a result of the misdiagnosis, the man unnecessarily became paralyzed, he had to have several toe[...]

Investigative Report Finds Johns Hopkins Did Not Follow Its Own Safety Rules

December 31, 2018

The Tampa Bay Times reported on December 30, 2018: “Johns Hopkins touts itself as a national leader in patient safety. Its doctors invented a simple checklist credited with saving thousands of lives. They developed a system to reduce medical mistakes through teamwork and communication. They wr[...]

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