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Texas Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Surgeon’s Disability

April 13, 2012

A Texas woman has recently filed a medical malpractice claim against her former surgeon, claiming that the surgeon was dealing with his cancer at the time of her surgery that led to the surgeon’s failure to perform her surgery properly due to his alleged physical disability from the cancer and[...]

Is This Medical Malpractice? When A Good Deed Results In Death

April 10, 2012

One of the saddest stories we recently heard regarding a possible medical malpractice incident occurred in May, 2010 in the operating room of a major transplant hospital in the United States when a living liver donor died on the operating room table while giving the gift of life to his brother-in-l[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Infant’s Finger Severed In A Hospital

April 2, 2012

In October, 2011, a 15-year-old mother brought her then 3-month-old daughter to a local Florida hospital when her daughter spiked a fever and had bronchitis. The little girl was hospitalized for three days for treatment of her medical condition. An IV that had been placed in her hand for medical [...]

Florida Legislature Passes Bill To Pay Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 30, 2012

Back in 2007, a Florida medical malpractice jury awarded almost $31 million to a child and his parents for the child’s birth injuries that included cerebral palsy and other serious injuries that the jury determined were the result of medical malpractice committed by employees of Lee Memorial [...]

Kentucky Medical Malpractice Jury Awards Man’s Estate $1.45 Million, After 13 Years

March 7, 2012

Back in 1999, a paraplegic man went to a local Kentucky hospital’s emergency room, complaining of abdominal pain along with vomiting and constipation that were treated with an enema and pain medication before the man was discharged from the emergency room. That night, the man was vomiting b[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Gallbladder Surgery Resulting In Death

February 6, 2012

In 2008, a 60-year-old Korean immigrant who was the primary caregiver for his mentally ill adult daughter was admitted into a New York hospital for surgery to remove his inflamed gallbladder due to gallstones. The surgery was canceled the first day because the man’s surgery was not put on the[...]

California Hospital Malpractice Results In Suffocation Death — And $100,000 Fine

February 2, 2012

According to California health regulators, the long-term nursing unit of a California hospital was responsible for the negligent medical treatment and death of an 81-year-old woman in June, 2011, who had a breathing tube in her throat. The investigative report determined that the nurse who was c[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Due To Wrong Medication

January 10, 2012

A 79-year-old dialysis patient in Florida experienced shortness of breath after a dialysis session. He was admitted into the intensive care unit of a local hospital for treatment. The next day, he was administered the wrong medication that resulted in his death, according to the allegations in the�[...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Claims Versus Outpatient Medical Malpractice Claims

January 2, 2012

In a published study last year, researchers found that the number of paid medical malpractice claims involving outpatient medical care in 2009 were more than the number of paid medical malpractice claims for hospital-based incidents in 2009. The study looked at paid medical malpractice claims b[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Hospital Negligence

November 29, 2011

A 42-year-old mother of five went to a local New Jersey hospital in 2004 with a low sodium level (hyponatremia) that was a chronic condition for her. The treatment rendered by the hospital resulted in the rapid increase in her sodium levels over the period of 14 hours, allegedly leading to severe a[...]

Florida Example Of Hospital Malpractice

November 28, 2011

A concerned 17-year-old Florida mother brought her 3-month-old infant son to a local hospital emergency room in Florida because he had been vomiting and had diarrhea for three days. She and her son were in the emergency department for four and a half hours before she was told that it was safe[...]

Maryland Hospital Mistakes

October 10, 2011

Hospitals in Maryland are required to report serious adverse events that occur in those hospitals to the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ). OHCQ in turn issues a yearly report regarding the reported hospital errors and mistakes that result in serious injuries or death. The most recent re[...]

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