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Georgia Couple’s Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Flushed Their Stillborn Fetus Down The Toilet

March 26, 2019

A Georgia couple is suing a Georgia hospital for $2 million, alleging that in May 2018, while the woman was 16 weeks pregnant, she went to the defendant hospital where she delivered her stillborn fetus while sitting on the toilet in the hospital ER, and that a nurse and doctor then flushed the fetus[...]

$18.6M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For 28-Year-Old’s Anoxic Brain Injury Due To Hospital Negligence

November 9, 2017

On November 3, 2017, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury awarded $18.6 million to a 28-year-old man for the catastrophic brain injury he suffered due to hospital negligence that occurred while the man was in the hospital being treated for an inflamed pancreas. The $18.6 million Baltimore medical ma[...]

Connecticut Federal Judge Says Allowing Patient To Fall Off Operating Room Table Is Ordinary Negligence

April 1, 2017

On March 7, 2017, a federal judge in Connecticut held that allowing a patient to fall off of an operating room table was ordinary negligence and not medical negligence because preventing that patient from falling off the operating room table was not something that required any medical training at a[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Missed Hernia Led To Man’s Death

May 27, 2016

A medical malpractice case filed against a Pennsylvania hospital and others alleges that the negligent failure of at least five doctors to properly assess the medical condition of a man who came to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of constipation and abdominal pain led to his death ni[...]

California Supreme Court Discusses Ordinary Negligence Versus Professional Malpractice

May 9, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of California (“California Supreme Court”) had to decide whether alleged negligence in the use and maintenance of equipment needed to implement a physician’s order concerning medical treatment sounds in professional negligence[...]

Alabama Hospital Sued Twice Last Week For Medical Malpractice

July 24, 2014

An Alabama hospital had a bad week last week: it was named as a medical malpractice defendant in two separate cases filed on behalf of two men who had been shot and allegedly suffered injuries as a result of medical negligence at the hospital. One of the men died from his wounds (his family alleges [...]

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim After Hospital Forces Removal Of Homeless Woman From ER To Jail

November 27, 2012

On September 21, 2011, a 29-year-old homeless woman in St. Louis, Missouri went to a hospital emergency room complaining of severe pain in her legs. The emergency room staff asked her to leave the emergency room even though the woman was complaining that her leg pain was so severe that she could not[...]

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