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$15M Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child Born With Cerebral Palsy

August 28, 2013

On August 23, 2013, an Indiana medical malpractice jury awarded $15 million to the family of a newborn who suffered severe brain damage and developed cerebral palsy allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred at a local hospital. The Indiana cap on damages in medical malpractice case[...]

Former Indiana Surgeon Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

October 20, 2012

On October 12, 2012, a former Indiana surgeon was sentenced by a federal judge to seven years in federal prison, twice the amount of time recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, as a result of his conviction for billing patients and their insurance companies for procedures that he had not per[...]

Indiana Awaits Ruling Involving Constitutionality Of Medical Malpractice Cap

September 7, 2012

On May 3, 2012, the attorneys for the parties in a medical malpractice case on appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court argued their respective sides in a case that may ultimately lead to the determination of whether Indiana’s cap (limit) on damages in medical malpractice cases is constitutiona[...]

Indiana Appeals Court Allows Medical Malpractice Case 35 Years Later

August 17, 2012

On August 10, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Indiana filed its opinion in a case in which it allowed a medical malpractice case to proceed despite the medical malpractice having occurred 35 years earlier. On August 4, 2009, the medical malpractice plaintiff filed her claim that alleged that her fami[...]

Former Indiana Doctor Has More Than 350 Medical Malpractice Claims Against Him

July 3, 2012

At one point in time, an Indiana ENT (ear, nose, and throat doctor) was well-respected and some even referred to him as the “Nose Doctor of Merrillville.” But beginning in 2004, local medical malpractice law firms began getting inquiries about possible medical malpractice claims against[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Victim With Less Than A Year To Live

November 25, 2011

An Indiana jury earlier this year found in favor of a medical malpractice claimant in his malpractice claim against a medical malpractice defendant who failed to timely diagnose and treat his colon cancer in 2004. By the time of the jury’s verdict, this poor medical malpractice victim had l[...]

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