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$26.1M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis

October 14, 2026

An Aroostook County, Maine medial malpractice jury awarded $23.1 million to a man who was left paralyzed from the chest down due to medical negligence committed by Northern Light Health providers. The trial lasted two weeks after which the jury deliberated for three hours before rendering its verdic[...]

$17M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Bladder Mistakenly Removed During Surgery

October 8, 2026

A Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a woman $17 million for the catastrophic injuries she suffered when a surgeon wrongfully removed her bladder during surgery to remove a benign ovarian cyst. The two-week trial ended on July 23, 2026, at which time the Maine medical malpractice jury found the [...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Radiologist Missed Spinal Epidural Abscess On CT Scan And Delayed Gastro-Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis

August 3, 2026

A recently filed Maine medical malpractice lawsuit against a radiologist, the radiology practice that employs him, and a local hospital reportedly alleges that plaintiff Jeffrey Robinson went to the emergency department at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine in March 2023, with complaint[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Radiologist Failed To Diagnose Impending Sign Of Stroke

July 25, 2026

A Maine medical malpractice lawsuit filed on May 15, 2026 in federal court alleges, in part: This is a medical malpractice action that arises out of a radiologist’s failure to diagnose critical findings on a patient’s May 29, 2023 brain imaging at the MaineHealth hospital previously-known as “[...]

$25M Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 15-Year-Old From Undiagnosed Leukemia

December 18, 2025

On October 30, 2025, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded $15 million to the mother of a 15-year-old who died due to the failure of a physician to diagnose her leukemia. The teenager began feeling sick on July 14, 2021 and was brought to a doctor. The initial diagnosis was pneumonia. Later, the [...]

Maine Mother Files Lawsuits For Death Of 25-Year-Old Son From Alleged Medical Malpractice While Serving 45-Day Jail Sentence

August 24, 2025

The mother of a 25-year-old man who was serving a 45-day sentence in Androscoggin County Jail for driving-related charges, including operating under the influence, has filed state and federal lawsuits against the jail and its for-profit contracted medical provider, Correctional Psychiatric Serv[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Surgeon Left Gap In Patient’s Femur During Revision Surgery

December 14, 2023

A Maine medical malpractice Complaint dated September 12, 2023 alleges: In November 13, 2018, Mary presented to the orthopedic practice at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital. She was 64 years old. Five years prior, Mary had undergone a knee replacement at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in 2013[...]

Changes To Maine’s Wrongful Death Law

July 13, 2023

Changes To Maine’s Wrongful Death Law: Maine’s Governor Janet Mills allowed a new law to take effect on July 6, 2023 without her signature that changes Maine’s Wrongful Death Statute by increasing the cap on damages in accordance with the annual inflation rate and expanding the sta[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication

March 28, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication: The widow of a hospital ICU patient who was given medication intended for another ICU patient has filed a Maine medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (“EMMC”) in B[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $5 Million For Walk-In Clinic Negligence

February 8, 2023

Jury Awards $5 Million For Walk-In Clinic Negligence: In September 2022, a Maine medical malpractice jury awarded a now 32-year-old man $7 million, which the jury then reduced to $5 million due to the man’s own negligence that contributed to his injuries, against a hospital and an emergency ph[...]

Federal Government Agrees To Pay $10M For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse in Maine

May 10, 2022

It has been reported that the federal government has agreed to settle the claims of a Maine mother who alleged that a federally-funded medical clinic in Maine failed to report the suspected physical abuse of her then six-and-a-half-month-old child. The now three-and-a-half-year-old child allegedly w[...]

Maine Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiologist Who Negligently Misread CT Scan

June 12, 2019

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court (“Maine Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on May 30, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant radiologist in a Maine medical malpractice case where the plaintiff claimed the radiologist negligently [...]

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