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Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Defendant Anesthesiologist

June 9, 2013

After six days of trial and three and a half hours of jury deliberations, a Maine medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist. The patient sued the anesthesia practice that employed the anesthesiologist as well as a hospital, alleging that he was injured a[...]

Maine Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 27, 2012

On August 21, 2012, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (“Maine Supreme Court”) overturned a Maine medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $420,000 in favor of a man and his wife and against a local hospital for the injuries the man allegedly suffered as a result of medic[...]

Lyme Disease In Maine During 2011

April 22, 2012

Lyme disease is transmitted to people through the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The first documented case of Lyme disease that occurred in Maine was in 1986. Lyme disease in Maine has increased each year from 2003 to 2011 (except for 2010, [...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Methadone Overdose

April 17, 2012

Earlier this month, a medical malpractice jury in Maine deliberated for less than two hours before unanimously awarding a woman compensatory damages in the amount of $1,912,934 for her alleged brain damage caused by her doctor over-prescribing methadone that resulted in her experiencing an episode[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death

November 23, 2011

The surviving wife of a 44-year-old Maine man who died in the hospital on his birthday (which was also Mother’s Day) received a favorable jury verdict during early June, 2011. The man’s death was witnessed by his wife, children, and parents who had gathered at the hospital to celebrate[...]

States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010

September 24, 2011

Yesterday’s blog posting listed the states in the United States with the most (over 100) paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Today we name the states with fewer than 100 paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Those states are: Alabama had 49 paid medical malpractice claims in 2010 tha[...]

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