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… Read More
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Maine Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Verdict
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… Read More
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Lyme Disease In Maine During 2011
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… Read More
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Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Methadone Overdose
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… Read More
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Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man’s Death
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… Read More
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States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010
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… Read More