Massachusetts medical malpractice attorneys Archives

$500,000 Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Wrong Side Surgery

October 11, 2026

In February 2026, the Massachusetts medical malpractice case of a man who had left-sided back symptoms but his surgeon allegedly operated on his right side was settled for $500,000. The defendants maintained throughout trial that they had met the standard of care despite surgery on the wrong side of[...]

Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Establish Breach Of Standard Of Care

June 11, 2026

The plaintiff brought medical malpractice claims in the Massachusetts Superior Court against three physicians and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The plaintiff alleged that he suffered injuries in a fall at MGH after radiologist Allen P. Heeger, D.O. ordered that two nitroglycerin patches be a[...]

$4M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed MRI Resulting In Paralysis

December 17, 2025

In September 2025, a Massachusetts woman settled her Massachusetts medical malpractice claim for $4 million for a spinal abscess resulting in paralysis due to a delay of 41 hours in performing an emergent MRI. Once she had the MRI, it confirmed that she had a spinal abscess compressing her spinal co[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendant In Lack Of Informed Consent Case

December 2, 2025

The plaintiffs, Rohini Meka and her husband, Suresh Chirumamilla, filed suit on September 18, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They named as defendants Dr. Hani Haddad, Valley Women’s Health Group, LLC, and Jane/John Doe, asserting various Massachuse[...]

$2.5M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Aortic Rupture Leading To Death

April 14, 2024

In September 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice wrongful death claim was settled for $2.5 million. The plaintiff had alleged that a hospital radiologist reported as normal an abnormal CT scan that showed a hematoma around the patient’s aorta. As a result of the radiologist’s wrong[...]

$29 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Aortic Aneurysm

May 12, 2023

$29 Million Verdict For Missed Aortic Aneurysm: Following a two-week trial in the Essex Superior Court in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded the estate of a 48-year-old man and his two daughters, ages 12 and 18 at the time of his death, $29 million for the m[...]

$20 Million Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Blood Clot Leading To Amputation

April 3, 2023

$20 Million Verdict For Missed Clot Leading To Amputation: A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $20 million for the avoidable amputation of his left leg above his knee due to DVT not being timely diagnosed. The verdict was rendered [...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds Claim Against Hospital Was For Medical Malpractice And Not Ordinary Negligence

August 7, 2022

Court Holds Claim Against Hospital For Malpractice And Not Negligence: In its opinion dated May 17, 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that the plaintiff’s claims were for medical negligence and not ordinary negligence: “the gravamen of the complaint sufficiently identified this [...]

Massachusetts Will Pay $56 Million To Settle Nursing Home COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuit

July 26, 2022

Massachusetts Will Pay $56 Million To Settle COVID-19 Lawsuit: Massachusetts has agreed to pay $56 million to settle a class action lawsuit involving the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in the spring of 2020. The settlement covers veterans who lived at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home [...]

Newly Discovered Evidence Does Not Save Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Case

August 19, 2021

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion dated July 26, 2021 in a medical malpractice case: “The judge lacked the statutory authority to grant the relief requested in the plaintiff’s motion to vacate. [...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Tribunal’s Dismissal Of Claim

March 24, 2019

The Massachusetts Appeals Court held in its March 11, 2019 opinion that “the offer of proof of the plaintiff, if properly substantiated, is sufficient to raise a legitimate question of liability” with respect to the two medical malpractice defendant physicians in a case where the plainti[...]

New Changes To Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Laws

August 11, 2012

On August 6, 2012, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law extensive changes to Massachusetts’ health care law that includes significant changes to Massachusetts’ medical malpractice law. In particular, the new law includes specific language regarding an approach to resolvin[...]

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