Massachusetts medical malpractice settlement 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[...]

$3.2M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Amputation Due To Misplaced Central Line

April 10, 2026

In June 2025, a Massachusetts medical malpractice claim was settled for $3.2 million for a man who required that his right leg be amputated because the medical staff at the hospital placed a central line in his right femoral artery instead of his right femoral vein. The severely developmentally disa[...]

$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[...]

$1M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Undetected Rectal Cancer

December 15, 2023

A Massachusetts medical malpractice claim that medical negligence caused the plaintiff’s rectal cancer to go undetected until it spread to his lungs was settled in November 2022 for $1 million. The plaintiff had been treated for prostate cancer in 2002. As a result, he underwent prostate-speci[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Attorneys Entitled To Summary Judgment In Legal Malpractice Claim Filed Against Them

May 9, 2023

Medical Malpractice Attorneys Entitled To Summary Judgment: In its opinion filed on March 28, 2023, a Massachusetts Appeals Court held that the medical malpractice lawyers who negotiated a $6 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a minor were entitled to summary judgment in a legal mal[...]

$15M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 6-Month-Old After Sleep Study

May 3, 2023

$15M Settlement For Death Of 6-Month-Old After Sleep Study: A six-month-old child born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism that can cause sleep issues, was brought to Boston Children’s Hospital for what was supposed to be a routine sleep test for apnea and a car seat test to chec[...]

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