Massachusetts medical malpractice verdict Archives

$12M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Permanent Paralysis Following Spine Surgery

October 22, 2026

On October 7, 2026, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $12 million in favor of a 75-year-old woman who suffered permanent paralysis following spine surgery. While the initial surgery appeared to be successful, the jury determined, after a seven-day trial i[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Affirms $28M Medical Malpractice Judgment

February 18, 2025

In its opinion dated January 3, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a $20 million medical malpractice verdict, which was increased to a total judgment in the amount of $28,870,400 after prejudgment interest was applied to the verdict, stating, “We discern no abuse of discre[...]

$981,000 Massachusetts Verdict For Botched Breast Reduction Surgery

November 13, 2023

On June 5, 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $981,000 (including $21,000 in special damages) for botched breast reduction surgery, and subsequent revision surgery, that left the plaintiff with nipples that were too high and therefore were exposed wh[...]

$4.2M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

April 30, 2023

$4.2M Verdict For Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: On March 15, 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiff $4,196,126 for the serious and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of the defendants failure to diagnose and properly treat her aneurysm that led to a subarachnoid hem[...]

$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 [...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Gross Negligence Finding In Medical Malpractice Case

March 25, 2020

The Massachusetts Appeals Court, in its opinion filed on February 26, 2020, stated in a hiatal hernia surgical repair medical malpractice wrongful death case: “In denying the defendants’ request for new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the judge found that the jury’s [...]

$11.5M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Radiologist’s Failure To Diagnose Toddler’s Myocarditis

June 19, 2019

On June 6, 2019, after a two-week trial, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 11-year-old child in the amount of $11.5 million for the defendant radiologist’s alleged negligent failure to diagnose her enlarged heart in a chest x-ray taken in the defen[...]

$6.8M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Patient’s Death Following Hernia Mesh Surgery

June 21, 2018

On May 31, 2018, after an almost two-week trial, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury determined that the defendant surgeon and his nurse assistant had breached the standard of care in performing a laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair surgery during which mesh was used, and that the medical neglige[...]

$4.2M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Kidney Cancer

April 17, 2018

A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in the amount of $4.2 million against the defendant primary care physician, finding that the defendant had breached the standard of care in mistreating a then 49-year-old man who had blood in his urine during an initial examinati[...]

$4M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman’s Death Shortly After Giving Birth

October 28, 2017

On October 5, 2017, a Massachusetts medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $4 million in favor of the plaintiff in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that a 36-year-old woman died due to medical negligence shortly after she gave birth to a[...]

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