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Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck

February 11, 2012

A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Caused Choking Death

February 9, 2012

A Minnesota nursing home resident choked to death on March 18, 2011 while eating fruit from his dinner tray because the nursing home staff failed to supervise the 90-year-old man while he was eating, as they were required to do because of the man’s known swallowing problems. A nursing ass[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Teen Who Lost All Four Limbs

January 30, 2012

At the time of a Florida teenager’s birth, severe intestinal problems required that her spleen and other organs be removed. As a result of not having a spleen, the teenager was more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections that required her to take medication to prevent infections. Her m[...]

Texas Medical Malpractice Claim For Bugs Crawling Down Man’s Tracheal Tube

January 29, 2012

A Texas medical malpractice case that was filed on January 12, 2012 alleges that when the two sons of a hospitalized patient visited their father in a Houston, Texas area hospital last year, they were horrified to see ants and gnats crawling through their father’s tracheal tube and into the[...]

$178 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 24, 2012

On Friday, January 20, 2012, a Florida jury awarded $168 million in compensatory damages in a medical malpractice case; on Monday, January 23, 2012, the same medical malpractice jury awarded another $10 million in punitive damages. The medical malpractice claim involved an obese deputy’s lapar[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Young Boy’s Blindness

January 20, 2012

The parents of a 7-year-old boy filed a medical malpractice claim earlier this month against the boy’s pediatrician and others claiming that the boy suffered blindness due to the alleged failure to timely and properly diagnose the boy’s bacterial meningitis. The now 9-year-old boy wa[...]

California’s Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Limits Valid Claims And Benefits Bad Doctors

January 19, 2012

California has one of the lowest medical malpractice damages caps in the United States — $250,000. This cap limits potential medical malpractice claimants from finding medical malpractice lawyers willing to take their cases, no matter how valid the claims and the seriousness of the injuries,[...]

Las Vegas Medical Malpractice Claim For Surgery On The Wrong Knee

January 13, 2012

Of all of the medical malpractice claims filed throughout the United States each year, it continues to astound us that surgeons are still being sued for medical malpractice based on claims that they operated on the wrong body part. The simplest surgical decision occurs at the beginning of the ope[...]

New Hampshire Midwife Settles Medical Malpractice Claims

January 11, 2012

A Concord, New Hampshire midwife, who had voluntarily given up her New Hampshire state license in June, 2010, settled a medical malpractice case filed against her that alleged that her medical negligence caused a newborn to suffer permanent and severe brain injuries that resulted in cerebral pal[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict For Bowel Injury During D & C

January 8, 2012

A 29-year-old Michigan woman received a $2.5 million medical malpractice jury verdict during early December, 2011, as a result of a simple, routine medical procedure that was negligently performed. The woman had suffered the miscarriage of her 14-week-old fetus in 2007. As a result of the miscarr[...]

Bad Butt Surgery Results In Nevada Medical Malpractice Claims

January 7, 2012

The survivors of a woman who died while undergoing butt enhancement surgery in the back room of a beauty salon in Nevada have filed wrongful death medical malpractice claims against the now-incarcerated husband and wife team who attempted the deadly cosmetic surgery. The 42-year-old Las Vegas woma[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict More Than Doubles After Re-Trial

January 5, 2012

A 49-year-old man went to his primary care physician with complaints of chest pain. The doctor diagnosed gastrointestinal problems without taking a full and complete medical history from the patient that would have discovered prior complaints of chest pain that should have led to further inquiry an[...]

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