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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[...]

California Doctor Discipline Is Dismal

January 3, 2012

While doctors relentlessly attack medical malpractice lawsuits as “frivolous,” it is a statistical fact that doctors with more than one medical malpractice claim or disciplinary action are responsible for a disproportionate number of medical malpractice claims. Therefore, doctors with di[...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Claims Versus Outpatient Medical Malpractice Claims

January 2, 2012

In a published study last year, researchers found that the number of paid medical malpractice claims involving outpatient medical care in 2009 were more than the number of paid medical malpractice claims for hospital-based incidents in 2009. The study looked at paid medical malpractice claims b[...]

Medical Malpractice Settlement For Back Surgery Leading To Loss Of Leg

December 31, 2011

A general surgeon and a hospital who were named defendants in a medical malpractice case filed against them in 2007 settled with a 63-year-old woman who had to have her left leg amputated following spinal surgery performed in 2005. The total settlement paid was $5.25 million, which was agreed to [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim For Teen’s Death In Dentist’s Office

December 30, 2011

A medical malpractice case recently was filed against a Maryland dentist (a highly-regarded oral surgeon) and an anesthesiologist for the death of a teenage girl who was undergoing routine wisdom teeth extraction in the dentist’s office when her heart rate fell drastically, causing her body t[...]

Today’s 300th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting For medicalmalpracticelawyers.com

December 29, 2011

Today, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com is proud to celebrate its 300th consecutive daily blog posting. Over the course of 299 postings, we have explored numerous medical malpractice topics, including states’ medical malpractice laws, states’ statistics regarding medical malpractice cla[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive

December 28, 2011

When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of New Mother

December 27, 2011

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury recently found in favor of the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case alleging that medical negligence led to the death of a 42-year-old mother who had just given birth to twins. The mother had been discharged from the hospital with pneumonia after giving b[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Claim For Discarded Newborn

December 26, 2011

In June, 2009, an obstetrician (OB) in Tennessee delivered a baby with an irregular heart rate who was gasping for breath but moving his extremities immediately after birth. The OB decided without consulting with anyone that the newborn would not survive and thereafter deposited the newborn’[...]

Utah Medical Malpractice Verdict For Litttle Girl Who Cannot Walk Or Talk

December 25, 2011

Back in 2000, a Utah medical malpractice jury awarded substantial damages in the largest medical malpractice verdict in Utah to date after a 10-day trial and three and a half hours of deliberations. The jury awarded a then 8-year-old girl $9.7 million in compensation ($4,711,100 for past and fut[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis

December 24, 2011

In August, 2003, a 25-year-old Tennessee woman was examined by her OB/GYN who found a pea-sized lump in her left breast that the OB/GYN advised the woman was probably a cyst or fatty deposit. No further investigation or testing was done at that time. About eighteen months later, during the woman[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Bled To Death After Surgery

December 23, 2011

A 37-year-old Alabama man had surgery in a hospital for a duodenal ulcer. After the surgery, the man required multiple blood transfusions. Despite having a low blood count after the surgery, the man was discharged to home following the surgery, where he died a few days later from exsanguination in a[...]

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