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Two California Medical Malpractice Cases Against Spinal Surgeon Settled

September 19, 2016

It was announced earlier this month that two California medical malpractice cases against a spinal surgeon were settled in late July 2016 for $4.25 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The spinal surgeon was alleged to have failed to disclose to two of his spinal surgery patients that he had fina[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Pharmacy Malpractice Case

September 16, 2016

In its decision filed on August 4, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals (“Appeals Court”) held that the defendant pharmacy was not entitled to summary judgment in a pharmacy malpractice case because the pharmacy was not exempted from Indiana’s Comparative Fault Act, and therefore is[...]

$11M Illinois Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child’s Heart Transplant Needed After Botched Cardiac Procedure

September 2, 2016

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit filed in 2009 after a botched cardiac procedure performed in November 2005 on a then 10-year-old child was recently settled for $11 million. The child’s mother had filed the Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of her son after he suffered a ve[...]

$30M Chicago Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child Left Brain Damaged After 24 Experimental Surgeries

March 5, 2016

The Chicago medical malpractice attorneys for a young child who had 24 experimental surgeries that led to his severe and permanent brain injury were able to recently settle the medical malpractice claims against the defendant surgeon and defendant hospital, for $30 million. The child was born on No[...]

Johns Hopkins Hospital’s $190M Settlement In Jeopardy?

September 6, 2014

The $190 million settlement reached by plaintiffs’ attorneys and The Johns Hopkins Hospital (“Hopkins”) in a mandatory class-action lawsuit involving allegations that a former Hopkins gynecologist secretly recorded his patients during examinations is required to obtain final appr[...]

Hershey Medical Center Pays $400,000 To Settle Medical Malpractice Claim

February 3, 2014

The family of a 76-year-old man who had been litigating a medical malpractice case against the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for five years has settled the medical malpractice claims by agreeing to accept $400,000 from the Pennsylvania hospital. The family had [...]

Weird Florida Medical Malpractice Settlement Situation

January 2, 2014

A Florida appellate court on December 27, 2013 decided a case involving the medical malpractice settlement on behalf of the young malpractice victim (the parents’ medical malpractice complaint alleged that a Florida doctor had failed to timely diagnose and treat their son’s eye condit[...]

Ohio Court Approves Settlement In Medical Malpractice Case Filed In 1998

March 31, 2013

On March 15, 2013, the Court of Claims of Ohio (“Court of Claims”) approved a settlement agreement between the Medical College Hospitals (“MCH”), now known as University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, and the daughter of a woman who died in 1997, allegedly due to medical[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules North Carolina’s Medicaid Reimbursement Law Violates Federal Law

March 21, 2013

The federal Medicaid law provides that all U.S. States must require Medicaid beneficiaries “to assign the State any rights . . . to support (specified as support for the purpose of medical care by a court or administrative order) and to payment for medical care from any third party.” [...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If North Carolina Medical Malpractice Law Is Valid

September 28, 2012

On September 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) agreed to hear and decide an appeal arising from a North Carolina medical malpractice settlement that will decide if a North Carolina law that allows recovery of funds spent on providing medical care to the poor [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 7-Year-Old

September 26, 2012

It has been reported that a Maryland medical malpractice claim involving the death of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of alleged medical malpractice arising from hernia repair surgery performed by an urologist on December 18, 2008 has been settled for an undisclosed sum. The medical [...]

Louisiana $24 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damaged Child

August 16, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana spent approximately one hour in deliberations after a one-week trial that concluded on August 10, 2012, before awarding $24 million (including $20 million for future medical expenses) for the permanent brain damage suffered by a toddler dur[...]

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