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$8.35M D.C. Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Leg Following Knee Replacement Surgery

August 1, 2017

A Washington, D.C. medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on June 15, 2017 in the total amount of $8.35 million in favor of an 82-year-old man who lost his leg following knee replacement surgery that the defendant orthopedic surgeon performed on July 16, 2013. The D.C. medical malpractice jur[...]

$17.6M Opioid Malpractice Verdict

July 26, 2017

A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $17.6 million on June 27, 2017 after a seven-day trial in a medical malpractice case against the plaintiff’s former primary care physician who was alleged to have prescribed ever-increasing amounts of opioids for the plaintiff’s [...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Post-Verdict Amendment Of Medical Malpractice Verdict, Grants New Trial On Damages Only

July 22, 2017

In its opinion filed on June 20, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Appellate Court”) held that the trial court was within its discretion to set aside the jury verdict in a North Carolina medical malpractice case on the ground it was grossly inadequate but the trial court act[...]

$870K Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Removal Of Wrong Testicle

July 6, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a 54-year-old man $870,000 as a result of his surgeon removing the wrong testicle. The defendant surgeon was supposed to remove the man’s right testicle, which was atrophied and scarred due to a previous injury and was painful and half the size o[...]

$2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Botched Gallbladder Removal Surgery

June 19, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently awarded $2 million to a woman for the painful and permanent injuries she suffered as a result of her surgeon’s breach of the standard of care in performing her gallbladder removal surgery. The Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury deliberated[...]

$14.9M Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ambulatory Surgery Center For Patient’s Permanent Paralysis

April 26, 2017

On March 23, 2017, a Colorado medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant ambulatory surgery center for the permanent paralysis suffered by a patient who was given a drug during an epidural steroid injection procedure that the manufacturer of the drug specificity warned agai[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Evidence Of Risks And Complications Of Surgical Procedure Irrelevant In Medical Malpractice Claim

April 16, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on March 29, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) ruled that it was error for the trial court to have allowed the defense to introduce evidence of the known risks and complications of a surgical procedure in a medical malpracti[...]

$13.75M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Triple Amputations

March 26, 2017

A 54-year-old South Carolina woman obtained a $13.75 million verdict on February 28, 2017 that was rendered by a South Carolina medical malpractice jury that included $10 million in economic damages and $3.75 million for her noneconomic losses as a result of having both of her legs amputated above t[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Defendant Failed To Preserve Issues For Appeal

March 18, 2017

In an Arkansas medical malpractice case decided by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on March 8, 2017, the Arkansas medical malpractice defendant argued that the plaintiff had failed to prove negligence during the trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to show that his failure to perform a[...]

$45M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Child Abuse

February 27, 2017

On February 17, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury awarded a now 12-year-old child $45 million against two emergency room physicians for their failure to diagnose his femur fracture in the then 2-month-old infant that was caused by physical abuse by his father. The New Jersey medical malpra[...]

$250K Massachusetts Wrongful Death Verdict For Hospital Patient’s Death

January 9, 2017

A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $250,000 to the family of a 78-year-old hospital patient who died as a result of alleged hospital negligence. The Massachusetts wrongful death verdict was rendered on December 20, 1016, after a two-week trial and after fifteen hours of jury deliberati[...]

$12.7M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Following Tonsilletomy

November 6, 2016

On October 27, 2016, after about three hours of deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a Pennsylvania woman $12.7 million in compensatory damages for the brain damage she suffered as a result of the defendants allegedly removing her breathing tube too early shortly after her [...]

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