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$2.7M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Lung Disease

February 10, 2014

In December 2013, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,700,000 in favor of a woman and her family for the woman developing terminal lung disease as a result of a combination of medications she was prescribed. While the results of an abnormal chest x-ray to che[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 14, 2013

On April 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) overturned a $1 million medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff, holding that the trial judge committed reversible error in instructing the jury that they could consid[...]

$813,000 Washington State Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputated Foot

March 30, 2013

Earlier this week, a Spokane, Washington medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $813,000 in favor of a woman who had to have her foot amputated due to the medical negligence of her physician. The woman’s Washington State medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that in March [...]

Florida $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Drug Allergy Death

March 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a Seminole County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,017,000 that included $517,000 in economic damages, $500,000 for mental anguish, and attorneys’ fees. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that th[...]

Georgia $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Amputation of Both Legs

October 1, 2012

On September 24, 2012, after more than one week of trial and over two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $5 million for a woman who had both of her legs amputated below the knees as a result of what the jury found to be medica[...]

San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 18, 2012

On September 12, 2012, a San Francisco, California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $1,138,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs. The medical malpractice trial lasted one month in the Superior Court during which the medical malpractice jury heard testim[...]

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[...]

California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Migraine Treatment That Caused A Stroke

March 24, 2012

On March 19, 2012, after more than three weeks of trial, a California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $22 million in favor of a woman who suffered a debilitating stroke as a result of an invasive and risky diagnostic procedure recommended by her doctors for her life-long[...]

Pennsylvania Inmate Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 18, 2012

On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a former Pennsylvania prison inmate $312,000 for the injuries he sustained as a result of the alleged medical malpractice committed by a for-profit company that had contracted with the State Correctional Institution in Albion, Pe[...]

$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[...]

Large Recent Wyoming Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Broken Neck

December 1, 2011

At the end of October, 2011, a federal jury in Wyoming awarded a man whose broken neck was not properly diagnosed a record-breaking $9 million (the prior record was reported to be $1.5 million). The jury found that a board-certified emergency room physician and the hospital that employed him breac[...]

One Of The Largest Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdicts

November 30, 2011

Kansas is known to be one of the most conservative jurisdictions for jury verdicts in medical malpractice cases (when we say “conservative,” we mean low jury verdicts). However, there is one Kansas medical malpractice verdict that stands out from the rest. In the case MLM, by and through[...]

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