On April 13, 2018, a Pennsylvania judge signed off on a $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement involving the death on an 11-month-old child whose serious intestinal condition went undiagnosed and untreated by a Pennsylvania hospital until it was too late… Read More
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Illinois Supreme Court Discusses Discovery Rule In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Cases
In a case it decided on September 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) rejected the defendants’ argument that the statute of limitations in an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death case begins to run… Read More
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$36M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Mistake Leading To Paralysis And Death
On November 12, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $36 million in favor of a woman who suffered paralysis followed by death as a result of her surgeon tying off her aorta instead… Read More
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Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Wrong Blood Type Transfusion
A medical malpractice/wrongful death/survival action lawsuit was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois on July 23, 2015, alleging that the defendant hospital’s medical staff transfused a patient with the wrong type of blood that led to the woman’s death. The… Read More
