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Michigan Appellate Court Holds Loss Of Services Claim Viable Under Wrongful Death Act

October 28, 2026

On May 9, 2016, Kathleen Machelski visited Dr. Subbarao Chavali to help manage her atrial fibrillation, and Dr. Chavali prescribed her Coumadin therapy. Machelski had a high level of Coumadin in her system after several months of treatment, and plaintiff alleged that the high level of Coumadin resul[...]

Four Face Criminal Charges In Michigan For Death Of 5-Year-Old In Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion

April 30, 2025

On January 31, 2025, 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was killed while he was undergoing medical treatment when the hyperbaric chamber he was placed in caught fire from the inside and exploded. On March 11, 2025, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against the owner and three employees a[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendants Not Entitled To Summary Disposition For Electrocautery Burn Claim

December 18, 2019

On August 1, 2014, the Michigan medical malpractice plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder that was performed by the defendant surgeons. Electrocautery (the process of heating tissues with electricity to seal blood vessels and stop bleeding) was used during the surgery. Elect[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Delayed Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

September 2, 2019

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated August 13, 2019: “When [the decedent’s] lump was biopsied and she “received a definitive diagnosis of cancer,” she … “could have surmised that defendants were[...]

$400K Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Plastic Surgeon For Botched Facelift

January 27, 2018

On December 11, 2017, a Michigan medical malpractice jury awarded a woman $400,000 in total damages, which included $50,000 for permanent scarring and $350,000 for the plaintiff’s past pain and suffering, in a lawsuit that claimed that the defendant plastic surgeon who performed her facelift h[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Reform Proposal

May 26, 2012

Earlier this week, the Michigan Senate debated a medical malpractice reform proposal that would make it more difficult for the innocent victims of medical malpractice to recover damages from those who commit medical malpractice in Michigan. Senate Bill No. 1116 provides that a health care professi[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage During Surgery

April 8, 2012

On March 30, 2012, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1.23 million in favor of the family of a 66 year old woman who suffered severe brain injury due to lack of oxygen to her brain during surgery in 2008. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against an ane[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck

February 11, 2012

A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Physician Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

October 29, 2011

The Michigan Board of Medicine was originally established in 1899. The Board sets the minimum entry level competency of medical doctors (MDs) and the requirements for continuing medical education for MDs during their licensure. The Board is also responsible for disciplinary action against licens[...]

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