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$135M Detroit Medical Malpractice Verdict For Permanent Paralysis After Scoliosis Surgery

July 6, 2018

A 10-year-old girl had rods surgically implanted in her spine in 2010 to treat scoliosis that were allegedly improperly implanted and thereby led to problems with her limbs, bowel, and bladder that were not timely diagnosed or properly treated. As a result, she became a quadriplegic. A Detroit medic[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Holds Nurse Practitioner Cannot Testify As To Registered Nurse Standard Of Care

December 25, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held in its December 12, 2017 published opinion involving a Michigan birth injury medical malpractice case that a nurse practitioner who spends the majority of her time practicing or teaching pursuant to her specialty ce[...]

Does Church Doctrine Lead To Medical Malpractice?

December 8, 2013

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Catholic bishops regarding the care (or lack of care) that women receive at Catholic hospitals. The Michigan lawsuit alleges that a pregnant woman who miscarried at 18 weeks was denied appropriate medical treatment by the only hospital in her county because t[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $12.9M For Birth Injuries

October 9, 2013

On September 27, 2013, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned an award in favor of the plaintiffs in a birth injury case in the amount of $12.9 million after a 12-day trial. The verdict will likely be reduced to approximately $4 million once Michigan’s $433,400 cap on noneconomic damages[...]

Prison Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settled For $8 Million

December 19, 2012

A woman who was jailed in 1998 in Wayne County, Michigan went into labor while she was incarcerated. The jail had her transported to a local hospital but she was sent back to jail two hours later. Back in jail, her labor pains intensified, causing other inmates to yell for the guards to assist the [[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Appellate Decision Reduces Plaintiffs’ Recoveries

July 26, 2012

On July 23, 2012, the State of Michigan Supreme Court (“Michigan Supreme Court”) decided a case in which the issue was how to apply Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages when a medical malpractice jury renders a verdict but there was a settlement reached with some medical malprac[...]

Possible Michigan Nursing Home Claim For Suspicious Death

June 22, 2012

After an 80-year-old nursing home resident went to take a nap on May 6, 2012, she did not wake up. Her attentive daughter felt that something did not seem right – even though her mother had some medical conditions, she enjoyed life and expressed her decision to her nursing home care providers[...]

Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict For Bowel Injury During D & C

January 8, 2012

A 29-year-old Michigan woman received a $2.5 million medical malpractice jury verdict during early December, 2011, as a result of a simple, routine medical procedure that was negligently performed. The woman had suffered the miscarriage of her 14-week-old fetus in 2007. As a result of the miscarr[...]

Medical Malpractice Cases In Michigan — Official Report

May 7, 2011

Medical malpractice claims reported in Michigan showed a steady decline from 2000 to 2007, with an average of 18.9% annual decrease from 1,142 claims in 2000 to 263 claims in 2007 (reported claims decreased from 2006 to 2007 by 44.4%, from 473 to 263 claims). Total closed medical malpractic[...]

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