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$75M Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed For 32-Year-Old With Locked-In Syndrome Due To Misdiagnosis Of Brainstem Stroke Following Chiropractic Treatment

May 2, 2025

At around 4:20 p.m. on October 26, 2015, 32-year-old Jonathan Buckelew arrived by ambulance to the emergency department of North Fulton Hospital after he experienced seizure-like activity and became unresponsive during a chiropractic neck adjustment. Although the hospital was a primary stroke center[...]

$14M Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Stroke Following Cardiac Cathetherization

March 5, 2019

A now 22-year-old woman won her Seattle, Washington medical malpractice lawsuit against a hospital and a physcians’ group that alleged that she suffered a stroke shortly after a cardiac catheterization procedure performed at the defendant hospital that was not diagnosed and treated in a timely[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Physician Assistant In Failure To Diagnose Stroke Medical Malpractice Case

January 28, 2019

In its December 21, 2019 Memorandum And Order, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Circuit (“New York Appellate Court”) reversed summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant physician assistant (“PA”) and the other defendants, [...]

The Month Of May Is Stroke Awareness Month

May 24, 2011

A stroke affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel is either blocked by a clot (blockage) or bursts (bleeding). When a stroke happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs and it starts to die. Someone who suffers a stroke ma[...]

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$75M Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Affirmed For 32-Year-Old With Locked-In Syndrome Due To Misdiagnosis Of Brainstem Stroke Following Chiropractic Treatment

$14M Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Stroke Following Cardiac Cathetherization

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Physician Assistant In Failure To Diagnose Stroke Medical Malpractice Case

The Month Of May Is Stroke Awareness Month

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