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$15.5 Million Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Neurosurgeon And Radiologist For Permanent Paralysis

August 31, 2022

$15.5 Million Verdict Against Neurosurgeon And Radiologist: Earlier in August 2022, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15.5 million against neurosurgeon Mark A. Fulton, M.D., whom the jury determined to have failed to diagnose and subsequently treat a patient&#[...]

$17.7 Million West Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Neurosurgeon

July 1, 2022

In late March 2022, a West Virginia medical malpractice jury awarded over $17.7 million to a man who was left paralyzed after undergoing two spinal surgeries and subsequently suffering a stroke. The West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against neurosurgeon Dr. John R. Orphanos. The pl[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Neurosurgeon Performed Wrong Brain Surgery

July 5, 2021

An Alabama neurosurgeon who was charged with manslaughter in the death of a third-year medical student is now being sued for medical malpractice for allegedly performing the wrong brain surgery on his patient. The patient died four days after the wrong brain surgery. The patient had reportedly conse[...]

Delaware Court Discusses Information That May Not Be Subject To Peer Review Privilege In Negligent Credentialing Cases

April 17, 2021

In a Delaware medical malpractice case where the plaintiff suffered a stroke during neurosurgery on his brain, the plaintiff alleged that defendant Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. (“CCHS”) was aware of defendant Bikash Bose, M.D.’s (“Bose”) propensity to commit negligent surg[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.35M For Death Of Patient Following Neck Surgery

February 24, 2020

On February 18, 2020, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury took only 47 minutes after a five-day trial to award the son of a patient who died a day after spinal surgery on his neck, $51,562 for medical expenses, $4,209 for funeral expenses, and $1.3 million in noneconomic damages for pain and suffer[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant Where Plaintiff Failed To Provide Expert Opinion

August 12, 2019

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum and Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28 filed on July 24, 2019 that “The lack of expert opinion as to causation is an even greater hurdle than the lack of evidence of neglig[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Back Surgeon

April 17, 2019

The Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 2, 2109, affirmed a defense verdict in a Mississippi medical malpractice case, finding sufficient evidence to support the verdict, that the verdict is not against the weight of[...]

Neurosurgeon Testifies During Negligent Credentialing Trial In Illinois

December 18, 2018

A neurosurgeon who allegedly operated on the wrong side of a patient’s spine, causing the patient to suffer a severe injury, testified on behalf of the defendant hospital on November 28, 2018 in an Illinois case alleging that the hospital where the surgery was performed was negligent in creden[...]

Defense Verdict In Michigan Cauda Equina Syndrome Medical Malpractice Case

July 24, 2018

On June 21, 2018, a Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant neurosurgeon in a Michigan medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant neurosurgeon negligently failed to timely diagnose and treat his cauda equina syndrome, leading t[...]

Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient

March 17, 2018

Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into the delicate operation, when the neurosurgeon was unable to [...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Says Adjudication Of Incompetency Not Necessary To Toll Statute Of Limitations In Medical Malpractice Case

January 19, 2018

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held in its January 2, 2018 decision that the trial court erred by determining that an adjudication of incompetency pursuant to Chapter 35A was required for the statute of limitations to be tolled in the present ca[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Vacates $329K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 4, 2017

In its reported opinion filed on September 1, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, vacated a Baltimore medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $329,000 in favor of the plaintiff, holding that the [...]

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