orthopedic surgeon malpractice claim Archives

Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $2M For Unnecessary Spinal Surgery, Lack Of Informed Consent

May 27, 2019

On May 9, 2019, a Maryland medical malpractice jury awarded a 64-year-old nurse and her husband $2,045,213.51 in economic and noneconomic damages against her orthopedic surgeon whom the jury found to have breached the standard of care and also failed to obtain the proper informed consent before perf[...]

$295K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misaligned Hip Prosthesis

May 31, 2018

Earlier this month, a Prince George’s County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of almost $295,000 in favor of the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff who had to undergo total hip replacement surgery only eighteen days after his initial hip prosthesis surg[...]

$5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Hip Replacement Surgery

August 7, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on July 21, 2017 in an amount just over $5 million after a two-week trial, finding that the defendants’ medical negligence involving a man’s hip replacement surgery resulted in his death. The man had [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Inquiry Notice In Hip Replacement Medical Malpractice Case

July 25, 2017

In its unreported opinion dated July 20, 2017, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s order that had granted summary judgment to the defendant orthopedic surgeon who had negligently performed right hip replacement surgery on[...]

Colorado Orthopedic Surgeon Faces Five Medical Malpractice Claims, Serious Criminal Charges

May 2, 2017

A 63-year-old Colorado orthopedic surgeon who had been named as a defendant in three pending Colorado medical malpractice cases has now been named as a medical malpractice defendant in two more recently filed medical malpractice cases. He also has pending against him numerous felony charges that all[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Discusses Battery Claims In Medical Malpractice Cases

February 18, 2017

The Supreme Court of Virginia (“the Court”) issued an opinion on February 2, 2017 in which it determined that the action of a surgeon who had mistakenly fused the wrong level on the plaintiff’s cervical spine (operating on level C6-C7 instead of C5-C6) did not constitute a battery.[...]

$2.38M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Knee Surgery

March 10, 2016

On February 23, 2016, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the 59-year-old plaintiff who suffered permanent nerve damage during knee surgery that resulted in foot drop and chronic pain. The Baltimore medical malpractice jury trial began on February 16, 2016 and concl[...]

$1.4M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Rare Cancer

December 27, 2015

On October 28, 2015, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.4 million in a failure to diagnosis cancer case. The plaintiff alleged that his rare form of cancer (osteosarcoma) in his right knee remained negligently undiagnosed f[...]

New Study Of Orthopedic Medical Malpractice Claims

September 3, 2015

A study released on August 27, 2015 by The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company in the United States, analyzed 1,895 medical malpractice claims made against orthopedists insured by The Doctors Company that were closed between 2007 and 2014. Th[...]

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