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Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Radiologist Failed To Diagnose Impending Sign Of Stroke

July 25, 2026

A Maine medical malpractice lawsuit filed on May 15, 2026 in federal court alleges, in part: This is a medical malpractice action that arises out of a radiologist’s failure to diagnose critical findings on a patient’s May 29, 2023 brain imaging at the MaineHealth hospital previously-known as “[...]

$9.1M Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Arising From Defect In Hospital’s Electronic Records System

November 27, 2021

An Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $9.1 million on October 26, 2021, finding that the former owner of Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Illinois (called Advocate BroMenn Medical Center at the time of the incident)[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms No Affidavit Of Merit Needed For Malpractice Claim Involving Unlicensed Employee

February 19, 2021

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion filed on January 27, 2021, “This appeal presents a discrete yet novel issue, requiring us to determine whether an affidavit of merit (AOM) is mandated under the Affida[...]

Arkansas Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiology Group In Paraplegia Medical Malpractice Case

February 18, 2021

On January 27, 2021, the Arkansas Court of Appeals Division III held: “The question of law presented is whether the Magranses can maintain their claim that ROR [Radiologists of Russellville, P.A.] is vicariously liable for the actions of Dr. Hale even though Hale was granted summary judgment. [...]

Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Radiologists

December 21, 2019

The Doctors Company, which is the largest medical malpractice insurer owned by physicians in the United States, has issued a report entitled “Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Closed Claims Study” in which it reports on the findings of its analysis of 596 claims (written demands fo[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Determines Maryland Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Prove Causation

August 30, 2016

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held in its unreported opinion filed on August 17, 2016 that the Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff had failed to establish that the 19-day delay from a radiologist’[...]

$11.6M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist For Misread CT Scan

March 2, 2016

A New York medical malpractice jury awarded a local business man $11.6 million in damages as a result of a radiologist’s medical negligence in failing to properly read and report the results of the plaintiff’s CT scan of his brain that evidently showed that a major blood vessel that sup[...]

$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[...]

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