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$5.7M Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

September 9, 2025

Christopher Yates was awarded $5.7 million for the wrongful death of his wife, Kim Yates, by suicide. The Kansas medical malpractice jury determined that two defendants were at fault for the woman’s death due to medical negligence. Yates’ medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged th[...]

Georgia Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Staffing Shortage Led To Patient’s Suicide

August 21, 2025

The family of a 35-year-old man who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and called 911 from a hotel on January 12, 2024, stating that he was having a nervous breakdown and needed help, has filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where he was brought by ambulance [...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Medical Provider May Be Liable For Patient’s Suicide

August 6, 2025

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada stated in its Opinion filed on June 12, 2025: “In the instant medical malpractice action alleged that a medical provider’s negligence in treating his patient caused the patient to die by suicide. The district court granted summary judgment in favo[...]

New York Appellate Court Finds Trial Judge Erred In Setting Aside $10M Medical Malpractice Suicide Verdict On Issue Of Proximate Cause

July 9, 2024

A New York medical malpractice plaintiff filed an action against the defendant physician, Theodore Strange, to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death related to the death of Richard Shouldis by suicide. Strange treated the decedent in the days and weeks before the decedent’s de[...]

Texas Supreme Court Reverses Suicide Medical Malpractice Award

October 9, 2022

Court Reverses Suicide Medical Malpractice Award: The Supreme Court of Texas stated in its opinion delivered on May 13, 2022: “In this health-care liability case, we must determine the appropriate causation standard to apply. The facts are tragic. A teen committed suicide after seeking treatme[...]

New York Judge Strikes $10M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Doctor For Patient’s Suicide

January 12, 2020

A New York trial judge has stricken the almost $10 million medical malpractice verdict against a prominent primary care physician that a jury had determined breached the standard of care in his treatment of his patient, which led to the patient’s suicide during the night of June 6 to June 7, 2[...]

Baltimore Hospital Found Not Liable For Inmate’s Suicide Death

October 11, 2019

After a nearly two-week trial and three hours of deliberations, a Baltimore medical malpractice jury determined on September 24, 2019 that a Baltimore hospital was not liable for the death of a prison inmate who broke the glass in the window of his hospital room and jumped five stories to his death.[...]

$3.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide By Drowning

June 27, 2019

After a five-day South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death trial, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3,500,250 against the defendant medical practice that employed the two defendant physicians (the two defendant physicians were found not liable by the jury) for the wrongful deat[...]

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