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$1.8M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrong Fallopian Tube Cut During Surgery

April 27, 2016

On April 19, 2016, after three hours of deliberations, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman whose wrong fallopian tube was cut during surgery performed by the defendant surgeon, leading to the 28-year-old woman’s sterility. The Connecticut medical mal[...]

British Surgeon Performed Vasectomy On Wrong Patient

April 1, 2016

A British surgeon (urologist) faces professional discipline for allegedly performing a vasectomy on a patient in February 2014 who was supposed to have scar tissue removed. Instead, the surgeon performed a vasectomy on the patient. The patient evidently was taken to the operating room out of order [...]

$30M Chicago Medical Malpractice Settlement For Child Left Brain Damaged After 24 Experimental Surgeries

March 5, 2016

The Chicago medical malpractice attorneys for a young child who had 24 experimental surgeries that led to his severe and permanent brain injury were able to recently settle the medical malpractice claims against the defendant surgeon and defendant hospital, for $30 million. The child was born on No[...]

PA Superior Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict: When A Win Is A Loss

January 15, 2016

On January 6, 2016, in a non-precedential decision, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Court”) affirmed the trial court’s denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and their motion for a new trial, finding that the trial court properly deter[...]

$36M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Mistake Leading To Paralysis And Death

December 3, 2015

On November 12, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $36 million in favor of a woman who suffered paralysis followed by death as a result of her surgeon tying off her aorta instead of her renal artery during kidney surgery, and then failed to discover the s[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Judge’s Improper Communication With Jury

December 2, 2015

In its opinion filed on November 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held that the trial judge should have granted the defendants’ motion for mistrial during jury deliberations in an Alabama medical malpractice trial because the trial judge had improperl[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Bowel Injury During Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery

October 21, 2015

An Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against an obstetrics and gynecology physician who allegedly injured the plaintiff’s bowel during laparoscopic surgery to remove her left ovary. The plaintiff alleges that her bowel injury was negligently unidentified when it happene[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Surgeon Who Waited To Operate

October 18, 2015

A Georgia medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon in a medical malpractice case that alleged that the surgeon waited too long to operate on a man who had undergone gallbladder removal surgery the day before and had internal bleeding as a result. The [...]

$7.5M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Colon Surgery

October 10, 2015

On September 30, 2015, after a two-week trial, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in the amount of over $7.5 million as a result of alleged negligent colon surgery that resulted in leaks that led to serious complications a[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Post-Operative Blindness And Deafness

September 9, 2015

In July 2015, a Minnesota couple filed a Minnesota medical malpractice lawsuit in federal court against a local hospital system for the alleged medical negligence of the defendant’s surgeon and anesthesiologist during post-operative care of the husband that allegedly resulted in his severe i[...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Cardiac Death Case

September 2, 2015

On August 27, 2015, after a four-day trial and two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a Virginia hospital and a nurse in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case filed by the widow of a man who was declared brain dead after he u[...]

$4.2M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Shoulder Injury

July 9, 2015

On July 1, 2015, after a two-and-a-half week medical malpractice jury trial in the Superior Court in Connecticut, the six-person jury awarded the 58-year-old plaintiff $4.2 million against the defendant surgeon and other defendants for the permanent, debilitating injuries he suffered as a result of [...]

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