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VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ORIF On Wrong Bone In Foot

June 8, 2015

Imagine going to the hospital for surgery on a particular bone in your foot, and when you awake from surgery, the surgeon performed surgery on the wrong bone. That is what a Navy veteran is claiming that happened to him, in his VA medical malpractice lawsuit filed under the provisions of the Federa[...]

$2.8M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Colon During Abdominal Surgery

May 26, 2015

A 73-year-old man won his Florida medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the defendant hospital for the alleged negligence of a surgeon who allegedly perforated his colon during abdominal surgery and failed to discover the perforation and/or to timely respond to his symptoms that indicated a p[...]

$7.5M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Death

May 6, 2015

Late last month a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $7.5 million in favor of the family of a woman who bled out during surgery – the family’s medical malpractice attorney had requested that the jury return a verdict in favor of the family in the amou[...]

Florida Lawyer Paralyzed After Neck Surgery Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

April 17, 2015

A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on March 30, 2015 in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida on behalf of a 65-year-old lawyer who has been paralyzed since undergoing spinal surgery on her neck in 2013. The case is captioned Lynda J. Harris v. Palms West Hospital, et al., [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Orders New Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 24, 2015

By its written opinion approved for publication on March 17, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) ordered a new trial for the medical malpractice plaintiff, holding that the trial judge had committed reversible error when the judge prevented th[...]

$3.157M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation

February 7, 2015

On January 22, 2015, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.157 million in favor of the sixty-five-year-old plaintiff who had to have his left leg amputated as a result of the medical negligence of the defendant surgeon who had treated the plaintiff in the hos[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Spine Surgeon (Part Two)

November 16, 2014

In our blog posting on November 15, 2014, we began discussing the Maryland medical malpractice verdict in favor of the defendant spine surgeon and his orthopedic practice that was reached by a six-person Maryland medical malpractice jury on November 13, 2014 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, after[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery

July 17, 2014

An Ohio medical malpractice trial started on July 14, 2014 in which it is alleged that a surgical sponge was left in a patient after a 17-hour surgery in February 2009 that ultimately led to the patient’s death 15 months later. The Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by the patient̵[...]

A Case Of Medical Malpractice In Canada

February 18, 2014

On April 8, 2005, a woman had surgery in Canada to address a bladder condition. She woke up in excruciating pain that did not subside when she arrived home after the surgery. The pain was so bad that she was unable to walk on her own; she also had a fever. Over the following months, she went to [[...]

Surgeon Characteristics Affecting Medical Malpractice Claim Rates

February 5, 2013

In a study from 1997, the researchers reported on the differences in characteristics among surgeons in the United States who had no medical malpractice claims filed against them, low rates of medical malpractice claims, and high medical malpractice claim rates. The study involved the malpractice c[...]

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