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$5.29M Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Woman Who Required Arm Amputation After Shoulder Surgery

February 19, 2024

An Arizona medical malpractice jury awarded Plaintiff Sharon King $5.29 million in early December 2023. after a week-long trial, that her Arizona medical malpractice attorney described as “the largest medical malpractice verdict in Pima County [Arizona] in the last five years.” King[...]

$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[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Sponge Left During Surgery

January 13, 2015

A Louisiana man has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against his surgeon and a Louisiana surgery center after a surgical sponge was left in him during surgery. The defendant surgeon and defendant surgery center are alleged to have been negligent by failing to conduct a proper and accurate spong[...]

$1.72M Alaska Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Neurosurgeon

May 12, 2014

On May 5, 2014, an Alaska medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.72 million against a neurosurgeon whom the jury found to have acted negligently and recklessly while performing surgery on a patient in 2009. The verdict included $232,000 for past medical expenses incurred b[...]

Texas Hospital And Former Neurosurgeon Sued In Fourth Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

April 13, 2014

A fourth federal medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against Texas’ Baylor Medical Center Plano and a former neurosurgeon whose Texas medical license was suspended in June 2013 and revoked by consent in December 2013 following complaints by former colleagues following the death of two [...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Child’s Lost Testicles

February 1, 2014

On January 23, 2014, an Oregon jury found in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit that claimed that a little boy’s testicles were negligently lost during surgery to address his undescended testicles. The twelve-person jury deliberated for about six hours after a six-day t[...]

Alabama Supreme Court: Expert Testimony Not Needed In Medical Malpractice Case Where Layperson Could Understand

August 26, 2013

In a case decided by the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) on August 2, 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court stated the general rule that expert testimony is normally required in a medical malpractice case but the Court further stated, “A narrow exception to this rule[...]

Surgical Malpractice Makes Hospitals More Money

April 18, 2013

In a research study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on April 17, 2013, the researchers found that hospitals make more money when patients suffer surgical complications compared to when patients do not experience surgical complications if the patients are on Medicare or [...]

Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Following Hernia Surgery

February 14, 2013

On December 15, 2005, a 61-year-old man went to the hospital to have hernia repair surgery. After his surgery, he experienced increasing abdominal pain, he started to vomit, and he had other serious symptoms. It was later determined that the man had an inflamed colon, possibly due to the antibioti[...]

$1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Four Holes Made In Patient’s Intestine

February 12, 2013

On January 25, 2013, a New York medical malpractice jury awarded $1.5 million to a patient against his former gastroenterologist and his former laparoscopic surgeon after almost eight weeks of trial, finding that the gastroenterologist was 60% responsible and that the laparoscopic surgeon was [...]

Universal Protocol For Preventing Surgical Malpractice

February 7, 2013

The Joint Commission is a non-profit, independent organization that accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners promulgated the “Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedu[...]

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