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Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Fall From Operating Room Table

May 30, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a Connecticut medical malpractice case was filed on behalf of an elderly woman who had a pacemaker implanted in a Connecticut hospital during February, 2010, after which she fell from the operating room table, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury, a fractured pelvis, a f[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Amputated Penis

May 22, 2012

A former Florida man filed a medical malpractice claim in Florida against an anesthesiologist, claiming that the anesthesiologist committed medical malpractice and that the medical negligence resulted in the man having to have his penis surgically amputated. The man claims in his medical malprac[...]

Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Hit With Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 4, 2012

On February 21, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county determined that a Maryland orthopedic surgeon was responsible for the permanent injuries suffered by his former patient because the orthopedic surgeon allegedly failed to properly monitor and evaluate his patient[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Young Special Education Teacher

January 23, 2012

On January 20, 2012, an Indiana jury returned a medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $1.5 million in favor of a former special education teacher who lost most of her small intestine due to the alleged medical negligence of her surgeon, for his failure to perform bowel surgery when necessary [...]

Medical Malpractice Settlement For Back Surgery Leading To Loss Of Leg

December 31, 2011

A general surgeon and a hospital who were named defendants in a medical malpractice case filed against them in 2007 settled with a 63-year-old woman who had to have her left leg amputated following spinal surgery performed in 2005. The total settlement paid was $5.25 million, which was agreed to [...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Bled To Death After Surgery

December 23, 2011

A 37-year-old Alabama man had surgery in a hospital for a duodenal ulcer. After the surgery, the man required multiple blood transfusions. Despite having a low blood count after the surgery, the man was discharged to home following the surgery, where he died a few days later from exsanguination in a[...]

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