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$870K Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Removal Of Wrong Testicle

July 6, 2017

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded a 54-year-old man $870,000 as a result of his surgeon removing the wrong testicle. The defendant surgeon was supposed to remove the man’s right testicle, which was atrophied and scarred due to a previous injury and was painful and half the size o[...]

$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[...]

Donated Kidney Thrown Out With The Trash During Surgery

September 1, 2012

On August 10, 2012, at Ohio’s University of Toledo Medical Center, a man voluntarily had surgery to have one of his healthy kidneys removed so that it could be implanted into his sister, who desperately needed a kidney transplant. In what appears to have been an unfathomable hospital error[...]

San Diego Doctor And Medical Device Manufacturer Ordered To Pay $5.2 Million

July 29, 2012

On July 25, 2012, a San Diego medical malpractice jury returned a verdict against an orthopedic doctor (who is the head doctor for the San Diego Chargers football team) and the medical device manufacturer Breg Inc. for the injuries suffered by a 15-year-old girl who underwent knee surgery in 2003.[...]

Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!

July 16, 2012

Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground we have covered: we have discussed medical m[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Brain Injury After Surgery

June 23, 2012

On June 19, 2012, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $1.1 million for an 11-month-old who suffered brain injury shortly after surgery to remove his tonsils, adenoids, and to place tubes in his ears. The surgery was recommended to treat the little boy’s sleep apnea, which caused h[...]

New Jersey $6.3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Abdominal Surgery

June 6, 2012

On June 1, 2012, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $6.3 million in favor of a 48-year-old woman who in February, 2007 had surgery involving her ovaries that ended up injuring her bowel that was not recognized until after the surgery was completed. As a resul[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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