The VA hospital in Wichita, Kansas is seeking to terminate a urologist on its staff after it became aware through a news story in a local newspaper in September 2019 that the 44-year-old urologist was reportedly disciplined by the Missouri… Read More
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$2M VA Medical Malpractice Settlement For Delayed Diagnosis Of Tongue Cancer
The widow of a 69-year-old veteran who died in 2017 after the VA negligently delayed diagnosis of his tongue cancer for about 20 months, during which time the cancer spread and became terminal, will receive $2 million from the federal… Read More
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VA Settles Overdose Medical Malpractice Death Claim For $2.3M
A federal judge has approved the $2.3 million medical malpractice wrongful death settlement involving the Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. The victim, a Marine Corps veteran, died on August 30, 2014 after he was administered sixteen different opiates… Read More
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Amputated Leg May Be Best Evidence Establishing VA Medical Negligence
A 46-year-old man’s amputated leg, which he had donated to a non-profit organization for canine search and rescue training a year-and-a-half earlier, was retrieved by the man’s VA medical malpractice lawyer in July 2016 and may be the best evidence… Read More
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Federal Appellate Court Rules Veteran Injured At VA Medical Center Not Required To Obtain Future Care From The VA
In its decision filed on March 4, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Appellate Court”) ruled that an injured veteran who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of medical negligence at a VA Medical… Read More
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Did 307,000 Veterans Die While Waiting For Enrollment In VA Health Care Benefits?
In a scathing report released on September 2, 2015 by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) entitled, “Veterans Health Administration Review of Alleged Mismanagement at the Health Eligibility Center,” the OIG reported that, “As of September 2014, more than 307,000 pending ES… Read More
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Phoenix VA Medical Center Sued For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Suicide
A federal medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Phoenix VA Medical Center was filed on April 30, 2015 by the widow of an Army veteran who committed suicide three days after being advised that his colon cancer had metastasized to… Read More
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Pittsburgh VA Hospital Settles Legionnaires’ Disease Medical Malpractice Death Case
On June 3, 2014, a federal judge approved the settlement of a medical malpractice/wrongful death claim filed by the survivors of a man who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while a patient at the Pittsburgh VA hospital. The 83-year-old Navy veteran was… Read More
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An Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Cases Filed Against Georgia’s Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center
The Augusta Chronicle recently published the results of its investigation into medical malpractice cases filed in the U.S. District Court in Augusta, Georgia, involving the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta. Its analysis of court records revealed that at least nine medical malpractice… Read More
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VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Claim Settled For $500,000
The VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a widow for the death of her husband as a result of alleged medical malpractice for $500,000, which has been approved by a… Read More
