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California Appellate Court Finds Pharmaceutical Company Not Liable For Physician’s Malpractice In Drug Trial

January 12, 2018

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Second District Division Five (“California Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on January 3, 2018 that a pharmaceutical company conducting a trial of a new drug owed no duty to a study participant to intervene in his medi[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $1.8M In Death Case

August 19, 2014

On August 12, 2014, an Ohio medical malpractice jury, after a two-week trial, awarded the estate of a 30-year-old man who never woke up after surgery, $900,000 for loss of companionship and $900,000 for metal anguish, for a total of $1.8 million. The medical malpractice defendants against whom the [...]

$2.3M Liposuction Malpractice Settlement

June 6, 2014

A New York plastic surgeon has reached a settlement with the surviving spouse and children of a 32-year-old woman who had undergone a liposuction procedure in the Manhattan plastic surgeon’s office that allegedly resulted in her death. Two days after the June 25, 2009 liposuction procedure, th[...]

$4.5M Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Delay

April 25, 2014

Two physicians who work at Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”) agreed earlier this month to pay $4.5 million to the family of a 62-year-old woman who died due to the alleged delay in providing her with timely medical care while she was in the hospital. The woman had been transfer[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Emergency Room Negligence (Twice)

January 19, 2014

On December 23, 2013, a Louisiana medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by a woman on her own behalf and on behalf of her two minor children for the death of her husband that was due to alleged medical malpractice that occurred in a hospital emergency room on two separate occasions. The medical m[...]

Florida $1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Drug Allergy Death

March 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a Seminole County, Florida medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,017,000 that included $517,000 in economic damages, $500,000 for mental anguish, and attorneys’ fees. The Florida medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that th[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 7-Year-Old

September 26, 2012

It has been reported that a Maryland medical malpractice claim involving the death of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of alleged medical malpractice arising from hernia repair surgery performed by an urologist on December 18, 2008 has been settled for an undisclosed sum. The medical [...]

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