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Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication

March 28, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Died After Given Wrong Medication: The widow of a hospital ICU patient who was given medication intended for another ICU patient has filed a Maine medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (“EMMC”) in B[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In Misdiagnosis Of Brain Bleed Wrongful Death Case

April 4, 2020

An Illinois Appellate Court, in its opinion filed on March 2, 2020, reversed summary judgment for the defendants in an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death action where the plaintiff alleged that the decedent was brought to Swedish Covenant’s emergency department after experiencing a severe[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Negligence Led To 19-Year-Old’s Death From Aortic Dissection

March 26, 2020

The parents of a 19-year-old who died from an aortic dissection filed a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore on March 20, 2020 against a hospital located in Western Maryland and a physician and a physician’s assistant working in the hospital’s[...]

$6.3M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Cardiologist

December 25, 2019

On December 9, 2019, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $6,308,000 in favor of the wife of a 48-year-old man who died from acute myocardial infarcation (heart attack) due to severely constricted cardiac arteries, six weeks after the defendant[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Against Agency Nurse Not Identified In Hospital Records

April 2, 2019

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated March 21, 2019: “Plaintiff and her counsel pursued reasonable steps to ascertain the true identity of Agency Nurse RN 104 before filing suit and before the statu[...]

$3.4M Virginia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Obese Patient Who Aspirated During Surgery

February 4, 2019

On January 23, 2019, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case in the amount of $3.4 million against one of the defendant doctors. After two and a half weeks of trial, the jury awarded $385,451 for expense[...]

$1.3M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Missed Heart Attack In 23-Year-Old

December 2, 2018

On November 20, 2018, after a ten-day trial, a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death jury found an emergency room physician and his employer liable for the death of a 23-year-old patient who had gone to the emergency room complaining of chest pain. Despite an abnormal EKG and other symptoms of[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration In Nursing Home Death Case

October 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 5, 2018 that the daughter of a resident of the defendant nursing home did not have the authority to bind her father to the arbitration agreement contained in the nursing home admission documents, [...]

$1.67M Maryland Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Gastroenterologist

October 3, 2018

A Maryland medical medical practice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.67 million on September 26, 2018 in a Maryland medical malpractice wrongful death action, after a six-day trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The Maryland medical malpractice jury awa[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Statute Of Repose Applies To Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Actions

July 31, 2018

In its opinion filed on June 25, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District Wyandot County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) held that “based on the different motivations of a statute of limitations and a statute of repose, any argument asserting that Ohio’s medical-claim[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Limits Psychiatrist’s Responsibility For Patient’s Suicide To Intentional Acts

June 28, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”) confirmed in its opinion filed on May 29, 2018 that in a Mississippi civil suit for wrongful death involving suicide, the plaintiff must show that the defendant committed an intentional act that proximately [...]

$250,000 Pennsylvania Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Death Of 85-Year-Old Resident

December 24, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $250,000 on December 9, 2017, following a one-week trial and five hours of deliberations. The deceased resident’s family had alleged in their Pennsylvania nursing home negligence lawsui[...]

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