Blog Posts in September, 2010
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Posted on Sep 30, 2010
A Champaign County, Illinois judge has endorsed a $12 million out-of-court settlement for a woman who was left severely brain damaged during labor. Tim Ravanh, who received the settlement, reportedly ...
Posted on Sep 29, 2010
A child has died at Seattle's Children's Hospital after receiving a fatal overdose of calcium chloride. The eight-month-old infant was in intensive care at the time. Kaia Zautner was reportedly given ...
Posted on Sep 29, 2010
On September 21, Hawaii News Now reported that the Tripler Army Medical Center has settled a claim with the McCraw family to compensate for their child's permanent disability. Kayla McCraw, now four ...
Posted on Sep 28, 2010
In Arkansas, a medical malpractice verdict has been thrown out on grounds that leaving a sponge in a patient is not an automatic reason for liability. The jury in the case decided that the patient ...
Posted on Sep 27, 2010
A broken bed at a hospital does fall under the constitutionality of Texas' 2003 medical malpractice reform. The state Supreme Court has ruled that the injuries unrelated to doctor error can still fall ...
Posted on Sep 26, 2010
The Court of Appeals of Maryland has upheld its cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. The court will not revisit two prior decisions upholding the cap on constitutional grounds and ...
Posted on Sep 25, 2010
In Arkansas, a jury came back with a $20 million verdict in a medical malpractice case where surgery was performed on the wrong side of a teenager's brain. According to reports, the then-chief of ...
Posted on Sep 24, 2010
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against two northern California healthcare facilities in regard to the birth of a brain-damaged child. The lawsuit is stating that child would have ...
Posted on Sep 23, 2010
Christus Hospital has reportedly been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit where a man claims that he was administered morphine after informing doctors that he was allergic. The jury found that no ...
Posted on Sep 22, 2010
A Florida woman was at a Walmart when she was picking up her acne medication doxycycline, but instead was given a bottle of Viagra. The woman didn't realize it and took the Viagra. She claims that she ...
Posted on Sep 22, 2010
CBS 4 News in Miami is reporting that a mother from South Florida has sued the South Miami Hospital, and a surgeon on their staff, because her baby boy was circumcised without her consent. Spencer ...
Posted on Sep 21, 2010
A Jersey City pharmacy is admitting that they gave a 2-year-old boy a powerful painkiller dispensed with his allergy prescription medication. As a result the young boy was rushed into intensive care, ...
Posted on Sep 20, 2010
In Virginia Beach, a plastic surgeon has to pay $1.95 million in a medical malpractice case where a woman died of aspiration pneumonia 40 hours after undergoing her "mommy makeover" procedure. The ...
Posted on Sep 19, 2010
In South Miami, Florida, a mother is suing a hospital over an unwanted circumcision that was performed on her son. The hospital reportedly did not have consent to perform the procedure. As a result, ...
Posted on Sep 19, 2010
Meyerkord & Meyerkord, LLC has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that St. Louis Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Meyerkord & ...
Posted on Sep 18, 2010
In Florida, a medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed after a foot-long sponge has been left inside a patient after surgery. Nelson Bailey underwent surgery for diverticulitis but felt more pain ...
Posted on Sep 17, 2010
A Massachusetts medical malpractice trial is set to begin in relation to a woman who saw a doctor for an abortion and died later that day. Dr. Rapin Osathanondh is being charged with manslaughter as ...
Posted on Sep 17, 2010
Obstetrician and Harvard research associate, Dr Rapin Osathanondh, has been charged with manslaughter due to the death his patient, Laura Hope Smith, as reported by the Associate Press in Boston, ...
Posted on Sep 16, 2010
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a Louisiana hospital after a woman's husband died after bypass surgery. Annette Mogabgab is claiming that her husband underwent vessel coronary ...
Posted on Sep 15, 2010
In Tennessee, two bills are being considered that are intended to reform medical malpractice claims. One bill would change the liability standard from negligence to gross negligence in cases involving ...
Posted on Sep 14, 2010
A Pittsburgh woman is suing a hospital for medical malpractice after she was allegedly treated with a syringe that had been used on another patient. The woman, Kimberlee Blocker, claims that she was ...
Posted on Sep 13, 2010
A medical malpractice lawsuit that involved a woman receiving severe internal injuries as the result of gallbladder removal surgery has ended in a $1.1 million jury award to the patient. Phyllis Rode ...
Posted on Sep 13, 2010
Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson clan, has filed a wrongful death charge in Los Angeles Federal court against Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray is being accused of giving mega-pop star Michael ...
Posted on Sep 13, 2010
The Post-Tribune is reporting that the attorney for Dr. Mark Weinberger, an international fugitive on trial for medical malpractice, stated that the civil lawsuit is all about money. James Hough, ...
Posted on Sep 12, 2010
A doctor who has won two medical malpractice lawsuits when it was claimed that he misdiagnosed a woman's cancerous mole is asking to be awarded his court costs. Dr. Patrick Zimmermann is asking for ...
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