Blog Posts in August, 2011
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011
A jury has awarded a family $4.5 million in a medical malpractice case. According to reports, the lawsuit was in regard to a boy born without arms and a leg. The parents claimed medical negligence ...
Posted on Aug 30, 2011
A jury in the Northampton, Massachusetts area has reportedly cleared two anesthesiologists in regard to a woman's death. According to reports, the woman had died soon after surgery to repair a bone ...
Posted on Aug 29, 2011
A drug rehabilitation center has reportedly been sued over a patient's death as he passed away two days after checking in. According to reports, the center and the former lead physician are accused of ...
Posted on Aug 29, 2011
A man that unintentionally shot himself in the mouth after taking the sleeping aid Ambien, has a second shot at suing the physician that prescribed the medication to him, as reported by Asbury Park ...
Posted on Aug 28, 2011
A jury has reportedly awarded a plaintiff just over $650,000 in regard to a medical malpractice case. According to reports, the man was seeking $6.8 million against doctors and a hospital he claims ...
Posted on Aug 27, 2011
The family of a former Ole Miss football player is reportedly filing a wrongful death lawsuit. According to reports, the family is suing in regard to a player who collapsed during the first day of ...
Posted on Aug 26, 2011
Four hospitals in the Bay Area have reportedly been fined $50,000 each in regard to medical errors. According to reports, the hospitals were fined for various reasons that include a patient getting ...
Posted on Aug 25, 2011
A dentist in the Massachusetts area has reportedly been disciplined for the unauthorized use of Botox and more. According to reports, the dentist had been administering Botox illegally as well as ...
Posted on Aug 24, 2011
A doctor in the Texas area has reportedly been awarded $3.4 million in a case where a medical malpractice insurer allegedly committed unfair and deceptive practices. According to reports, the group ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2011
A family in the Chicago, Illinois area has reportedly filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. According to reports, the family is suing over an infant who died due to an overdose of sodium at a hospital ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2011
A Kentucky man has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a surgeon that amputated his penis, allegedly to remove cancerous tissue, without informing him or asking for his consent, as reported by ...
Posted on Aug 22, 2011
A woman has reportedly filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a medical center in regard to unacceptable treatment that le to pain and suffering, past and future disability, continuing medical ...
Posted on Aug 21, 2011
It is being reported that about one in five medical malpractice cases against doctors actually leads to a settlement or some sort of payout. According to reports, about one in fourteen doctors per ...
Posted on Aug 20, 2011
A $29 million medical malpractice verdict has reportedly been upheld in regard to a cerebral palsy case. According to reports, it was decided that a government-funded clinic was negligent in a matter ...
Posted on Aug 19, 2011
An illegal immigrant was awarded $700,000 in a settlement for a lawsuit related to a botched pregnancy case. According to reports, the medical staff failed to correctly interpret fetal heart ...
Posted on Aug 18, 2011
Florida's courts are ruling on whether or not medical malpractice caps are constitutional. According to reports, the court will rule on the $1 million cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases. ...
Posted on Aug 17, 2011
Although compensation in cosmetic work is not always given in medical malpractice cases, it is being received in some cosmetic dental negligence cases. According to reports, the patients often need to ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2011
Parents in the Illinois area are reportedly accusing a doctor and hospital of negligence in regard to their child's birth. According to reports, the birth injury lawsuit claims that they are to blame ...
Posted on Aug 15, 2011
An attorney in the Stockton, California area is reportedly hoping that a medical malpractice case will overturn a law. According to reports, he is hoping a case will overturn the caps the amount of ...
Posted on Aug 14, 2011
A hospital in the Tennessee area may reportedly be sued in regard to a man's alleged attack on another patient. The Court of Appeals of Tennessee has ruled that the center can be held liable for one ...
Posted on Aug 13, 2011
A surgeon who has been named in a medical malpractice lawsuit has reportedly been fired by the hospital he worked for. The man has confirmed his termination but details about it have not been ...
Posted on Aug 12, 2011
A patient has reportedly suffered a retained object after surgery that resulted in a great amount of pain and illness. According to reports, the man went in for abdominal discomfort when he underwent ...
Posted on Aug 11, 2011
A former Twin Cities chief neurosurgeon testified that the surgeon targeted in a medical malpractice case, was more thorough than even he is, in his neurosurgical examination of the patient that filed ...
Posted on Aug 11, 2011
It is being reported that a number of lawsuits are coming up in regard to Diflucan and birth injury. According to reports, when taken in large dosages, the drug can cause birth defects during most of ...
Posted on Aug 10, 2011
A jury has reportedly sided with a doctor in the case of a penis amputation. According to reports, a man went into surgery for a circumcision when the doctor found what appeared to be deadly cancer. ...
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