Blog Posts in June, 2011

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Suit Claims Doctor at Fault in Death

A medical malpractice lawsuit has reportedly been brought against a doctor and hospital claiming that they are responsible for a woman's death. According to reports, the lawsuit is in regard to a ...

Plastic Surgery Malpractice Not Awarded High Amounts

It is reported that plastic surgery malpractice cases usually do not result in juries awarding those people with high amounts. According to reports, this is the case most often because those ...

$8.5 Million in Birth Injury Lawsuit

A birth injury lawsuit has reportedly resulted in an $8.5 million award. According to reports, the birth injury lawsuit stemmed from a child who was born with brain damage. It is reported that the ...

$6.7 Million Award Largest for Medical Malpractice in Maine

As reported by the Bangor Daily News, a widow has been awarded what might possibly be the largest medical malpractice award in the state of Maine, from a lawsuit filed against the Eastern Maine ...

$34 Million Medical Malpractice Award

In the Orange County, New Jersey area, a $34 million medical malpractice sum has been awarded to a woman and her husband. According to reports, the woman went to a hospital with very low sodium ...

Lawsuit Over Contaminated Alcohol Prep Pads

A brain damage lawsuit has reportedly been filed over some contaminated alcohol prep pads. According to reports, the lawsuit claims that the makers of Triad alcohol wipes and prep pads had bacteria on ...

Spider Bite Covered in Malpractice Law

A spider bite at a nursing home has reportedly been decided as something that is covered by medical malpractice. The Supreme Court of Texas has decided that malpractice law covers the matter where a ...

Birth Asphyxia and Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice cases of birth injury reportedly often include birth asphyxia. According to reports, this is the result of children who are deprived of oxygen during the birthing process. These ...

Medical Malpractice Caps Debate

Medical malpractice damage-award caps are still at the center of an ongoing debate. The most recent argument involves a case in West Virginia where a doctor accidentally removed a boy's colon instead ...

Pharmacy Apologizes for Dosage Mistake

A pharmacy in the Phoenix, Arizona area is reportedly apologizing for a dosage mistake. According to reports, they refilled a customer's medication with ten times the dosage she was prescribed. The ...

Law Office of Maria L. Rubio becomes a member of Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney

Law Office of Maria L. Rubio has become a member of the Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney directory. We are pleased to inform you that Miami Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Law Office of Maria L. Rubio, ...

Forceps and Birth Injury

Birth injury is reportedly being linked to the improper use of forceps during delivery. According to reports, it is being shown that cerebral palsy can develop from the improper use of forceps in ...

Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $2.25 Million

A California jury has reportedly awarded a person $2.25 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. According to reports, the lawsuit was filed against a medical center and an anesthesiologist who ...

Family Gets $3 Million in Midwife Case

A family has reportedly been awarded $3 million in a medical malpractice case involving a midwife. According to reports, the midwife was found to have breached the standard of care during the birth of ...

Court to Consider Military Medical Malpractice Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will reportedly consider the possible hearing of a military medical malpractice case. According to reports, the court will first decide whether or not they will hear a case on a ...

Jury Finds No Negligence of Doctors in Malpractice Case

A jury has found that doctors were not negligent in a medical malpractice case where they were accused of misdiagnosing a boy. The boy reportedly lost both his feet, one hand and all but two digits on ...

Complications Lead to Paralysis and Med Malpractice Suit

A Meiers Corners resident, R.M., won a $5.4 million verdict against Staten Island University Hospital due to complications from bedsores he suffered from five years ago, that have left him confined to ...

Technical Error Reportedly Caused Baby's Death

It is being reported that a technical error at an Illinois hospital caused the death of a baby. A medical error that was typed into an electronic system reportedly caused the death of a baby born 16 ...

Dental Malpractice Insurance in Pennsylvania

A bill that mandates dental malpractice insurance has reportedly passed in the Pennsylvania Senate. According to reports, the legislation would require dentists to carry malpractice insurance. They ...

FDA Alerts for Pharmacists

The FDA is alerting pharmacists to the medication errors involving risperidone and ropinirole. According to reports, some patients have been taking the wrong medication and they have ended up ...

Topamax and Pregnancy Complications

It is being reported that the anticonvulsant drug Topamax and others like it might be a bad idea for women who are pregnant. It is being reported that it may not be safer than women suffering ...

Family Suing Over Pharmacy Error

A family in the Putnam County, West Virginia area is reportedly suing the Poca Valu-Rite Inc. claiming that the store dispensed the wrong prescription drug to their child. According to reports, the ...

Zoloft and Birth Defects

A number of medical malpractice lawsuits are reportedly coming up due to Zoloft and the link to birth defects. According to reports, the two are being linked when mothers take the drug while they are ...

Surgery Fire Results in Medical Malpractice

A surgery fire in routine operation has reportedly resulted in a medical malpractice lawsuit. According to reports, the lawsuit has been filed in the case where a pacemaker implant was occurring but a ...

Man Suing for Medical Malpractice

A man in the San Rafael, California area is reportedly filing a medical malpractice lawsuit that claims he had a surgical sponge left inside him. According to reports, he is suing Novato Community ...
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