Blog Posts in November, 2011

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Illinois Medical Malpractice Debate Continues

Illinois has not had medical malpractice caps on noneconomic damages for about two years, but the debate is still ongoing. While there have been no rise in malpractice suits or payouts, some are still ...

Forceps and Lower Brain Injury Risk

Forceps delivery is reportedly being linked to lower brain injury risk in regard to the delivery of newborns. According to reports, forceps may have a lower risk of newborn seizures compared with ...

Birth Injury Award of $1.8 Million

A birth injury case has reportedly resulted in an award of $1.8 million. According to reports, a girl suffered ripped and ruptured nerves during her delivery in 2008. As a result, her left arm is ...

Vet Sues VA for Medical Malpractice Due to Lacking Mental Health Care

As reported by the Times Leader, an Iraqi war veteran known for his medals and "limitless potential" has, over the course of six months, digressed to breaking into a pharmacy to obtain pain-killers ...

Nurse's Medication Mistake Causes Cardiac Arrest and Death

A patient that had his stomach upset following a session of dialysis was given a drug that induced paralysis instead of the prescribed antacid, which then induced a cardiac arrest and later, his ...

Medical Malpractice Verdict

A medical malpractice verdict has come to find that a chiropractor's pelvic adjustment on a patient was not the reason for a woman's enduring pain. According to reports, the woman had work done on her ...

County to Settle Malpractice Suit

County officials in the Los Angeles area are reportedly expected to settle a medical malpractice suit in the near future. According to reports, officials will reportedly soon approve a $2.8 million ...

Hospital Sued Over Patient's Loss of Body Parts

A hospital is reportedly involved in a medical malpractice case as a patient claims he lost his fingers, toes and part of his leg as a result of poor medical care. It is alleged that after the man ...

Lawsuit Over Mental Health Care

A lawsuit is reportedly being filed in regard to the mental health care of a former Marine. According to reports, the man is currently in jail for breaking into a pharmacy to steal drugs, but he is ...

New York Expanding Malpractice Courts

New York is reportedly planning to expand its courts specializing in medical malpractice. According to reports, a $3 million federal grant will reportedly allow for more courts to open up in order to ...

Birth Injury Suit Results in $7 Million

A birth injury lawsuit has reportedly resulted in a $7 million medical malpractice verdict. According to reports, the lawsuit was in regard to the wrongful death of an infant. Both a doctor and a ...

Medical Malpractice: No Cancer Found After Eighty Percent of Stomach Removed

As reported by The Sunday Telegraph from Australia, a 59 year-old man was told he had to go through chemotherapy and then submit to a surgery that would leave him with only 20 percent of his stomach, ...

Undetected Broken Neck Becomes Cause for a $9 Million Injury Award

The Star Tribune has reported that a husband and wife will be receiving $9 million, resulting from a medical malpractice lawsuit, due to a physician that failed to fully diagnose the man's injuries ...

Medical Center Appealing Malpractice Verdict

A medical center in Pennsylvania is currently appealing a $12.5 million medical malpractice verdict. According to reports, the award was given to the family of a patient who died in 2003 after an ...

Physician, Clinic Blamed for Seizures

A physician and a clinic are reportedly being blamed for a woman's seizure. According to reports, the two failed to properly monitor her prescription which allegedly caused her to seizure and stutter. ...

Baby Dies of Massive Head Trauma

A baby has reportedly died of massive head trauma due to obstetrical negligence which has led to a medical malpractice lawsuit. According to reports, the baby suffered due to alleged misuse of a ...

Family Claiming Medical Malpractice

A family is reportedly claiming that they suffered a medical malpractice matter in regard to their daughter's delivery. According to reports, they family claims that their young daughter suffered ...

Pharmacy Gave Incorrect Medication

A pharmacy in the Katy, Texas area is reportedly being accused of giving the wrong medication to a woman. According to reports, the woman became ill after she was accidentally given someone else's ...

Medical Malpractice: No Cancer Found After Eighty Percent of Stomach Removed

As reported by The Sunday Telegraph from Australia, a 59 year-old man was told he had to go through chemotherapy and then submit to a surgery that would leave him with only 20 percent of his stomach, ...

Couple's Lawsuit Moving Forward

A couple's lawsuit against a hospital is reportedly in the process of moving forward. According to reports, the medical malpractice lawsuit is in regard to a drug-addicted surgeon who operated on the ...

Medical Malpractice Award Not Susceptible to State's New Cap

The Palm Beach Post has reported that the Florida Supreme Court has upheld a widow's medical malpractice award of $10.3 million, though the state's cap is $1 million, because the high court would not ...

$9 Million Medical Malpractice Award

An oil field worker has reportedly been awarded $9 million in a medical malpractice case in the Wyoming area. According to reports, the man was driving a truck for his employer when he was involved in ...

Family Awarded $2.2 Million in Wrongful Death

A Texas family has reportedly been awarded $2.2 million in a medical malpractice case involving wrongful death. According to reports, a man was not properly cared for after he had heart surgery in ...

New York Paid $135 Million in Malpractice

New York reportedly paid out $135 million in medical malpractice lawsuits in the last year. According to reports, the number is up by about 5% as compared to 2010. In these malpractice matters, while ...

Liposuction and Malpractice

A woman in the Florida area reportedly died as the result of alleged medical malpractice. Now, her family is allegedly filing a wrongful death lawsuit in the case where she was receiving liposuction. ...
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