$6 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Young Mother After Paramedics Failed to...
A 20-year-old new mother identified as Ms. Doe collapsed at her home a week after delivering her baby prematurely. Two paramedics employed by Capital Health System Inc. arrived at her home. A student...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Bayer Corp. for Lack...
In following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Daimlar AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014) and BNSF Railway Company v. Tyrrleo, 137 S. Ct. 1549 (2017) and the Missouri Court’s earlier opinion in...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Reverses Trial Judge’s Order of New Trial
The State Supreme Court of Rhode Island has held that a trial judge improperly ordered a new trial based on the judge’s conclusion that a jury had misjudged the credibility of a witness. In this case,...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Jury Verdict in Favor of Orthopedic Surgeon in...
On June 26, 2014, Dr. Corey Solman performed arthroscopic surgery on the knee of Leslie Grussing. At her follow-up appointment on July 9, 2014, she met with a physician’s assistant and reported...
View Article$4.48 Million Jury Verdict for the Death Caused by Failure to Respond to Post...
Thomas Rogers was 54 years old when he underwent surgery at Optim Medical Center-Tattnall to remove a cervical disk at C-3. Later that night following the surgery, he complained of neck pain and...
View Article$6.88 Million Jury Verdict for Incomplete Quadriplegia Caused by Misuse of...
William Glynn Jr., 66, suffered an injury to his cervical spine in a car accident. He had limited use of his extremities following that incident. He underwent cervical spinal surgery at North Fulton...
View Article$850,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Patient Who Was Refused an Escort After...
Sarita Kellman, 70, underwent treatment for a fractured left ankle. After the ankle was repaired at Bellevue Hospital Center, a nurse offered her the use of crutches. However, she requested an escort,...
View Article$950,000 in Settlement for Death of Negligent Vascular Surgery Followed by...
Ms. Doe, 52, underwent popliteal peroneal artery bypass grafting surgery. She required four additional surgeries after this procedure, including replacement of her inflow and outflow grafts, a...
View Article$11.05 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Treat Emergency Compartment...
Michael Fava, 58, went to the emergency department complaining of leg pain that had not improved since he was seen at another hospital the previous day. He was diagnosed with having a retroperitoneal...
View Article$1.25 Million Jury Verdict for Below Knee Amputation Caused by Incorrectly...
Andrew Swanson had a history of various medical problems including diabetes, end-stage renal disease and gangrene. After undergoing a skin graft on his right foot, he was transferred to Regional...
View Article$5.2 Million Jury Verdict For Wrongful Death of Patient Who Was Misdiagnosed...
David Robinson, who was in his 30s, found blood in his stool. He went to the office of his primary care physician, Dr. William Elder, where he was seen by a physician assistant, David Lamport. Lamport...
View Article$644,000 Jury Verdict for the Death of a Patient Caused by Failure to Refer...
Robert Suryadeth, 64, suffered from valvular heart disease. Before he underwent an outpatient surgery for his back issues, he met with Dr. Aruna Paspula, an internist, who had never seen him before...
View Article$1.46 Million Judgment in Negligent Misdiagnosis of Lung Cancer
William Mann had a history of smoking. He underwent a routine physical including a chest x-ray, which was interpreted as normal. However, three years later, he was diagnosed as having metastatic lung...
View Article$3 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Properly Monitor Patient With Fall Risk
James DeGeorge, 84, was hospitalized for the placement of a pacemaker. He was labeled a high fall risk due to his unsteady gait and forgetfulness. A nurse gave him Ambien one evening as he reported he...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Case for...
According to the report of this case, the Illinois Appellate Court has reversed the dismissal of a medical malpractice case. The case had been dismissed by the trial judge on the ground that the...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Judgment of the...
During a physical therapy session following her hip surgery, Anita Hanson began to experience increased pain in her leg. The pain did not subside and hospital staff later diagnosed her with a fractured...
View Article$500,000 Jury Verdict for Medical Negligence Leading to Amputation of Index...
Kyle Wodzenski, 20 years old at the time of this accident, fractured his left index finger in a work-related incident. Orthopedic surgeon Fred Moore Carter II MD performed an open reduction surgery on...
View Article$3.5 Million Jury Verdict for Patient’s Paralysis After Negligent Cervical...
Harriet Cook, 83, suffered from a degenerative spinal condition in her neck. A pain management specialist, Dr. Michael Rubeis, did a fluoroscopic cervical epidural injection to help with Cook’s pain...
View Article$7 Million Settlement for Late Response to Respiratory Distress
Susan Clifford was a 40-year-old Iraq war veteran who was admitted to Veterans Hospital suffering from shortness of breath and flu-like symptoms. Over the next week, she received respiratory therapy,...
View Article$7.96 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Correctly Treat Spinal Cord Injury
Shane Ackerschott was injured at work. He went to RediCare Urgent Care Clinic, which was run by Mountain View Hospital. Ackerschott, 40 years old at the time, experienced numbness below the waist and...
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