U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Reverses Defendant’s Leave to...
Almost seven years into this lawsuit, after discovery had been closed and with a summary judgment deadline looming, the defendants in this case, Dr. Partha Ghosh and Wexford Health Sources Inc., raised...
View Article$2.5 Million Jury Verdict in Wrongful Death, Hospital Negligence Case for...
William Pratt, 75, a bilateral leg amputee, went to the Wills Eye Hospital emergency room at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He complained of eye pain and tearing. During his medical workup,...
View ArticleCourt Enters Judgment in Failure to Warn Patient of Abdominal Kidney Test...
Mildred Vick, 65, underwent a Salpingo-oophorectomy performed by gynecologist Dr. Lawrence Bandy. Salpingo-oophorectomy is the surgery to remove the ovary fallopian tubes. This procedure is used to...
View Article$4 Million Jury Verdict in Urethral Dilation Injury that Lacked Informed Consent
Jeanette Olken underwent successful self-catheterization procedures fter undergoing implantation of a sling to treat urinary incontinence. When she later experienced difficulty self-catheterizing, she...
View ArticleState Appellate Court Finds Hospital Not Liable for Choosing Not to Make Sure...
A South Carolina appellate court has found that a hospital was not responsible to injured patients for choosing not to make sure that a physician had a valid medical malpractice insurance policy in...
View Article$14.49 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Diagnose Epidural Abscess
Joseph Barsuli, 49, was experiencing aches and left-sided neck pain. The doctor who examined him diagnosed a virus. He then developed numbness in his finger and arm, prompting his admission to a...
View ArticleMisdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Leads to $2 Million Settlement
Ms. Doe was in her late 30s and suffered from multiple symptoms, including headaches. She consulted Dr. Roe, a neurologist, who performed a clinical examination. Dr. Roe diagnosed Ms. Doe as having...
View ArticleFailure to Diagnose Lung Cancer Leads to $1.15 Million Settlement at Mediation
Mr. Doe suffered a fall at work and underwent a chest X-ray and a CT scan. He was diagnosed as having multiple rib fractures and a small pulmonary nodule in his right upper lung. Several weeks later, a...
View Article$10.85 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Attend to Emergency Department...
Qiao Chen, 36, underwent an emergency cesarean section to deliver her twins. After the delivery, she experienced severe uterine bleeding and was transferred to the hospital’s post-anesthesia care unit....
View ArticleState Supreme Court Holds That Medical Malpractice Limitations Period Began...
The Nebraska Supreme Court held that the limitations period for a patient’s medical malpractice claim began when this patient received the prostate cancer diagnosis. Richard Bonness had a family...
View Article$1.25 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Order Timely CT Scan in Aortic...
Bryan O’Neal Roach, 23, went to a hospital emergency room complaining of chest pain. The physician assistant, Amber Harring, examined him. Diagnostic tests were ordered including an EKG, chest X-ray...
View ArticleState Appellate Court Finds That Consulting Internist Not Liable for Choosing...
A Texas Appellate Court has held that a hospital internist was not liable for medical negligence. The case arises out of his choosing not to timely diagnose a post-surgical patient’s condition and then...
View Article$19.9 Settlement in Negligence, Wrongful Death After Attempted Heart Transplant
Mr. Doe, a 59-year-old carpenter, suffered from myocarditis. He was placed on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) heart transplant list. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. The...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Holds That Hospital May Be Vicariously Liable on Theory...
This appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court involves a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against the hospital system, Allina Health System. The suit is based on the alleged negligence of independent...
View Article$6.29 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Coronary Artery...
James Kowher underwent a stress test after experiencing an episode of chest pain while he was sleeping. Cardiologist Dr. Sobhan Kodali interpreted the test as negative. About nine months later, Kowher...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.49 Million Jury Verdict and Interest...
The signed forms juries bring back with their findings when deliberations are completed are typically referred to as verdicts. Section 2-1303 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure calls for computing...
View Article$1 Million Settlement for Hysterectomy Caused by Medical Negligence
Ms. Doe underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy that was performed by Dr. Roe, an obstetrician; she was discharged the same day. She contacted the doctor’s office over the next few days, complaining that...
View Article$500,000 Settlement for Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Nerve Injury
Mr. Doe, age 55, underwent surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his right bicep. After the surgery, he complained to Dr. Roe, the surgeon, that he had numbness and tingling and could not feel his...
View Article$2 Million Jury Verdict for Negligent Injection Procedure Causing Permanent...
Crystal Guinard suffered from severe migraine headaches. She was in her thirties at the time. She received Phenergan and Toradol injections. Guinard received a Phenergan injection performed by nurse...
View Article$1 Million Settlement Reached in Failure to Continue Anticoagulant
Ms. Doe, 65, suffered from obesity and high blood pressure and underwent a hysterectomy. She was placed on Lovenox for four days until she was discharged. Several weeks after leaving the hospital, Ms....
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