Blog Posts in November, 2011
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 29, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 28, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 28, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 28, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 27, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 26, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 25, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 24, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 23, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 22, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 21, 2011
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, ...
Posted on Nov 21, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 21, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 20, 2011
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. ...
Posted on Nov 19, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 18, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 17, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 17, 2011
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, ...
Posted on Nov 16, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 16, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 15, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 14, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 13, 2011
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 ...
Posted on Nov 12, 2011
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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