Ohio Woman Receives $7.4 Million in Damages After Suffering Brain Damage Because of Misdiagnosed Infection
A court in Ohio issued a verdict in favor of a plaintiff whose wife requires 24-hour care as a result of brain damage suffered because of a misdiagnosed brain infection. The defendants include two neurologists who treated the patient in 2013, when she first began showing signs of illness, as well as the neurologists’ employer, […]
20 Million Settlement in Illinois Misdiagnosed Stroke Case
What can go wrong when a lawyer goes to the hospital with a headache? Apparently, a lot! An Illinois judge approved a $20 million settlement in a medical malpractice case whose trial began in Illinois on October 28, 2016. The plaintiff, a former attorney, who suffered brain damage after a visit to Northwestern’s Central […]
Legal Claims Increase with Rising Opioid Use
LEGAL CLAIMS INCREASE WITH RISING OPIOID USE It is now well known that opioid painkiller abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. In fact, it has become so prevalent that opioid analgesics are involved in more medical-malpractice claims related to drug errors than any other class of drugs, according to Coverys, a medical […]