Plaintiff and Wife Awarded 8.5 Million For Failure to Communicate Incidental Finding
A jury in Leigh County awarded $8.5 million in damages to Plaintiff and his wife after finding two St. Luke’s University Health Network doctors failed to properly notify him that a scan showed a potentially cancerous tumor in his bladder. The jury awarded $2 million for past pain and suffering, $6 million for future pain […]
Michigan Court Awards $20 Million to Family of Woman Who Died After Unnecessary Brain Surgery, but Lawyer’s Actions During Appeal Process Prevent Family From Collecting Damages
A trial court in Michigan awarded $20 million in damages to the family of a woman who died after she underwent an invasive brain surgery she did not need; hospital staff confused her records with those of a patient suffering from an intracranial hemorrhage. It was an enormous award for an unambiguous error on the […]
Court Rules in Favor of Cardiologist Accused of Placing Unnecessary Cardiac Defibrillator
A court has issued a ruling in favor of the defendant in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff sought three million dollars in damages. The cardiology practice to which the doctor belonged and the hospital where the surgery took place were also named as defendants. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant caused him […]
Fresno Jury Rules Against Heart Surgeon Who Left Operating Room During Surgery
A jury in Fresno, California reached a verdict of 11-1, deciding that a patient’s permanent coma was the result of negligence on the part of a heart surgeon who left the operating room during a surgery to replace the patient’s aortic heart valve. The amount of damages was not specified; the jury must deliberate further […]
How the Daubert Standard Affects Medical Malpractice Cases
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals was a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established the Daubert Standard, a rule of evidence determining whether the testimony of expert witnesses is admissible in a civil or criminal court case. In two other cases in the 1990s, General Electric Co. v. Joiner in 1997 and Kumho […]
Family Receives Settlement After Child Suffers Complication From Group B Streptococcus Infection During Birth
A hospital in Georgia has agreed to pay a settlement to a family whose child suffers from disabilities resulting from exposure to Group B Streptococcus bacteria during birth. It has admitted negligence on the part of a physician who treated the mother in the emergency room and on the part of the obstetrician who saw […]