Legal News Articles - MalpracticeConnecticut Family Awarded $58 Million Birth Injury CompensationStamford, CT: A Waterbury, Connecticut jury recently awarded $58 million in birth injury compensation to the family of a boy who was born with a severe form of cerebral palsy that the jury ruled could have been prevented.
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Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty to VA Benefits FraudRockford, IL: A Rockford, Illinois woman recently pleaded guilty to federal charges related to VA benefits fraud, the Rockford Register Star reports.
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Will Obama Administration Initiative Cut Down on Medical Malpractice?Washington, DC: Health advocates are hoping that a new initiative by the Obama Administration will help cut down on the kinds of medical malpractice gaffes that cost an 18-month-old child her life. Josie King died in 2001 after being administered the wrong medication at a hospital where she was being treated for burns.
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VA Medical Malpractice: Veteran Cries DiscriminationPortland, OR: Not only does Arthur believe that his VA doctor is guilty of VA medical malpractice after a botched surgery, he also accuses the VA hospital (and the federal government) of discriminating against Korean and Vietnam veterans.
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Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Filed by University ProfessorJefferson County, TX: A male professor at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, who sued the school has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit claiming his attorney mishandled his discrimination claim, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
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Dental Malpractice: How Can Three Become Sixteen?Florence, SC: The particular case of dental malpractice may have occurred some time ago, but it bears repeating—if for no other reason than to serve as a reminder of just what can happen in the dentist's chair, and how horribly things can go wrong. To wit, a woman who agreed to have three teeth removed wound up losing every tooth she had in her upper mouth…
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Nine Dead from Infected IV Feeding BagsBirmingham, AL: Investigators working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta are working to determine what might have been the source of an infection passed along to 19 patients fed intravenously in six Alabama hospitals.
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VA Hospital Malpractice: Four Lawsuits Seeking $9 Million March 28, 2011. By Gordon Gibb.Murfreesboro, TN: Alleged incidents of VA hospital malpractice dating back to a five-year period beginning in 2003 are finally starting to wind their way through the courts, following congressional hearings and media attention focusing on hospitals operated by the Department of Veteran's Affairs in Murfreesboro, Augusta and Miami.
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Woman Sues West Virginia Attorney for Legal MalpracticeCharleston, WV: A woman from Wayne County, West Virginia, has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against an attorney from Cabell County, claiming the lawyer missed the deadline for filing her personal injury complaint, reports the West Virginia Record.
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Pennsylvania Attorney Hit with $4.25 Million Legal Malpractice SettlementAllentown, PA: A legal malpractice lawsuit against an attorney from Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently resulted in a $4.25 million settlement, the Morning Call reports.
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