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$120M awarded in Westchester Medical Center Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
January 21, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Westchester County, NY – A state Supreme Court jury last November awarded $120 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Westchester Medical Center. In 2018 the plaintiff was rushed to hospital and because doctors failed to diagnose a stroke, he suffered extensive brain damage. The hospital argued that brain damage had already occurred before he was admitted.
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In Utah Nonpatients Can Sue for Medical Malpractice (Sometimes)
February 7, 2023. By Anne Wallace.
Salt Lake City, UT In 2016, the Utah legislature amended existing medical malpractice law to permit people who are not patients to sue a medical practitioner for medical negligence – but only in some circumstances. The amended law appears to codify the Utah Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in B.R. v. West, a particularly gruesome murder case.
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Jury Awards Idaho Man $7.96 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
December 29, 2022. By Anne Wallace.
Boise, ID Shane Ackerschott hurt his back lifting freight at work, but that wasn’t what put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. An Idaho jury found that Ackerschcott became paralyzed from the waist down because of medical malpractice at the urgent care clinic he and his wife, Rebecca, visited. The jury in Ackerschott v. Mountain View Hospital awarded them $7.96 million.
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State of Georgia Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Lone Defendant Resigns
January 30, 2018. By Gordon Gibb.
Macon, GA: It was a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in its most basic form: written in longhand by a convicted murderer and filed from prison initially without an attorney. That was in 2014. However, lest one assume that plaintiff Michael Tarver, an inmate at the Macon State Prison would face an uphill battle in his lawsuit, in the end Tarver would win the day with a settlement before his case had a chance to go to trial.
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$26 Million Georgia Medical Malpractice Award One of the Largest in the State
December 26, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Muscogee County, GA: In what is believed to be one of the largest awards to a patient for a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in the State, a brain-damaged plaintiff goes home with a total of $26 million after a Superior Court jury found St. Francis Hospital Inc. (St. Francis) 100 percent liable for the post-surgery injuries sustained by patient Sandra Williams.
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Georgia Widow Sues Hospital for Bedsores
November 17, 2017. By Brenda Craig.
Atlanta, GA: A Georgia widow has filed a Medical Malpractice lawsuit against an Atlanta hospital group. She is charging that negligent care caused her husband to endure fourth-degree bedsores during his stay at the facility and resulted in unnecessary suffering that ultimately lead to his death.
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Two Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Question Medical Judgement
October 19, 2017. By Jane Mundy.
Atlanta, GA: A Medical Malpractice trial that began last month over a Georgia grandmother’s bowel obstruction and subsequent death has resulted in a $6 million verdict against one doctor. Another medical negligence case found the anesthesiologist responsible for a woman’s death and resulted in a $22 million jury award, but the doctor’s attorney has asked the Georgia Supreme Court for a new trial.
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Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Lost on Appeal
September 13, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Atlanta, GA: A Georgia mother who accused her nurse midwife of negligence which allegedly led to injuries suffered by the plaintiff’s child will not have her Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit revived unless she is prepared to take the matter to a higher court.
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Cancer Patient Files Lawsuit for Delayed Diagnosis
August 14, 2017. By Brenda Craig.
Atlanta, GA: In May 2015, Cynthia Ziegler from Brookhaven, Georgia received a devastating diagnosis from her doctor. Ziegler had stage IV lung cancer and there was no reason for optimism. Until that day Ziegler had no idea there was a dangerous cancer lurking in her chest.
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Georgia Woman Stricken Following Childbirth Awarded Nearly $46 Million
July 15, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Atlanta, GA: A Georgia woman who suffered a heart attack and a debilitating brain injury mere days following the birth of her child was awarded, earlier this year nearly $46 million in damages. The Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit named two doctors and an Atlanta health care facility as defendants, whom a jury in Georgia state court in February found negligent.
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- Botched Circumcision Case in Discovery By Brenda Craig (Jun-7-17)
- From $20 Million to Fifty Bucks: Could the Same Thing Happen in Texas? By Gordon Gibb (May-25-17)
- Granuflo Bellwether Case Fails to Prove Fault By Lucy Campbell (Mar-3-17)
- Dallas Jury in $6.8M Verdict Against Hospital that Let Heart Patient Go Blind By The National Trial Lawyers (Aug-10-16)
- Suicide as a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice Suit By Brenda Craig (Jun-14-16)
- Medical Error Third Leading Cause of Death in the US By Lucy Campbell (May-4-16)
- 1% of Physicians Account for One-third of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims By The National Trial Lawyers (Feb-25-16)
- Frivolous Medical Malpractice Suits Are Myth Says Lawyer By Brenda Craig (Jan-20-16)
- Superior Court Issues Opinion in Case Involving Clinical Trial Death By LAS Staff Writer (Mar-31-15)
- $5 Million Award for Knee Replacement Gone Bad By The National Trial Lawyers (Feb-11-15)
- 440,000 Deaths Annually from Preventable Hospital Mistakes By The National Trial Lawyers (Jan-22-15)
- $8.45 Million Awarded for Resuscitation Delay Causing Infant’s Cerebral Palsy By The National Trial Lawyers (Nov-25-14)
- FDA Issues Black Box Warning for Laparascopic Power Morecellators By Lucy Campbell (Nov-24-14)
- California Voters May End 38 Years of Tort Reform By The National Trial Lawyers (Oct-31-14)
- Woman Who Lost All Limbs Recovers $25M Despite Tort Reform Statute By The National Trial Lawyers (Oct-24-14)
- Army Veteran Struggles with Chronic Pain and Veterans Affairs By Brenda Craig (Sep-16-14)
- Veterans’ Attorney Advocate Sees New Class-Action Legal Battlegrounds for Wounded Warriors By Brenda Craig (Jul-12-14)
- VA Has Improved, but Treatment Delays Need to Be Addressed Says Attorney Shanin Specter By Brenda Craig (Jul-8-14)
- Medical Malpractice Suits against Pennsylvania VA Clinic Settled for $1.4M By The National Trial Lawyers (Jun-11-14)
- Chicago Stroke Victim Awarded $14M after Taking Yasmin By The National Trial Lawyers (Apr-22-14)
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Accuses Surgeon of Leaving Procedure Early By Gordon Gibb (Feb-16-14)
- Following Suit: Medical Malpractice and Medical “Never Events” By Lucy Campbell (Jan-29-14)
- Expert Witness Doctor Offers Informative View of Medical Malpractice Litigation By Brenda Craig (Jan-24-14)
- Three Heartbreaking Examples of Alleged Medical Malpractice By Gordon Gibb (Jan-11-14)
- “They Set Me on Fire” By Brenda Craig (Aug-31-13)
- Medtronic Infuse Growing Concerns By Jane Mundy (May-25-13)
- VA Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit an Icy Proposition By Gordon Gibb (Dec-20-12)
- Pfizer to Pay $60 Million To Settle US Charges of Bribing Doctors Abroad By Gordon Gibb (Aug-8-12)
- Orlando Health Attorney Featured in Issue of Medical Economics By Abi Kistler (Aug-7-12)
- Health Care Giant Accused of Unnecessary Procedures By Gordon Gibb (Aug-7-12)
- Another Iraq Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury By Jane Mundy (Jul-17-12)
- Will Obama Administration Initiative Cut Down on Medical Malpractice? By Gordon Gibb (Apr-16-11)
- VA Medical Malpractice: Veteran Cries Discrimination By Jane Mundy (Apr-5-11)
- VA Hospital Malpractice: Four Lawsuits Seeking $9 Million By Gordon Gibb (Mar-28-11)
- VA Medical Malpractice and PTSD By Jane Mundy (Feb-28-11)
- Is Illinois Medical Malpractice Driving Out Doctors? By Gordon Gibb (Feb-11-11)
- So Attorney Tommy Hastings Takes the Case and Wins $10.7 Million By Brenda Craig (Jan-24-11)
- Clinic Sued for Medical Malpractice By Gordon Gibb (Jan-13-11)
- VA Hospital Malpractice? Congressman Frustrated over Veterans' Lack of Applesauce By Charles Benson (Jan-6-11)
- ER Burn Injuries Result in Lawsuits By Heidi Turner (Dec-23-10)