Medical Malpractice
Doctor Receives Jail Sentence for Prescription Malpractice
A Virginian doctor is in hot water over a dangerous case of medical malpractice in which he pled guilty of writing prescriptions to people over the internet that he never met nor examined. Dr. Torrino Jennings received a year and one day in prison for issuing an estimated 100,000 invalid prescriptions of the muscle relaxant…
Read MoreMedical Attorney Fights against Damages Cap in Kansas
A Kansas medical lawyer and his client, who sued for medical malpractice when a surgeon removed the wrong ovary in error, are fighting back against the medical damages cap law in their state, arguing that it’s unconstitutional. A jury awarded the victim, Amy Miller, a total amount of $759,680 to be divvied up as follows:…
Read More$4 Million Awarded in Wrongful Death Suit
The family of a Florida woman who died during childbirth was awarded a verdict of $4 million in her wrongful death lawsuit. The medical malpractice suit was filed by the surviving family of Wendy Leigh Jackson and blamed physicians at the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center for her untimely death which occurred as a result…
Read MoreWrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Hospital Bed Fall
The son of an 83 year old West Virginia woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming she died as a result of injuries suffered after falling out of her hospital bed. Richard Hornick’s mother, Mary, passed away just months after she fell from her hospital bed while she was a patient at the Thomas…
Read MoreFormer Doctor Now Victim of Medical Malpractice
73 year old Robert Erlandson is suing Vermont’s largest hospital for medical malpractice after he underwent knee replacement surgery only to be left with nerve damage and crippling pain. Erlandson’s case is somewhat unique in that he himself was a highly respected doctor for nearly 40 years. Given that fact, he knows a thing or…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Sues for Radiation Overdose
It’s not too often that we hear about radiation malpractice in the news, but unfortunately it does happen. In fact, it happened just recently to a California man while undergoing a CT scan. The man has subsequently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Trevor Ree claims that a combination of faulty equipment…
Read More43 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Lawsuit
A record award by a New York jury was sent down last week in the case of a 25 year old woman who was left permanently disabled after a birth injury caused her cerebral palsy. The mother of Tiffany Busone filed the medical malpractice lawsuit more than two decades ago against Bellevue Women’s Hospital. Her…
Read MoreRecord Settlement Reached in California Birth Injury Lawsuit
A Sacramento judge approved a $5.75 million settlement last week in the case of young Cannon Hoops, who suffers from cerebral palsy due to a birth injury. The medical malpractice settlement is the largest amount ever agreed to by the University of California Davis Medical Center. Cannon Hoops was born on December 1st, 2004 but…
Read MoreMan Wins Lawsuit After Medical Error Nearly Kills Him
A Maine jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Scott McDonald, in his medical malpractice lawsuit against Mercy Hospital and Dr. James Owens after a medical error nearly took his life in 2003. The 46 year old man went to the emergency room to be treated for pain he was experiencing from a severe toothache…
Read MoreFamily Receives $3.7 Million in Wrongful Death Suit
The surviving family of a Wisconsin man who died of a misdiagnosed fungal infection has won in court in their wrongful death lawsuit. The father of two, Gustavo Espinal-Santos, went to the Bellin Family Medical Center in December 2003 because he was feeling ill. Physicians who treated the man diagnosed him as suffering from pneumonia. …
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