Medical Malpractice
Surgical Malpractice Case Ends with $2.2 Million Verdict
The widower of an Indiana woman who died from complications after a surgical pad was left inside her body was awarded a verdict of $2.2 million for her wrongful death. The unnamed patient had a history of a fatty liver and was in need of a liver transplant at the time she underwent heart bypass…
Read MoreCancer Misdiagnosis Case Comes to a Close
The family of Melissa Hendricks, a Texas woman who died from cancer that went undiagnosed for over a year, has been awarded $3.5 million in her wrongful death lawsuit. It is reportedly one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Denton County history. The suit alleged that in 2002, Hendricks found a small lump on…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed in Shocking Case of Prescription Malpractice
The parents of a baby girl who was severely brain damaged by a hospital prescription error have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. The exact amount they are suing for has not been specified but it’s reported that they are seeking hundreds of millions to compensate them for past and future medical bills. Tesome Sampson and…
Read MoreWrongful Death Lawsuit Brings in $6 Million
A St. Louis couple sued and successfully won a verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit in another unfortunate case of failure to diagnose that resulted in the death of their baby son. Dewayne and Suzanne Blankenship took their infant son Dylan to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in June 2002. They were concerned because the…
Read MoreFailure to Diagnose Cancer Results in $24 Million Verdict
A Tennessee jury has found in favor of plaintiff Courtney Hill in her failure to diagnose lawsuit against Dr. Claudia Moise and OB/GYN Specialists P.C. of Memphis. She was awarded nearly $24 million for her medical bills, pain and suffering after her breast cancer was misdiagnosed. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Moise ignored Hill’s multiple…
Read MoreMalpractice Claim Reinstated by NV Supreme Court
A medical malpractice lawsuit involving brain damage to a child during delivery has been reinstated by the Nevada Supreme Court. At issue was the statute of limitations, which the lower court judge ruled had expired after four years and consequently dismissed the case. However, the Nevada Supreme Court stated that the statute of limitations is…
Read MoreDoctor Denies Surgical Malpractice
Arkansas surgeon Dr. John B. Weiss is denying allegations that he committed surgical malpractice by leaving a surgical instrument in a patient’s thigh during surgery. The patient, John Walters, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit last week seeking compensation for his injuries. The lawsuit alleges that during a 2004 surgery, the doctor left a piece of…
Read MoreThird Time’s a Charm in Wrongful Death Suit?
The Maryland court of appeals is giving the family of Pearline Brown Rice, who died of cancer after a tumor was misdiagnosed as arthritis, a third chance to fight their wrongful death suit. The original case ended in favor of the family, awarding them over $11 million, but was overturned, and the first appeal denied. …
Read MoreFirst of Many Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed Against VA
Barry Lackro, one of the 116 veterans who received botched prostate cancer treatments under the care of Dr. Gary Kao at a VA medical center has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. Kao recently admitted wrongdoing, stating that he “sometimes missed the mark” when implanting radioactive seeds into his patients. The seeds are meant to be…
Read More10 Million Awarded to Amputee Medical Malpractice Victim
A Texas jury has ruled in favor of John German in his medical malpractice lawsuit, awarding him $10 million for his injuries, future medical care and pain and suffering. Mr. German was admitted to Methodist Hospital to undergo heart surgery, during which he was given a dose of the drug Heparin. He had an allergic…
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