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Bladder Mesh/Sling Lawsuit Verdict Summary

A Summary to date of the Public Verdicts in these Bladder Mesh Lawsuits (Also know as Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits) First:  These lawsuits are filed in courts all over the country.  Soem are in State courts and others are in Federal Courts.  In the Federal Court system, the cases are consolidated in Multi-District Litigations (MDLs)  The…

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Texas Trial Results in $1.2 Million Verdict

Recently a court in Texas (State Court) finished a lawsuit brought against Ethicon (J&J).  The jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Linda Batiste.  The Jury ordered Ethicon to pay $1.2 Million to her in compensatory damages.  No punitive damage award was given.  This is the first verdict against Ethicon for the TVT-O mesh sling.…

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16.5 Million Dollar result in Medical Malpractice Paralysis case

A jury has found in favor of a California couple in their hospital malpractice lawsuit alleging Trent Hughes was neglected after he suffered injury from an accident while he was off-roading. Hughes was airlifted to the hospital after his accident in November 2003, from which he had suffered a fractured spine.  Shockingly he was not…

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Why Expert Winesses are Important

A Supreme Court judge has upheld the dismissal of a Kentucky man’s medical malpractice case because he didn’t have the testimony of an expert witness and therefore failed to prove his claim. Horace Collier sued Caritas Medical Center and Dr. Robert Blankenship alleging that they were negligent in treating him for the abdominal pain he…

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$20 Million Wrongful Death Verdict

A jury trial in the wrongful death case of Paulett Hall has ended in favor of the victim’s family, who were awarded $20,000,000 for their punitive damages. Hall, a mother of two, was just 32 years old at the time of her death, caused when she aspirated bile into her lungs while she was being…

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Another Case of Bacterial Infection Malpractice

An Ohio teenager who lost his legs as a result of a flesh eating bacterial infection has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against several doctors and two hospitals, alleging his condition wasn’t properly treated. Steven Haxton was just 18 years old when he went to the emergency room at Riverside Methodist Hospital last March complaining…

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Heart Attack Misdiagnosis Case Ends with $1.4 Million Verdict

After a two week medical malpractice trial, a Texas jury has ruled in favor of the family of Stacy Meaux, who died after doctors and nurses at Christus Hospital St. Mary misdiagnosed her heart attack.  They awarded the plaintiffs $1.4 million for their loss. Ms. Meaux reportedly went to the hospital emergency room because she…

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