Posts Tagged ‘failure to diagnose’
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…
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 MoreNew Case Granted in Hospital Malpractice Suit
The South Dakota Supreme Court recently granted a new trial to a woman who suffered from complications following a gall bladder surgery in 2001. Lillian Glanzer claimed hospital malpractice against her surgeon, Dr. Richard Reed, however he was found not to be negligent in the original trial last year. Glanzer underwent laparoscopic surgery to remove…
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