Posts Tagged ‘surgical error’
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 More$3 Million Damages Sought in Surgical Malpractice Case
A jury in Georgia has begun deliberating over a case of surgical malpractice that has left a man paralized from the waist down. According to evidence presented during the week-long trial, in February 2005 Randall Scroggs underwent a surgery in which Dr. Karl Schultz attempted to insert a spinal cord stimulator into his spine. The…
Read MoreKentucky Couple Awarded $2.5 Million
A jury in the medical malpractice case of Sophia Savage has reached a verdict and awarded Mrs. Savage and her husband Darrell $2.5 million in damages. In 2001, Sophia had a hysterectomy at Three Rivers Medical Center, where she was also employed as a nurse. It was during this surgery that the Savages claim something…
Read MoreSurgical Malpractice Suit Filed in Death of Teenager
A surgical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against the doctor who performed brain surgery on a 16 year old Russian boy in 2006 that resulted in the boy’s death. The family claims that the surgeon, who performed the risky procedure free of charge did so for his own publicity, disregarding the safety of his patient.…
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