Posts Tagged ‘wrongful death settlement’
$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…
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 MoreSurgical 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 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 MoreWrongful Death Caused by Failure to Refer
The family of a Michigan man who died of a dissected aorta has been awarded a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit. The family sued Dr. Arun Gupta stating that because he failed to refer 43 year old Clayborn (Matt) Baker to a cardiologist while under his care during a hospital stay, the patient bled…
Read MoreWrongful Death Lawsuit Settled for $3M
The family of Heather Sloan, a 29 year old woman who died after doctors failed to diagnose a twist in her intestines, has agreed to settle their wrongful death lawsuit in the amount of $3 million. In March 2007, the young mother of three went to the Chester Hospital in South Carolina complaining of severe…
Read More$2 Million Settlement in Massachusetts Wrongful Death Suit
The family of a Methuen woman has won their wrongful death lawsuit over the death of Priscilla Jardine, who lost her life shortly after giving birth in 2004. The 32 year old woman went into cardiac arrest shortly after she was given the blood pressure drug Labetalol, following her ceasarean section. Her blood pressure dropped…
Read MoreFamily Receives Justice 9 Years After Boy Dies
In 1999, 12 year old Andrew Muno was undergoing surgery on his arm to repair a torn tendon when something went terribly wrong, resulting in his death. In a clear case of medical negligence, the boy was given an antibiotic that he was allergic to, causing him to have breathing issues and leading to his…
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