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Medical Malpractice: Businessman Claims MRI Caused Hearing Loss
MRIs are giant magnets so, the danger there is that something that’s metal inside of your body can be torn through your body and stick to the machine. That didn’t happen in this case, however. Instead, a businessman is suing the hospital after he suffered hearing loss because the MRI machine was excessively loud…. Read More »
Florida Birth Injury Program Sued By Medicare
In Georgia, you are allowed to sue a health care provider for causing injury to a newborn baby. However, some states have created a fund to provide compensation to parents of injured children as opposed to allowing medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors. Why? Well, this is believed to reduce the overall cost of health… Read More »
Hospital Pays $15M To Child Born With Preventable Brain Damage
Some states route birth injury claims through a birth injury program. Florida, for example, has come under fire for preventing parents who incur massive medical expenses related to children born with preventable birth defects struggle to get the support they need from doctors who negligently care for the mothers and their children. Many states… Read More »
Botched Surgery Blamed For Amputation Of Student’s Leg
An exchange student from Nepal was recently awarded $111 million in damages against a hospital that allegedly botched his surgery. As a result, the leg had to be amputated. The size of the jury verdict is stunning, but a young man will have to live the rest of his life without a leg. Mutilation… Read More »
Jury Awards $5M To Patient Who Suffered Pancreatic Damage
A doctor was held liable for $5 million in damages after a diagnostic intervention to determine if she had pancreatic cancer. According to the lawsuit, the intervention resulted in pancreatitis when digestive fluids became trapped within the pancreas. The woman spent a year in the hospital enduring treatment related to the condition and now… Read More »
$7.6M For Plaintiff After Bacterial Infection Misdiagnosed As Ankle Sprain
A plaintiff has been awarded $7.6 million after a doctor misdiagnosed a bacterial infection for an ankle sprain resulting in the plaintiff losing part of his lower leg. The bacterial infection had become so severe that the former firefighter required amputation. For obvious reasons, he can no longer work as a firefighter. The firefighter… Read More »
Man Wins $2.75M Verdict Against Dentist
A verdict was just announced against a dentist who caused massive hemorrhaging in the mouth of one of his patients. The jury took 90 minutes to return a plaintiff’s verdict. The trial was delayed several times due to COVID-19. During a three-day trial, the plaintiff accused the defendant of breaching the prevailing standard of… Read More »
Motorcyclist Wins $17M After Doctor Causes Paralysis
This is a tough case to win, but the plaintiffs did. A motorcyclist who had recently gotten into an accident was rushed to the emergency room. While he was there, he had sensation in his legs. Two days later, he could not feel or move them at all. He is now a paraplegic. The… Read More »
Jury Delivers Nearly $100M To Brain-Damaged Child
Birth injury lawsuits are among the largest verdicts you’ll see issued by a jury. For this reason, many states have stepped in to handle birth injury cases outside of the system of torts. Florida famously has a birth injury system that is the ire of many families in the state and prevents these families… Read More »
Hospital Defends Doctor After Multiple Malpractice Lawsuits
A hospital is standing by their doctor after he has been hit with at least one major medical malpractice verdict, settled two others, and has more working their way through the courts as we speak. The doctor is a gynecological oncologist who is specifically trained in dealing with robotic surgery. However, many of his… Read More »
