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Neurosurgeon Faces Lawsuit After Patient Suffers Facial Paralysis
A prominent neurosurgeon is accused of advocating for a risky surgery and violating the patient’s consent leaving the patient with permanent facial paralysis according to a recent lawsuit that is being televised by CVN. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff suffered hearing loss due to a benign neuroma. The patient elected to have the… Read More »
$19.7 Million Verdict Laid At Feet Of Doctor Who Dismissed His Patient’s Claims
A female patient who went to her primary doctor for decades before seeing a neurologist was diagnosed with a mass on her spine causing the pain. The primary physician failed to consider her complaints believing that she was just old. Zebras happen in the medical field and if you only see horses, then you’ll… Read More »
12-Year-Old Faces Amputation After 10-Hour Wait In ER
A 12-year-old girl fell and broke her leg at school. Unfortunately, it happens all the time. The family has now filed a lawsuit against the hospital that made her wait 10 hours before finally examining her. By that point, the leg had to be amputated. The plaintiffs claim they told the ER staff that… Read More »
Insurer Hit With $52M Verdict After Refusing To Defend Dentist
A New Mexico dentist was stripped of his medical license and sued by the families of 17 patients who later died of complications related to opioids. The original case was filed in 2012. Doctors carry medical malpractice insurance policies that indemnify them from lawsuits filed from patients. That means that they take on the… Read More »
Can I Sue A Community Health Center For Medical Malpractice?
A Georgia woman died at the age of 38 from cancer. Two years earlier, she had gone to a community health center where the doctors discovered abnormal cells. They never told her about the cells. The cancer spread until it became terminal. Her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the clinic, but… Read More »
Medical Clinic Files For Bankruptcy After $98M Judgment
An Iowa jury awarded $98 million to the parents of a newborn infant who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of deficient medical care. According to the lawsuit, the child was delivered by vacuum suction and forceps resulting in the child’s head being crushed during delivery. As a result, the child sustained permanent… Read More »
Dementia Care Patient Found Dead In The Woods
A recent death involving a dementia care patient who was discharged from the hospital and later found dead in the woods is making headlines after the family spoke out about his death. The hospital released the patient, who was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s without notifying the family. The man wandered out of… Read More »
Misdiagnosis Of Meningitis Cited In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
The Courtroom View Network has recently featured a lawsuit filed by a patient against his doctor for failing to diagnose bacterial meningitis in time to prevent severe brain damage. According to the lawsuit, the man presented to the clinic with rapidly escalating fever and severe disorientation. Nonetheless, his doctor diagnosed him with the flu… Read More »
Woman Awarded $1.3M After Doctors Fail To Diagnose Injury
A jury awarded a patient $1.3 million after suffering multiple strokes following a carotid dissection. Carotid dissection means that the artery inside her body was bleeding. The hospital performed a CT scan but did not uncover any problems. The woman’s symptoms appeared to be abating as she was presenting to the emergency room. However,… Read More »
Jury Awards $5 Million After Diagnosing Pneumonia As The Flu
A man suffered serious permanent injuries after a hospital misdiagnosed him with the flu. While they teach you to look for horses as opposed to zebras in medical school, zebras remain real and exist. When a zebra comes into your hospital, you have to treat them too. Not just the horses. Trouble comes into… Read More »
