An Ohio jury recently awarded a woman more than $1 million in damages after it found that a Cincinnati spine doctor was negligent in performing surgery on the female patient. The verdict was announced after a weeklong trial. This is just one of dozens of lawsuits filed against a doctor…
Washington’s Supreme Court declared yesterday that a Benton County resident’s medical malpractice case could go forward, after it found that a state provision which barred his case’s progress was unconstitutional. The court issued a 7-2 decision in the case of Jayrd Schroeder. Schroeder sued both a radiologist and a medical…
A thirteen-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead last month after undergoing tonsil surgery has finally received the feeding and breathing tubes her family has been fighting for. The lawyer for Jahi McMath’s family, Christopher Dolan, stated that doctors inserted the gastric and tracheostomy tubes yesterday at the undisclosed…
Friday a jury in Los Angeles heard opening statements in a fraud and negligence lawsuit that alleges Johnson & Johnson knowingly marketed a false hip implant that left thousands with severe complications or in need of replacement surgery. The all-metal ball-and-socket hip joint was pulled from the market two years…
Four sisters, each having suffered from breast cancer, settled a lawsuit this week with drug manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. after the sisters claimed a drug manufactured by Eli Lilly that their mother took during their pregnancy caused their breast cancer. Over fifty women, including the sisters, have filed claims in…
Former Miami Dolphins receiver O.J. McDuffie filed a malpractice lawsuit against his former doctor over treatment of McDuffie’s toe injury, which ended his career. McDuffie played for the Miami Dolphins from 1993 to 2000. McDuffie sued the doctor for malpractice and lost wages and McDuffie was awarded $11 million in…
A Connecticut doctor, Dr. Joseph Turner, has been reprimanded and placed on probation after investigators determined that he could have done more to treat a patient who later died. According to the consent order, Dr. Turner “overlooked important clinical findings” that could have saved a 56-year-old patient who visiting the…
A new federal report inquires into whether two surgeons from a Northern California Hospital “contributed to the death of at least one of three patients who underwent what was called an untested surgical procedure.” Several medical services, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services criticized the University of California,…
New reports state that New Mexico may have to pay as much as $120 million for a potential class action lawsuit. The suit has already paid out $45 million in settlements to 118 families since 1998, but an estimated 101 new medical malpractice claims have arisen. The University of New…
Air Force veteran Robert Metzler often visited the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center for routine procedures, including colonoscopies In 2007, Metzler had a colonoscopy and in 2009 received a letter from the VA’s administration warning him that he had been exposed to a “potential health risk” related to his procedure.…