Posts Tagged ‘Medical Malpractice’
Actor Sues Hospital in Wrongful Death of Brother
Academy Award nominated actor James Woods has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the 2006 death of his brother. The amount of damages he is seeking has not yet been reported, however it is known that he filed the suit on behalf of his nephew in order to “seek justice”. According to the lawsuit, 49…
Read MoreControversial Botox Treatments Result in Medical Malpractice Suit
We frequently hear of celebrities and even every day people receiving botox treatments in hopes of turning back the clock and reducing the appearance of wrinkles. But there are other, lesser known reasons that botox may be administered, as in the case of Missouri man Richard Hart who was prescribed the highly toxic drug as…
Read MoreDoctor Receives Jail Sentence for Prescription Malpractice
A Virginian doctor is in hot water over a dangerous case of medical malpractice in which he pled guilty of writing prescriptions to people over the internet that he never met nor examined. Dr. Torrino Jennings received a year and one day in prison for issuing an estimated 100,000 invalid prescriptions of the muscle relaxant…
Read MoreMedical Attorney Fights against Damages Cap in Kansas
A Kansas medical lawyer and his client, who sued for medical malpractice when a surgeon removed the wrong ovary in error, are fighting back against the medical damages cap law in their state, arguing that it’s unconstitutional. A jury awarded the victim, Amy Miller, a total amount of $759,680 to be divvied up as follows:…
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 MoreFormer Doctor Now Victim of Medical Malpractice
73 year old Robert Erlandson is suing Vermont’s largest hospital for medical malpractice after he underwent knee replacement surgery only to be left with nerve damage and crippling pain. Erlandson’s case is somewhat unique in that he himself was a highly respected doctor for nearly 40 years. Given that fact, he knows a thing or…
Read MoreRecord Settlement Reached in California Birth Injury Lawsuit
A Sacramento judge approved a $5.75 million settlement last week in the case of young Cannon Hoops, who suffers from cerebral palsy due to a birth injury. The medical malpractice settlement is the largest amount ever agreed to by the University of California Davis Medical Center. Cannon Hoops was born on December 1st, 2004 but…
Read MoreFamily Receives $3.7 Million in Wrongful Death Suit
The surviving family of a Wisconsin man who died of a misdiagnosed fungal infection has won in court in their wrongful death lawsuit. The father of two, Gustavo Espinal-Santos, went to the Bellin Family Medical Center in December 2003 because he was feeling ill. Physicians who treated the man diagnosed him as suffering from pneumonia. …
Read MoreControversial Senate Bill has some Michigan Residents Worried
There is an interesting medical malpractice bill being proposed in the state of Michigan that could potentially affect the quality of care folks in that state receive when they visit their local hospital emergency rooms, and it has some residents very concerned. Senate Bill 858, also called SB 858, is being proposed under the guise…
Read MoreTrial About to Begin in Death of College Student
The medical malpractice trial in the wrongful death of Anne Ryan is set to begin this week. Ryan died in September 2007 of bacterial meningitis. The lawsuit was filed by Ryan’s brother Jed and names the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania as the defendant. Ryan was a student at the university at the time…
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