Famous Tort Law Cases You Should Know About
Landmark lawsuits often set precedents for the way the law is enforced. Some of the most common lawsuits result from personal injury cases where one......
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TX Jury Awards Multiple Amputee $10M In Heparin Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A Texas jury awarded $10 million to a man who became a multiple amputee after being given the blood thinner, heparin, at Methodist Hospital. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that the hospital ...
Florida Nurse Malpractice: Negligence May Have Contaminated 1,850 Patients
A nurse at Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale may have contaminated over 1,850 patients by using the same IV bag for different purposes. How something like this could occur in this day and a...
Sexually Abused Teens Awarded $11M In New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Two teenage sisters were awarded $11 million in damages after a jury found that their pediatrician and her medical group were negligent in taking the proper steps to investigate the girls sexual assau...
NY Jury Awards Paralyzed Bronx Man $19.2M In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A New York jury has awarded a Bronx man $19.2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after doctors at Montefiore Medical Center failed to diagnose a spinal cord infection which led to permanent para...
IL Woman Awarded $5M After Obstetrician Performed Unnecessary Hysterectomy
An Illinois jury awarded a woman $5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit when her doctor performed an unnecessary hysterectomy at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital after the birth of her fi...
68 Year Old Chicago Woman Awarded $7.8M in Medical Malpractice Case
A 68 year old woman from Chicago Illinois was awarded $7.8 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after emergency room medical staff at the Swedish Covenant Medical Center failed to diagnose her men...
Minnesota Patient Awarded $10M in Medical Malpractice Case
A Minnesota jury awarded a multiple sclerosis patient $10 million after a medical resident mistakenly injected a drug into his spine that caused him severe injuries including seizures and neurological...
Alabama Jury Awards $2.5M in Rite Aid Pharmacy Negligence Lawsuit
We've all seen the television commercials telling us that we can trust our local chain pharmacy (Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreen's, etc.) as they always have our best interests at heart. ...
Tennessee Jury Awards $24M In Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A Tennessee jury awarded $24 million to a woman whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed. Although she went to her doctor after discovering a lump on her breast, the doctor failed to perform the proper t...
Ignored MRI Causes Young Mom’s Death; Family Awarded $5.3M In Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
The family of a young woman who died after a doctor failed to read the results of an MRI settled an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit for $5.3 million. While her husband and now six year old son a...
WA State’s Medical Malpractice Certificate Of Merit Requirement Found Unconstitutional
Since 2006, Washington State has required anyone filing a medical malpractice lawsuit to first obtain a Certificate of Merit' which is basically a statement from a medical expert saying that the lawsu...
NY’s Westchester Medical Center Ordered To Pay $2.2M To Quadriplegic For Hospital Injury
New York's Westchester Medical Center (WMC) was ordered to pay $2.2 million in medical malpractice damages to a patient who developed stage four bedsores while recuperating from a serious car accident...
Missouri Supreme Court Says Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Unenforceable
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a nursing home could not enforce an arbitration agreement between itself and a patient concerning a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the patient's family....
Dana Farber Doctors Responsible For Death of Cancer Patient & $13.5M Med Mal Jury Verdict
Two doctors from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute were found to be responsible in the death of a 40-year old cancer patient after administering experimental chemotherapy treatment and ignoring the sid...
Developmentally Disabled New Mexico Rape Victim Awarded $54M
A developmentally disabled New Mexico man who lived in a group home run by ResCare, Inc. was awarded $54 million after he was raped by one of the home's employees. Nearly $50 million of the award con...
Washington Medical Malpractice 101: A Legal Expert Explains The Basics
Medical malpractice in Washington State differs from that of other states. So, how is medical malpractice defined, how do you prove negligence, who pays for up front costs and how are med mal attorn...
Florida Medical Malpractice: Doctors’ Blame Each Other In Quadruple Amputee’s Lawsuit
Medical malpractice cases often involve the actions' or in-actions' of more than one medical provider. One Florida woman knows that all too well. She became a quadruple amputee due to the negligence...
NY Medical Malpractice Victim Awarded $60M In Botched Plastic Surgery Case
A New York woman's surgeon failed to use proper surgical techniques in a plastic surgery thigh lift procedure which left her deformed and unable to ever have the problem surgically corrected. A jury ...
California Medical Malpractice – Woman In Permanent Vegetative State Due To Awarded $12M
A California woman who suffered a severe brain injury and then waited for over five hours in a hospital emergency room before being attended to was awarded $12 million in damages. The hospital's dela...
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