A Pike County Kentucky jury recently awarded a Hatfield coal miner $4.6 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The man suffered severe and permanent personal injuries after a botched operation and...
A Tennessee woman who was left permanently brain damaged after a routine colonoscopy went wrong was recently awarded a record $12 million. It is thought to be one of the largest verdicts of this type...
A Florence, South Carolina jury recently awarded an injured dental patient $2 million in a medical malpractice verdict after the Sexton Dental Clinic mistakenly pulled all 16, instead of three, of her...
A jury awarded $24,500,000 to a 14 year old boy after finding a Georgia hospital, orthopedic company and doctor liable medical malpractice which resulted in one of the boy's leg being amputated' simpl...
A Florida woman was awarded $38 million after a doctor with a history of medical malpractice lawsuits injected the wrong drug into her spine which left her unable to walk and in excruciating pain....
A Michigan nursing home abuse lawsuit has concluded with a jury awarding nearly $5 million to the family of man who died in a nursing home after the their nursing home abuse lawyers were able to prov...
A Pennsylvania jury has found the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) guilty of medical malpractice after hospital staff gave a patient eight times the amount of medication needed and left ...
An Ohio woman who was left paralyzed after a fairly routine surgery was awarded $10.6 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against her surgeon. It is reportedly the third largest medical malpract...
The total length of time that a nursing home neglect or abuse case takes depends on the case. Sometimes, the neglect and abuse are so bad that a nursing home wants to settle out of court right away....
Click here for a rundown of medical malpractice attorney fees. They are often negotiable, and many lawyers will take a malpractice case on a contingency basis, which means that if the case is successf...
Any professional who is licensed by the state and holds themselves out as having special skills can commit malpractice. While this means that there are many types of professionals that can technically...
A client of a criminal lawyer can sue the lawyer for malpractice if the client can prove that the lawyer was negligent and that he would not have been found guilty, but for (except for) the negligent ...
An attorney has a duty to his clients to act with a certain standard of care. If the attorney fails in his duty to act as a reasonably competent attorney would, then he may be guilty of professional m...
When a doctor prescribes experimental drugs, there are certain circumstances that can lead to medical malpractice. However, this is not always the case. To be held liable for medical malpractice the d...
Although thousands of people receive healthcare through Kaiser Permanente, many don't realize that medical malpractice claims must be arbitrated through the Kaiser system. So, how does the system wor...
Television and films portray heart attack victims clutching their chests in excruciating pain and knowing right away that they are having a heart attack. However, Hollywood's portrayal of a heart att...
Does filing a lawsuit against the government affect other benefits that veterans or their families may receive? That's a common question of many military personnel. The answer, according to Joe Call...
Claims against the Veterans' Administration (VA) fall under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) – an area of the law in which only a handful of attorneys focus their practices. Knowing who can bring...
Daniel Hodes, a medical malpractice attorney in California, answered our questions on breast cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis and provided tips on how litigation is handled in this area....
Settlements for breast cancer misdiagnosis cases vary depending upon the situation. This article provides several examples of recent settlements and the facts behind them....
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