A Topeka Chief Justice ordered on Friday for re-arguments to begin in the Kansas Supreme Court on a highly watched medical malpractice lawsuit to begin on February 18th. The Kansas Supreme Court first heard arguments in this case in October of 2009 and has not issued a decision. A source…
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Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled
A $1.175 million medical malpractice settlement between Los Angeles County and a patient of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has been reached. The patient of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center suffered a punctured blood vessel. The claim took place after the patient, a minor at the time, received treatment at the Harbor-UCLA Medical…
Health care remains a problem due to fear
Is too much money being spent on dying patients? 60 Minutes on the CBS News recently aired a segment called “The Cost of Dying,” which was a breakdown of events that happen with patients in hospitals in the Intensive Care Units and the high costs associated with keeping them alive,…
$633K Award offered in malpractice case
In a civil court in the country of Cambria, a man received an award of over $633K to compensate him in a medical malpractice case, according to a report. The man claimed that the care that he received was negligent and as a result he had to have his right…
Sponge left in Abdomen
According to a reporter, a woman claims to have had a sponge left in her abdomen after surgery. She claims to have gone to her OB/GYN and that her doctor had left something foreign in her abdomen after she did a Caesarean section operation. The woman claimed medical malpractice against…
The jury trial found in favor of the plaintiff parents
When their baby was born with spina bifida, aka a congenital neural tube defect, the parents filed a medical malpractice and wrongful birth lawsuit stating that they had not been told about the purpose of a blood test, referred to as the Triple Marker Test or Alphafetoprotein test, offered to…
Medical Malpractice filed for breast implants
An observer reported that a woman in Carrollton has taken the initiative to file a federal lawsuit for compensation from the U.S. government. The woman alleged that she was not given the correct size implants that she had ordered for her breast implantation. Her lawsuit states that she had wanted…
Pregnancy gone wrong, results in birth of stillborn child
This medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman whose delivery was botched so badly that she delivered a stillborn child. The facts of this case are really heart wrenching. Jane Doe was pregnant in 2009 and a patient at a local women’s clinic. Doe was diagnosed with…
Hospital allegedly gave Wrong Medicine to Child
A three year old child who died at a clinic in Kolsewadi, Kalyan is the subject of a medical malpractice suit. The parents of the child claim that the child died because he did not receive the necessary treatment. They have recently filed a report at the local police station.…
Medical Malpractice Clients Are Entitled to Compensation
In a system where nearly 98,000 deaths and 1 million injuries each year occur, you would think that there would be some sort of reprimand. In 1999 a study discovered that these deaths and injuries take place in our local hospitals. This study shocked the general public, and has led…