A medical malpractice case in New York recently settled for $2.9 million after the death of a 6-year-old child. The young boy was killed during a routine MRI after undergoing brain surgery. The child was struck with an oxygen tank that was pulled in by the machine’s powerful magnet. The accident occurred in 2001.
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A Pittsburgh hospital and surgeon have been sued by two patients who underwent liver transplant surgery. One man donated his liver to his brother with liver disease. The brothers say they were not given the proper information concerning the complications of liver transplantation. Both patients now suffer from complications.
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A nursing home in West Virginia has been sued in the death of a former resident. The family of the victim has accused the nursing home of negligence in protecting their mother from falls and accidents. The home is also accused of abuse. The patient suffered falls, infections and a head wound while a resident at the home. She also suffered from dehydration and malnutrition.
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A New York medical malpractice case recently settled for $2.4 million. The victim of negligence received an unnecessary partial bowel removal surgery. Due to complications, the patient spent months in the hospital undergoing more procedures to fix the mistakes. The woman is now unable to control her bowels.
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A California jury recently found a neurosurgeon negligent in a medical malpractice case. The malpractice verdict amount was $16.5 million. The surgeon’s patient, Trent Hughes, was injured in an accident back in 2003. When he was brought to the medical center, no one saw him until the next day. Surgery was not performed for two days. Hughes is now a paraplegic. The suit with the hospital was settled two years ago.
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Joelle Cianfrocca, a 32-year-old Edgewater woman, dies from cardiac arrest after ambulance takes 32 minutes to arrive and denies fire rescue permission to transport her to a hospital
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A Minnesota nursing home faces a lawsuit after numerous residents were abused by the home’s staff. The abused patients suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The nursing home is accused of not properly training their staff.
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The family of a 3-year-old boy who died because of the negligence of his doctors was recently awarded $15 million. The child died after undergoing surgery to repair a birth defect. He was taken to Boston after eight previously unsuccessful heart surgeries. There, he underwent a heart catheterization to widen his arteries. Afterward, the boy suffered a seizure and the medical staff discovered dye had leaked into his brain. Staff also found metal in the boy’s brain during an MRI performed after his seizure. The child left the Boston hospital unable to walk or speak. His doctor’s were found negligent in this medical malpractice case.
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The family of a child suffering from brain damage was recently awarded $7.4 million in a California medical malpractice lawsuit. The brain damage was caused by an untreated infection at birth. Due to the medical staff’s negligence, the child suffered meningitis which caused the damage. The victim will need therapy for the rest of her life.
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A New York medical malpractice suit recently settled for $85,000 after a methadone overdose. The widow of the 35-year-old victim will receive the settlement. The victim overdosed after his doctor wrote him numerous narcotic prescriptions even while he was a patient under treatment of opiate dependency. He died of an overdose. The doctor lost her license as well for criminal sale of a prescription for a narcotic.
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A Minnesota surgeon has lost surgical privileges after taking out the wrong kidney from a patient. The same doctor, only months after the first incident, took a biopsy from the wrong organ. The urologist has the possibility of regaining surgical privileges in the future.
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A Charleston doctor is facing a medical malpractice suit after a surgical procedure in 2007. The vascular surgeon has been accused of negligence in the surgery that left the patient with a severe infection. Reports say the patient was discharged from the hospital after surgery too early and the doctor failed to follow up post-surgery in a timely manner.
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A California hospital has been sued by a blood donor who developed an infection and was denied medical care by the facility. The man has been donating blood to Stanford Blood Center for the last 10 years. When he developed the infection they denied him care when he could no longer afford his bills. Reports say the hospital may have earned money from selling the man’s blood.
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A New Jersey court settled on a $1.2 million medical malpractice verdict. The case involved a woman who lost eyesight in one eye after cataract surgery. The opthamologist was negligent in properly injecting an anesthetic which caused the patient to move when a needle entered her eye. The movement caused her loss of eyesight.
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A New York nursing home was recently sued after the death of a resident. The jury awarded the family of John Danzy $19 million for the nursing home neglect that killed him in 2003. Danzy died from infections caused by over 20 bedsores he developed at the facility. Reports say the nursing home may have been tampering with the medical records.
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A New York woman will begin trial this week against a medical center and deceased physician. The victim allegedly suffers from permanent disability due to the negligence of the medical staff. Martha Meyer suffered brain damage from blood loss after an operation she underwent for an ulcer. After surgery, Meyer returned to the hospital days later with internal bleeding.
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A Central Florida woman suffered second-degree burns over almost a quarter of her body after falling in the bath tub. Madge Weaver died only days later. Weaver’s family reports she could have survived if medical help had gotten there sooner. It was reported that Weaver did call for help early via her emergency medical alert pendant that connects to a ResponseLink operator. ResponseLink failed to call 911 and instead called Weaver numerous times. The family is now suing the company for wrongful death and negligence.
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A nursing home abuse case in New Mexico resulted in a $54 million settlement. The nursing home was negligent in hiring an employee who later raped a resident of the home. The home failed to perform a background check which may have prevented the injuries to a 48-year-old disabled man. The victim’s sister will manage the settlement for him.
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A suit has been brought against a Tennessee assisted living facility after the death of a 51-year-old resident. The family of the resident says the staff abused the woman. It was reported the staff tried to deliberately hide the abuse. Charlotte Dean died of many untreated wounds and was malnourished.
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A California doctor may lose his medical license for the second time. The doctor is accused of administering the wrong drug dose to a woman during an abortion leaving her dead. He is also at fault for operating an unlicensed office and without proper medical malpractice insurance. The doctor’s license was revoked into 2002 for medical malpractice.
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A 22-year-old American snowboarder was hospitalized after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Danielle Burch was practicing for the Olympic qualifiers when he fell. He was sedated to monitor his brain and remains in intensive care. Burch, from Vermont is a highly skilled halfpipe rider.
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The family of a nursing home resident who died from neglect was awarded $19 million in a New York court case. The 76-year-old victim was neglected by the home and suffered from numerous bedsores. He died months later from infections.
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An Illinois nursing home was fined $6,500 for elder abuse and negligence. The nursing home staff was said to have been abusing residents mentally, verbally and physically. Reports show a resident of the same nursing home died from the negligence of the staff.
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A malpractice lawsuit recently ended with a $20 million verdict in Alabama. The anesthesiologist was sued in a wrongful death suit after a woman died from bile in her lungs. The victim was undergoing exploratory surgery at the time of her death. Reports say the anesthetist was negligent in recognizing the patient was a risk.
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The family of a stroke victim was awarded $7.75 million in a nursing home abuse case recently. An employee at the California nursing home was physically abusing the resident of the home. The nursing home abuse was caught on tape when the family installed a hidden camera.
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