Yearly Archives: 2014
Maryland Appellate Decision Emphasizes Difference Between Medical Malpractice and Informed Consent Claims
In a decision released last year, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals made a ruling that allowed the plaintiff in the case of Fusco v. Shannon, 63 A.3d 145 (MD Special Court of Appeals 2013) to have her case retired after a jury ruled in favor of the defendant at trial. The Court ruled… Read More »
Georgia Jury Awards $3 Million to Parents in Malpractice Case
Earlier this month, a jury in Georgia awarded a $3 million verdict to the parents of a girl they say suffered permanent damage as a result of the defendants’ failure to act properly when the mother arrived to the hospital needing an emergency C-section. The defendants, a midwife, a doctor, and the hospital itself… Read More »
Failure to Perform C-Section May Have Caused Mother and Twins’ Death
Earlier this year, a woman and her twins died minutes after childbirth when hospital doctors decided not to perform the planned C-section and opted for a natural birth instead. According to a report by USA Today, the woman had given birth twice before, both times by C-section, and her regular doctor had planned to… Read More »
Parents’ Suit Allowed to Continue Against Hospital After Stillborn Birth
Earlier this year, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial and appellate court ruling that prevented the parents of a stillborn girl from pursuing a claim of negligence against a doctor who failed to diagnose the mother with gestational diabetes. At trial, the judge prevented two of the plaintiffs’ experts from testifying that the… Read More »
Parents Reach Settlement with Provider Regarding Their Child’s Brain Injury at Birth
On the day of trial, moments before proceedings were scheduled to begin, the parents of a four-year-old girl who suffered a serious brain injury shortly after she was born reached a settlement with the hospital. The amount of the settlement is confidential. According to a report by one local news source, the girl was… Read More »
Illinois Doctor Sued for Malpractice After Child Born with Brachial Plexus Injury
Earlier this month in Madison County, Illinois, a woman sued her doctor for his alleged malpractice in delivering her now three-year-old child who was born with a serious brachial plexus injury. According to a report by one local news source, the child recently appeared in court to show the members of the jury how… Read More »
What is Erb’s Palsy and How Is It Caused?
One of the most common preventable birth injuries we see in newborn children is a condition called Erb’s Palsy. Erb’s Palsy is a condition of the nerves that is named after one of the doctors who discovered and described the disease, Dr. Wilhelm Erb. Technically speaking, Erb’s Palsy is a form of brachial plexus… Read More »
California Voters to Decide if Doctors Must Submit to Random Drug Tests
Over the last several years, random drug testing of licensees and employees has become increasingly common in various industries and professions around the country. Earlier this month, California announced a ballot initiative in which voters will decide if doctors should be required to submit to random drug tests.According to a New York Times article… Read More »
State of Iowa Settles $500,000 Laceration Case
Earlier this month, the State of Iowa approved a $500,000 settlement after a botched C-section resulted in a woman being placed on dialysis and needing a hysterectomy. According to a report by the Des Moines Register, the woman named the University of Iowa Hospital system in her complaint, alleging that when she went to… Read More »
Quadruple-Amputee Recovers $25.3 Million Due To Physician’s Malpractice
Last month, a Milwaukee woman and her husband were awarded a $25.3 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice action that was based on a physician’s treatment of the woman that resulted in all four of the woman’s limbs being amputated. According to a report by a local news source, the woman was admitted… Read More »