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Jury Awards Almost $3 Million to Parents of Child Born with Down Syndrome
A jury in Oregon awarded nearly $3 million to the parents of a child born with Down syndrome after prenatal testing showed no genetic indicators of the condition. The plaintiffs in Levy v. Legacy Health System sought compensation for the considerably greater expense associated with raising a child with this serious medical condition. This… Read More »
Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Hospital Security Put Son’s Body in a Taxi
A woman has filed a lawsuit against a hospital security company, alleging that the company’s employees improperly removed her son from the hospital and placed him in a taxi when he was either dying or already dead. The lawsuit, filed in December 2013, asserts causes of action for for wrongful death, negligence, and other… Read More »
Hospital’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Birth Injury Lawsuit Denied as to Alleged Negligence During Labor and Delivery
A mother filed a lawsuit on behalf of her son against her OB/GYN and the hospital where she gave birth, claiming medical malpractice and lack of informed consent. She claims that injuries sustained during delivery, as well as acts or omissions during prenatal and neonatal care, have caused “severe and permanent neurological and physical… Read More »
Appellate Court Allows Family’s Lawsuit, Alleging that Hospital Incorrectly Pronounced Woman Dead and Placed Her in Freezer, to Proceed
An appellate court has ruled that a family’s medical malpractice lawsuit may proceed after the trial court dismissed it as untimely. The plaintiffs in Arroyo v. Plosay allege that their mother died inside a hospital morgue freezer after being incorrectly declared dead. The family had originally filed suit for alleged disfigurement of her remains,… Read More »
Court Denies Defendants’ Summary Judgment Motions in Birth Injury Lawsuit Alleging Wrongful Death of Infant
The parents of an infant who died a few days after birth filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, Golub v. Good Samaritan Hosp. Med. Ctr., et al, in a New York state court against the hospital, the medical practice that provided prenatal care, and the doctors who treated her at each location. They sued in… Read More »
Cancer Patient Accidentally Receives Medication Intended for Patient in the Next Bed
A man recovering from cancer surgery avoided injury from an error by hospital staff that resulted in him receiving medication intended for a different patient. He and his wife say that they noticed several errors during his stay at the Health Sciences Center (HSC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. That hospital has reportedly identified around… Read More »
Teen Wins $100 Million Verdict in Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury Lawsuit
A teenager suffering from cerebral palsy since birth and her family obtained a verdict of about $100 million in a lawsuit against the hospital where she was born. She was one of a pair of twins born prematurely. While her sister was born healthy, she suffered a brain injury during delivery that has left… Read More »
Damage Claim for Child’s Ongoing Medical Expenses Allowed to Proceed in Wrongful Pregnancy Lawsuit
A woman who sued her doctor for “wrongful pregnancy” may proceed with a claim for damages for her fourth child’s ongoing medical expenses, according to an appellate court ruling in Williams v. Rosner. The plaintiff alleged that she became pregnant because of a botched tubal ligation, which she opted to undergo because of a… Read More »
Noneconomic Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Ruled Unconstitutional by Florida Supreme Court
Several states, including Maryland, have passed laws imposing caps on noneconomic damages in personal injury lawsuits. Maryland sets a lower cap for medical malpractice cases than other types of injuries. The practice, known informally as “tort reform,” has been highly controversial. A wrongful death lawsuit brought in Florida, Estate of McCall v. United States,… Read More »
Birth Injury Lawsuit Tops List of Largest Settlements of 2013
The family of a child born with cerebral palsy settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and several physicians for $7.5 million. The lawsuit, Martinez, et al v. Ebert, et al, alleged that the child’s condition resulted from a loss of oxygen just prior to his birth, when the treating physician and nurse… Read More »
