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Appellate Court Dismisses Defendants’ Mid-Trial Appeal and Allows Case To Go Forward Against Pediatric Specialist
Earlier last month, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued an opinion denying a defendant’s request to appeal a trial court’s discovery order, effectively forcing the lawsuit forward in the lower court. In the case of Radzick v. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, the family of a young child sued the boy’s pediatrician for medical malpractice relating… Read More »
New Study Shows More Women Opting for Home Births
Over 99% of all the babies born in the United States are born in hospitals under the supervision of physicians. However, according to one recent article, more women are starting to consider having a home birth or a hospital birth with the assistance of a midwife rather than a physician. Evidently, the study results… Read More »
Connecticut Man Receives Over $4 Million in Surgical Error Case
Earlier this month, a Connecticut man was awarded $4.2 million in a case that arose after he suffered serious and irreversible harm to his left arm and shoulder after a botched surgery. According to one local news source, the man went in to see a doctor because he thought he had a swollen lymph… Read More »
Research Study Shows Increased Risk of Birth Injury for Gestational Diabetes Patients Treated with Glyburide Instead of Insulin
A recently released study has shown that the growing use of the drug glyburide instead of direct insulin injections to treat pregnant women with gestational diabetes has increased the risk of their babies being born with certain birth injuries. According to a news article reporting on the study, the percentage of gestational diabetes patients… Read More »
Family of Deceased Man Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate Care Led to His Early Death
Earlier this year in Connecticut, a man passed away from complications of a gall bladder surgery. According to a local news report, in the weeks after his death, his loved ones found evidence that led them to believe that the man may not have been provided the proper level of medical care. The family… Read More »
U.S. Government Pays Out $1.3 Million After Infant Dies in a Military Base Hospital
Earlier this month, the United States government agreed to pay roughly $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a family who claimed that their daughter died due to the negligence of a government hospital’s staff. According to one news source, the incident occurred about three years ago at the Tripler Army Medical Center… Read More »
Another State Court Strikes Down Non-Economic Damages Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases
Earlier this month, a very important case was decided in a Florida court that could have a ripple effect throughout the country. The case involved a woman who went in for routine surgery for her carpal tunnel syndrome but ended up with a perforated esophagus. According to one local Florida news source, the injury… Read More »
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds $860,000 Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court recently released a decision in the case of Stephens v. Rakes, choosing to deny a medical malpractice defendant’s request that a jury verdict against her be set aside. The defendant argued to the Court that the verdict against her could not be supported by the evidence that was introduced… Read More »
Mother Sues Doctor and Hospital for Birth Injury, Accepts Settlement Offer
Earlier this month in the United Kingdom, a family accepted a settlement offer in a case that alleged professional negligence on the part of the doctor who was the consulting obstetrician during the mother’s pregnancy. According to one local news source, the family decided to accept the settlement because they wanted to avoid the… Read More »
More Studies Endorse Vaginal Births After Cesarean (VBACs)
The old wisdom was that it was dangerous for a woman who had delivered a baby through a C-section to delivery any future babies vaginally. This has led to a significant number of women opting for C-sections, not because they want the procedure or medically need it, but because they were told that it… Read More »
