Texas Health Presbyterian Flower Mound was willfully and wantonly negligent for causing the permanent paralysis of a Flower Mound woman, a Dallas County jury recently found. According to Denton Record-Chronicle, the jury awarded $10.1 million to the woman. About the...
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Maryland Attorney General Releases Report on Child Sexual Abuse in Catholic Church
As a result of a four-year investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church’s Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown released a report that details allegations of misconduct on the part of 156 clergy members and others...
Patient Receives $14.3 Million Settlement After Doctor Fails to Diagnose Her Terminal Breast Cancer
A breast cancer patient and her spouse recently secured a multimillion-dollar settlement for failure to diagnose her condition. According to the complaint, the patient, Lisa Leval, and her husband, Gerald, alleged that radiologist Ingrid Ott from Washington Radiology Associates and...
Can You Sue for Medical Malpractice Without a Lawyer?
Representing yourself in a medical malpractice lawsuit is certainly an option, though rarely a good one. Because they exist at the intersection of two highly specialized fields — medicine and law — medical malpractice lawsuits tend to be legally and...
Informed Consent and Medical Malpractice
Informed consent is a core component of medical ethics. Healthcare providers are legally obligated to provide their patients with the information they need to make an educated decision about their healthcare, as well as receive their approval before proceeding with...
Rhode Island jury awards $61.6 million in damages for leg amputation caused by failure to administer anticoagulant
In December 2010, Peter Sfameni began experiencing lower back pain, fatigue, and weight loss. He sought help at the emergency room of the Rhode Island Hospital. He was then admitted for a pre-planned lymph-node biopsy. Prior to arriving at the...
Florida jury holds neurosurgeon & radiologist responsible for paralysis & awards $15.5M in damages for misdiagnosis
Over the summer, a jury in Florida awarded Jean Magloire and his wife $15.5 million in damages in a misdiagnosis case. In December 2012, Mr. Magloire was hit in a truck accident that ultimately led to the amputation of his...
What is Meant by a “Breach of the Standard of Care” in a Medical Malpractice Case?
The standard of care is an essential concept in any medical malpractice claim. Healthcare providers must follow certain guidelines based on available medical knowledge when diagnosing and treating patients. These guidelines are known as standards of care. When providers deviate from accepted...
Top 10 Virginia Medical Malpractice Judgments in 2022
Medical malpractice cases involve a patient’s injury or death due to a doctor’s negligent actions. Medical malpractice can occur if a medical provider misdiagnoses their patient or provides inadequate treatment for an injury. It can also result from a surgical...
$17.1 Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Verdict
Please join me in congratulating Katie Bertram and Allan Siegel on their $17.1 Million Dollar medical malpractice verdict against MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Defense attorneys Dan Costello and Tim Fisher defended MedStar Washington Hospital Center in...