In New York, a judge upheld a $2 million verdict against a Syracuse doctor who was found guilty of injuring one of his patients. Further, the plaintiff in the case alleged that the doctor performed “assembly line medicine.” The practice is so-named because surgeons will operate for ten hours in one day performing the most […]
Medical Malpractice
Boy Suffers Severe Nerve Damage After Accident
A two-year-old boy who injured his arm after a 2002 trampoline accident will spend the rest of his life barely able to make a fist. The boy was taken directly to the hospital where a doctor on a training rotation set the boy’s arm in a cast. However, shortly after the cast was set, the […]
Trent Williams and His Fallout with the Washington Redskins
For those who follow sports, one of the interesting storylines that has fallen beneath the radar is Trent Williams and his ongoing dispute with the Washington Redskins. While such a topic may never find it’s way into a lawyer’s blog post, this dispute has legal ramifications. Williams accuses the Washington Redskins’ team doctors of failing […]
Doctor Accused of Bogus Epilepsy Diagnoses
A Detroit doctor faced a second $2.7 million verdict after fallaciously diagnosing a patient with epilepsy. While rare, it does happen that doctors use kickback schemes in businesses in which they have a vested interest and then bill up their patient’s health insurance based on those diagnoses. This doctor was accused of falsely diagnosing children […]
Jury Awards $6.3M to Cardiac Patient Who Died While Jogging
A jury awarded a woman $6.3 million after her husband died of a heart attack while jogging. The heart attack occurred just six weeks after his doctor cleared him of heart problems. The man collapsed while jogging in August of 2016. He was found by a passerby in a ditch. The autopsy showed that from […]
