A $13.5 million judgment was recently entered against a hospital for failing to properly treat a stroke patient. The lawsuit was filed in Idaho, where there is a cap of $400,000 on non-economic or pain-and-suffering damages. The law provides that Idaho residents can recover more than the statutory limit when there is evidence of gross […]
Medical Malpractice
Jury Awards Family $4.3M After Catheterization Procedure Fails
A jury awarded the estate and family of a man $4.3 million after they determined that his doctors were liable for his death. According to the lawsuit, the patient underwent a catheterization procedure to determine whether his heart was functioning properly after an EKG came back abnormal. The lawsuit alleged that the doctor inserted the […]
Medical Clinic Files For Bankruptcy After $98M Judgment
An Iowa medical clinic recently filed for bankruptcy after jurors returned a verdict against it for $98 million. The lawsuit was related to the injury of an infant during birth. The infant’s parents claimed that an unsophisticated use of forceps and a suction tube resulted in the compression of the child’s head and permanent brain […]
Hospitals Hit With Barrage Medical Malpractice Settlements
The pandemic has, obviously caused a number of issues, but one of the largest was that it effectively temporarily shut down courthouses, thereby preventing the courts from processing claims related to lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and more. This resulted in medical malpractice claims bottlenecking on the docket. While hospitals enjoyed a brief reprieve related to the […]
Do You Need To Be Injured To File A Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
Let’s take a hypothetical situation. I’m a patient who has been told that he will undergo a procedure performed by a world-renowned specialist. However, when he gets there, the procedure is performed by someone else. When I signed the consent form, I only consented to allowing the world-renowned doctor to perform the procedure. The procedure […]
