Cook County, Ill. resident Ericka Maciel has filed a lawsuit against Rush Medical Center, claiming a hospital employee administered her insulin injection with a tainted insulin pen. The alleged incident occurred on Jan. 24, 2014, when she sought treatment at the facility for polymicrobial sepsis... Read More

Two Georgetown public hospitals in Guyana face multi-million malpractice lawsuits with allegations that errors by hospital staff led to the death of one newborn and severe injuries for another. One mother plaintiff is claiming that negligence by doctors and nurses led to the preventable stillbirth... Read More

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, claiming a nurse administered insulin to her with a contaminated insulin pen. Ericka Maciel filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Jan. 7, citing medical battery, cross contamination of medical... Read More

The family of Adam Szwarek, who died from a myocardial infarction after having knee replacement surgery, was recently awarded $8.25 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The judgement included $3.25 million for the grief and sorrow experienced by Szwarek’s widow and son, and another $5... Read More

A Georgia widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, alleging that her late husband received inadequate medical treatment prior to his death. Janice L. Allen is the widow of Lional Allen, 51. Her husband passed away on February... Read More

An angry UK mother is calling the remarks of the gynecologist involved in her deceased child’s botched forceps delivery “atrocious.” The doctor reportedly told the mother, just minutes after the delivery, that she should have smoked 50 cigarettes a day so that the 9lb. 14... Read More

The family of a Massachusetts woman who died of pregnancy-related complications that were allegedly treatable, is suing the facility where she gave birth based on allegations of hospital negligence.  Thirty-two year old Pamela J. Sampson passed away after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after delivering... Read More

A hospital pharmacist has reported two incidents of hospital medication errors in which oral medications were administered intravenously. In the first case, an oral dose of LORazepam was to be administered to a 49-year old patient following surgery. The nurse removed the oral syringe from... Read More