Research shows that 75% of all doctors face a medical malpractice lawsuit at some point during their careers. For high-risk areas such as obstetrics and gynecology, the figure approaches 100%. A new study suggests that the specter of medical liability claims and medical malpractice lawsuits... Read More

A brachial plexus injury lawsuit has been filed by a mother who alleges her child’s injuries were a direct result of actions by medical staff in the delivery room. The mother is now seeking damages for her child’s ongoing injuries and need for medical treatment... Read More

As one family from Boulder, Colorado found out this month, sometimes a lost medical malpractice case can leave the plaintiffs with a hefty bill to cover the defendants’ legal fees. A judge ordered the Warden family to pay $340,000 after a lengthy four-week medical malpractice... Read More

The parents of a child suffering from brain damage have brought a personal injury cerebral palsy lawsuit against the hospital staff that delivered their baby. The plaintiffs allege that their newborn’s injuries were the result of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and its staff misdiagnosing... Read More

A Kentucky-based emergency services company has been denied a retrial after a recent medical malpractice verdict resulted in a $6 million judgement for a couple from Carter County whose baby boy died in hospital. Judge C. David Hagerman denied the motion filed by attorneys representing... Read More

A Seattle, Washington family was granted a $15.2 million medical malpractice award – one of the state’s largest to date. The King County Superior Court judge ruled that hospital negligence and a communication breakdown between University of Washington doctors caused a medication mistake that destroyed... Read More

In April 2008, 54-year-old West Shore resident Richard March went through hip replacement surgery at Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg Hospital. According to court documents filed in a subsequent wrongful death lawsuit, March returned to the hospital about three weeks later complaining of shortness of breath, weakness and... Read More

A horrific tale of hospital negligence comes out of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, New York. Colleen Burns, who had been pronounced dead, woke up in the operating room just as surgeons were poised with scalpels – ready to remove her organs for... Read More