A Kansas jury recently awarded $2.88 million to the parents of a 40-year-old man who developed meningitis as well as a debilitating spinal nerve condition they contended caused him to take his own life. The sum represents the largest medical malpractice award handed down by... Read More

East Neck Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Long Island has been named defendant in a recent nursing home lawsuit, filed on behalf of one of their 86-year-old residents, Bernice Youngblood. The suit was brought by Youngblood’s son Franklin, after he stumbled upon a photograph of... Read More

A recent survey released by Consumer Reports suggests that Americans may be subject to the overuse of CT scans, potentially increasing the risk of various types of cancers. Computed tomography (CT) scans are imaging tests used for diagnostic purposes, such as when an infection or... Read More

Numerous plaintiffs who sued New Jersey negotiated significant settlements or were awarded substantial jury verdicts in 2013. The birth injury lawsuit payouts, other medical malpractice awards, and similar lawsuits resulted in a total $77.7 million. This represents an increase of almost $29 million from the... Read More

United States Senator Barbara Boxer supports raising the California medical malpractice awards cap. “I will never forget meeting a child who was severely disfigured and forever confined to a wheelchair because of medical malpractice,” she told Reuters. The initiative – The Troy and Alana Pack... Read More

The family of Pamela Dixon, a Kentucky resident who died of gastric bypass complications, has won a $10.6 million verdict against Pamela’s attending surgeon, Dr. John Husted, and Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that hospital had allowed an “unsafe bariatric program... Read More

The recently published results of a wide-ranging, international clinical trial suggest that the broadly established medical practice of administering steroids to patients in the midst of cardiopulmonary bypass procedures to prevent inflammation likely does more harm than good. Presented at the yearly scientific sessions of... Read More

Skilled nursing facilities are characterized by high levels of error and resulting patient harm, according to a recently published study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  The study revealed that one out of three patients in skilled nursing facilities experienced an... Read More