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

According to a state court’s medical malpractice insurance ruling, insurance Commissioner Michal Consedine must re-calculate assessments levied via the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCare) program on health care providers. The re-calculation involves a complete assessment for the three years from 2009 through... Read More

A new report from Public Citizen, a national non-profit organization representing consumer interests on a broad range of issues, has found that medical malpractice payments made on behalf of doctors reached a record low in 2012. Written by Taylor Lincoln, research director for Public Citizen’s... Read More

A severely brain damaged Snoqualmie girl and her family were awarded $15 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, reports Komo News. The child’s catastrophic injuries were the tragic consequence of a simple miscommunication between doctors – an error that caused irreparable damage to the now... 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

When patients file a lawsuit alleging doctor or hospital negligence, the medical malpractice award generally reflects compensatory damages for pain and suffering, among other losses. In California, the maximum amount of damages that may be awarded for pain and suffering has long held steady at... Read More

After suffering through eight grueling rounds of chemotherapy treatments for a disease she never had in the first place, Herlinda Garcia filed a cancer misdiagnosis lawsuit and was awarded $367,000 in damages. The 54-year-old Victoria, Texas resident was relieved when she found out she didn’t... 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