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

A recent medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Illinois District Court alleges the wrongful death of the plaintiffs’ infant son was caused by negligence on the part of the attending doctor and midwife. The claim, filed individually by the parents and as special administer of the... Read More

Fifty-four-year-old Oluyemisi Adebayo was arrested in April 2015 just as she was attempting to flee to her native Nigeria following the death of a young child in her care. The licensed practical nurse is facing a second-degree murder charge that could result in a sentence... Read More

In early September, a Baltimore jury awarded a man $28 million in a medical misdiagnosis lawsuit. Gary B. Stern accused doctors of incorrectly diagnosing an ulcer in 2011, after visiting the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain. At the time, he was 47 years... Read More

A retired Madison County, Illinois judge recently resigned as plaintiff’s counsel in a federal Erb’s palsy lawsuit so that he could return to the bench. Judge Ralph Mendelsohn removed himself from private practice and resumed his place as associate judge of the Third Judicial Circuit... Read More

A medical malpractice lawsuit in the Florida Supreme Court could have a profound impact on how doctors treat depression and patients that are potentially suicidal in the future. The lawsuit was filed by a plaintiff that alleges his wife’s suicide in 2008 was a direct... Read More

A dispute over the constitutionality of a 2013 medical malpractice law may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Critics claim the law violates patient privacy rights. In July, the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the law, but attorneys in Escambia County filed a... Read More

A mother plaintiff has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico, alleging a series of errors in the delivery room led to her child’s brain damage at birth. Today, the plaintiff claims the child is still severely disabled and unable to care... Read More