A Connecticut man who was misdiagnosed and subsequently injured during an unnecessary surgery was awarded $4.2 million by a Superior Court jury in New Haven. The verdict was awarded to Gregory Leigh of Wallingford following a 2½-week trial presided over by Judge Robin Wilson. According... Read More

A Vienna, Virginia man has recently received an award of $500,000 in a medical negligence and defamation lawsuit stemming from an incident in which he inadvertently recorded his doctors making disparaging statements and intentionally misdiagnosing him while he was unconscious due to anesthesia for a... Read More

A medical malpractice complaint filed by Tennessee plaintiffs alleges medical negligence on the part of OBGYN staff and medical providers at Christ Community Health Services contributed to the fetal demise of their unborn son, who was delivered stillborn on August 18, 2012. The birth injury... Read More

A bill involving the statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits in New York has died before coming to a vote on the state’s senate floor. The bill, known as Lavern’s Law, was introduced after a single mother of a special needs child died of... Read More

A childbirth malpractice lawsuit was filed on June 11 against an Alabama obstetrician-gynecologist who is currently serving as state senator. The lawsuit alleges that Dr. Larry Stutts was negligent in his treatment of a patient whose child he delivered in July of 2013 at Helen... Read More

Believing she was undergoing a simple laparoscopic procedure to increase fertility, an Augusta, Georgia woman has finally received some closure to the years’-long legal battle over the unexpected and unacceptable treatment she received during her recovery. On June 11, 2015, a Superior Court jury sitting... Read More

A New Jersey foundation committed to assisting families of stillborn babies is working to bolster awareness and foster best practices for the treatment of the emotional and psychological needs of those left to deal with the heartbreak such events inevitably cause. The 2 Degrees Foundation... Read More

A CNN investigation has uncovered a high heart surgery malpractice rate for children at a West Palm Beach, FL hospital. The facility claims its infant mortality rate in its pediatric open heart surgery is “consistent” with the national average and claims the network tried to... Read More