On May 15, 2015, a mother filed an Erb’s Palsy lawsuit on behalf of her minor daughter alleging serious negligence and sub-standard care during the child’s birth. In a concurrent action, the mother filed an administrative action against the Westchester County hospital wherein the birth... Read More

Nine-term former Ohio Congressman Steve LaTourette has recently filed a claim against the federal government stemming from healthcare treatment he received from the Capitol’s Office of the Attending Physician beginning in 2012. According to LaTourette’s claim, the doctor failed to inform him of critical MRI... Read More

On Tuesday, May 19, a Maine jury awarded $7.65 million in damages to a Minot woman as part of a medical malpractice settlement. Ruth Hricko filed a lawsuit against a Maine medical center back in September 2013, claiming a Lewiston hospital technician failed to properly... Read More

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has recently agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit in the amount of $1.5 million. The settlement deal, which was announced on May 12, 2015, is the second such arrangement made recently. The Board of Supervisors also agreed... Read More

Seven years after a woman suffered a paralyzing stroke in the immediate aftermath of labor and delivery, she has been awarded $35.4 million in a childbirth stroke lawsuit. The Dedham, MA jury found for Andrea Larkin, 35, in a verdict was handed down on May... Read More

A Delaware County resident has been awarded $7.4 million following a medical malpractice trial before Judge Angelos Spiros. According to the suit, plaintiff Finis Cuff suffered a massive ischemic stroke just days after a visit with his physician due to the substandard medical care provided by... Read More

Respiratory problems, low APGAR scores, premature birth and oxygen deprivation to the fetus are just some of the risks posed to the infant during a Cesarean section delivery. But mothers also face C-section dangers, ranging from infection and internal adhesions to the need for additional... Read More

The owner of an imaging firm in Owings Mills, MD who has already been indicted for $7.5 million in health care fraud, has now been charged in the deaths of four patients who allegedly died because he employed workers not qualified to read medical imaging.... Read More