A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a delivery room negligence case, determining expert testimony presented at the original trial was permissible. The plaintiffs used expert testimony from another physician that asserted medical negligence during delivery led to the permanent injuries to... 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

An angry UK mother is calling the remarks of the gynecologist involved in her deceased child’s botched forceps delivery “atrocious.” The doctor reportedly told the mother, just minutes after the delivery, that she should have smoked 50 cigarettes a day so that the 9lb. 14... Read More

The family of a Massachusetts woman who died of pregnancy-related complications that were allegedly treatable, is suing the facility where she gave birth based on allegations of hospital negligence.  Thirty-two year old Pamela J. Sampson passed away after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after delivering... 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