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

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 medical malpractice settlement has been reached in an ongoing case against a North Carolina doctor. The trial began on December 2 and after just over two weeks, the jury found Dr. Andrew T. Hearn negligent on December 18. After a two-week court break for... Read More

A Wisconsin Senator is trying once again to make it possible for more family members to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against healthcare providers in wrongful death cases. Last session, Milwaukee Senator Nikiya Harris Dodd tried to abolish a law allowing only spouses, minor children... Read More

A medical malpractice lawsuit has resulted in a $3.4 million jury award against Dr. Patrick Swier of the Swier Clinic in Delaware. The plaintiff, Patricia McLeod, claimed that surgical errors caused her to develop complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), which is a rare, disabling, and... Read More

A jury recently awarded a New Paltz, New York couple $1.75 million in a surgical negligence case that ended in a series of surgeries to repair the damage caused by the malpractice. The lawsuit alleged that Nancy Nocito suffered life-altering injuries caused by medical malpractice... Read More

The California Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering. Currently, state law limits damages to a maximum of $250,000, under the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. In November, California residents voted on Proposition... Read More

A massive onslaught of funding contributed to the defeat of Proposition 46, a measure to lift the 1975 cap on some malpractice awards in California. Funding of nearly $60 million helped to finance opponents of the measure, which was rejected by two-thirds of voters on... Read More