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They opened him up to remove his appendix. They mistakenly took out much more, lawsuit says…usatoday, Doctors remove wrong organ from Washington man during surgery, Nov 2023
Trevon lost two-thirds of the blood that was in his body, quickly. He left the operating room on life support, and he remained on life support for six weeks until he passed away on Christmas Day…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, $38.6M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Son From Fatal Injury During Heart Transplant Surgery, Nov 2023
On December 11, 2017, plaintiffs filed a New Jersey medical malpractice complaint against Jesse Stawicki, D.O., Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, and Anthony Ricketti, M.D. According to plaintiffs, on December 24, 2015, plaintiff Diane Colletti came to the hospital with “a painful burning rash,” and defendants “observed that [she] was suffering from Stephen-Johnson Syndrome…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dermatologist Not Qualified To Testify To Standard Of Care Of Internal Medicine Physician In Medical Malpractice Case, Nov 2023
Dr. LaSpisa, an oral surgeon, extracted several of Nicole Thompson’s teeth. She subsequently developed an infection that was not diagnosed or treated for two days. She developed painful cellulitis and was hospitalized for IV antibiotic treatment. She was discharged from the hospital after five days…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, Illinois Appellate Court Rules Expert Testimony May Not Be Required To Establish Pain And Suffering In Medical Malpractice Claims, Oct 2023
In 2016, the inmate, a 44-year-old married woman with three children, was diagnosed with pneumonia but there was an unnecessary delay in transferring her to a hospital for treatment, which resulted in the woman becoming septic, which resulted in her death in the emergency room…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, $16M Jail Health Care Malpractice Verdict, Oct 2023
On March 16, 2018, plaintiff, Barbara Stempniak, presented to the emergency department of Garden City Hospital with complaints of severe abdominal pain. The emergency department staff diagnosed Stempniak with cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) and admitted her to the hospital….medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Not Entitled To Summary Judgment For Surgeon’s Negligence, Oct 2023
John Dewy West, Jr. was 59 years old on June 4, 2014 when he accidently sliced most of the tip of his left thumb off when he was using a table saw in his shop. He drove himself to the emergency room of Springhill Memorial Hospital (“SMH”) where a surgeon was able to operate and save his thump up to the nail bed….medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, Alabama Supreme Court Affirms $10M Punitive Damages In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case, Sep 2023
The verdict comprised entirely noneconomic damages, and the plaintiff’s attorney attributed the result to the plaintiff’s efforts to take responsibility for his own health…law.com, $3.5M Verdict Against Doctor for Failing to Recognize Man’s Heart Attack, Aleeza Furman, Oct 2023
Tammy Sisson was 55-years-old when she had a total laparoscopic hysterectomy on October 23, 2017. The surgeon negligently cut her right ureter during the procedure, allegedly because he failed to identify pelvic structures…medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, $4M Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Verdict For Ureter Cut During Hysterectomy, Sep 2023
