Cody Porcoro

A patient attempting to use Essure coils as a contraceptive measure suffered severe pain and medical complications when the coils migrated out from her Fallopian tubes and extruded into her uterus. The coils had been recommended due the patient’s lack…

In this malpractice trial, a septic patient had passed away from appendicitis after being prescribed large doses of Depakote, Dilaudid, and Ativan. The heavily medicated woman died suddenly after the onset of appendicitis, leaving her family members to allege that…

The suicide of a Sophmore undergraduate student prompted a legal investigation into her medical history and whether the school psychologist had followed proper suicide prevention procedure. Though she had no past mental illnesses and was physically healthy, the student had…

A middle-aged man taking Risperdal was diagnosed with severe gynecomastia. As his family sued the pharmaceutical company over the effects of the drug, he was forced to consider testosterone therapy to alleviate its side effects. The patient had been taking…

The allegedly asbestos-free talc used in baby powder products was recently challenged with a case that claimed the product was carcinogenic. Talc, a silicate mined in the same areas as the carcinogen asbestos, had been pronounced free of cancerous substances…

After experiencing a deadly psychotic episode, a patient prescribed both Haldol and Depakote by his psychiatrist filed a malpractice suit. Though he had never previously exhibited any mental health issues, his past history of psychotic episodes caused his doctors to…

A diabetic patient filed suit against a pharmaceutical company after his Invokana prescription caused him to produce high levels of blood acid ketones. He had originally been prescribed the drug for his obesity and diabetes. However, instead of alleviating his…

This is a medical malpractice case involving a young boy who required amputation after sclerotherapy. The two year old was diagnosed with venous malformation when he was admitted to pediatric care with large venous bumps on his left knee and…

This lawsuit concerns an endometrial ablation to reduce a woman’s uterine lining, which resulted in damage to her urinary system. The patient’s gynecologist had done the operation in her office, and during her recovery from the procedure the patient developed…

After a patient sustained a perforated bowel from an endometrial ablation procedure, she claimed her gynecologist had failed to observe the proper standard of care. Though the gynecologist claimed that the procedure was successful, the patient began vomiting less than…