The Allegations In November 2016, plaintiffs’ child presented at Resurgens Orthopaedics to treat his fractured left forearm. On December 5th, 2016, the plaintiffs returned for a standard follow-up visit for Dr. Satterwhite to re-wrap the child’s loosened splint. According to…
After military doctors missed a lung cancer diagnosis, Sgt. First Class Richard Stayskal has been fighting to change the Feres Doctrine. Feres protects the federal government from medical malpractice claims brought by servicemembers against military medical professionals. As a result,…
The property management and garbage and recycling company for the Heidi Manor Apartments in Northeast Portland, Oregon agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to the families of three tenants who died in an early morning fire and one roommate…
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law the Medical Malpractice Act, which caps medical malpractice claims at $ 1 million for independent physicians and independently-owned health care facilities. S.B. 523 On March 14th, 2023, S.B. 523 was introduced to the…
The Facts of the Case The case began with the infant’s birth in 2016. During labor, the child’s mother received Cervidil, a medication designed to promote “cervical ripening.” Cervidil is given vaginally to soften the cervix to help labor and…
The plaintiffs sued the hospital for medical malpractice, alleging that an emergency cesarean section was performed prematurely, resulting in brain damage and permanent injuries to Ethan. The verdict, which will be reduced to $25.2 million in light of Maryland’s statutory…
The term “pain and suffering” encompasses both physical pain and mental or emotional anguish. Often, physical pain and mental distress are connected. Limitations from chronic pain after an injury, for instance, may cause distress, anguish, depression, fear, and other burdensome…
A Middlesex County Superior Court jury returned a verdict for the highest medical malpractice award of the year. Former Massachusetts construction worker, Steven Luppold, was awarded $20 million after undergoing an amputation due to a misdiagnosed blood clot. The Background…
A San Diego jury recently awarded $46 million to a man who suffered a spinal cord injury during a Brazilian jiu-jitsu lesson, leaving him a quadriplegic. Although martial arts are generally considered “assumed-risk” activities, expert testimony helped the jury distinguish…
In 2008, when Kiera Campbell was four years old, her parents, Todd and Jaime Campbell, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on her behalf stemming from injuries suffered during Kiera’s birth at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Illinois. After…