According to a report by a the prominent consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, approximately half of all hospitals in the United States have avoided reporting disciplinary actions taken against their…
A woman whose husband died after doctors failed to diagnose his bladder cancer in time for potentially life-saving medical treatments, was awarded $1.88 million earlier this month through a Pennsylvania…
A Maryland jury awarded $3,991,000 to the family of a 9 year-old boy who developed cerebral palsy from a lack of oxygen to the brain before or during birth, which…
New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to avoid a potential wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a woman who died on the emergency room floor of…
The FDA has notified healthcare providers that any advertisements for laser eye surgery procedures must adequately disclose the possible risks of Lasik, as many patients have reported suffering blurry vision,…
A confidential settlement has been reached in a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit involving allegations that a woman contracted a flesh-eating infection during the delivery of her child, resulting in the…
An emergency room malpractice lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania by the wife of a Philadelphia man who died after doctors failed to diagnose a lethal heart problem, resulted in a verdict…
A Tennessee jury awarded $12 million in damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a woman who sustained permanent brain damage as a result of complications during an endoscopy…
The family of an 8 year old girl who was left brain damaged after a her surgeon negligently misused a medical device during the removal of her spleen, will receive…
Since new state laws went into effect in 2003 regarding the filing of medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania, the average number of new complaints filed each year is down 41%…
