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,
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$6.5 Million Settlement Reached in Deadly Apartment Fire Lawsuit
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…
New Mexico Caps Medical Malpractice Claims at $1 million
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…
$19 Million Verdict in Infant’s Wrongful Death
$34 Million Verdict in Emergency C-Section Lawsuit
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…
Proving Plaintiff Pain in Personal Injury Cases
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…
$20 Million Awarded to Amputee in Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Case
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…
Jury Awards Over $46 Million to Paralyzed Jiu-Jitsu Student
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…
$40 Million Verdict Brings an End to 15-Year Medical Malpractice Suit
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…
Teenage Basketball Player Gets $2.6 Million After a Hip Replacement
Case Overview
Case Name: Tahani Spearman, individually and as guardian ad litem for Taylor Ivory, a minor v. Prasad V. Gourineni, M.D., Prasad Gourineni, M.D., S.C. d/b/a Pediatric & Young Adult Orthopedics, and Advocate Children’s Hospital, No. 2016-L-000626
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