Category: Medical Malpractice
FDA Safety Alert for Wallcur Practi-IV Training Solution
December 31, 2014 -- The FDA is warning that they have received adverse event reports when patients were administered intravenous (IV) solution made by Wallcur, LLC, that is only intended for training purposes. The products and are not intended to...
FDA Warns Against “Keepsake” Ultrasound Videos
The FDA has issued a Consumer Update to warn against “keepsake” ultrasound videos and the use of heartbeat monitors during pregnancy due to unknown long-term health effects.
Veteran Awarded $725K in VA Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit
October 14, 2014 -- Arkansas Business reports that a federal judge has awarded $725,000 to a 75 year-old veteran who was permanently injured during a botched surgery at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. The malpractice lawsuit was filed by Walter...
Texas Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital Malpractice Lawyer
If you are a veteran who received poor medical care or were injured by a doctor, you may be entitled to compensation. In the decade after 9/11, the VA paid over $200 million to resolve 1,000 malpractice lawsuits involving wrongful...
700 Babies Exposed to Tuberculosis in Texas Hospital
September 23, 2014 -- The City of El Paso Department of Public Health has determined that more than 700 babies born at Providence Memorial Hospital between September 1, 2013 and August 16, 2014 may have been exposed to a healthcare...
$16.7 Million Awarded in Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawsuit
June 30, 2014 -- Boston Globe reports that a jury has awarded $16.7 million to the family of a woman who died of lung cancer that doctors missed in a screening. The lawsuit was filed by Johnette Ellis, 33, on...
FDA Warning for Mammograms at Montana Clinic
June 23, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning about the quality of mammograms performed at Big Sky Diagnostic Imaging, LLC, located in Butte, Montana. The FDA became aware of problems during a routine review of...
Texas Hospital Infection Lawyer
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 20 hospitalized patients will develop an infection. The most common types of infections are staph infections, surgical site infections, urinary tract infections, and pneumonia.
$9.5M Hospital Infection Lawsuit Settlement for Flesh-Eating Bacteria
September 6, 2013 -- A woman who lost her limbs to flesh-eating bacteria has settled her hospital infection lawsuit for $9.5 million. Monica Sprague Jorge, 41, acquired the infection while giving birth at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. Jorge alleged...
15 Exposed to Fatal Brain Infection on Surgical Instruments
September 6, 2013 -- At least 15 people have been exposed to a life-threatening hospital infection. Specialized surgical instruments were used on a now-deceased patient in New Hampshire, who was subsequently diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). The instruments were re-used...