Lack of Working Surgical Equipment Left Patient in Vegetative State, Attorney Says as Med Mal Trial Opens Against Hospital
Mar 24, 2017
A Florida woman was left in a permanent vegetative state because a hospital’s operating room lacked the necessary equipment to treat her brain bleed, an attorney for the woman’s guardian told jurors as trial opened Wednesday against the hospital.
Mar 13, 2017
Jury selection begins this week at trial against a South Florida hospital accused of negligence in treating a brain hemorrhage that left a patient in a vegetative state.
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Mar 6, 2017
The foundation for last month’s $45.8 million verdict against an Atlanta-area obstetrics practice was built with an eye-grabbing opening and a lineup of experts that painted a vivid picture on the broader meaning behind a doctor’s standard of care...
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Feb 21, 2017
Jurors Tuesday found two Atlanta-area physicians negligent and awarded nearly $46 million for the profound brain damage a woman suffered days after the birth of her child.
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Mother's Catastrophic Brain Damage Post-Childbirth Caused by Medical Mistreatment, Expert Says as $10M+ Trial Continues
Feb 15, 2017
An obstetrician who has previously appeared as a medical malpractice defense expert told jurors last week she decided to testify on behalf of a plaintiff for the first time ever because she was “horrified” at the circumstances surrounding the cata...
Feb 9, 2017
Attorneys Tuesday debated whether physician negligence or unforeseeable postpartum complications led to a woman’s catastrophic brain damage three days after she gave birth, as trial opened against the practice that treated her.
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Feb 3, 2017
Jurors Friday awarded more than $3 million to the family of a woman who died days after childbirth, with a verdict that split fault between the two nurses who treated her, but cleared her doctor of negligence.
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Dec 22, 2016
A Texas state court jury has found that a hospital acted properly by following instructions in a mentally ill woman’s do-not-resuscitate order that her children claim she couldn’t have knowingly signed.
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Amputee Awarded $275K in Med Mal Trial Against Hospital
Dec 22, 2016
Jurors awarded $275,000 to a South Florida man last week after concluding a hospital’s negligence cost the man his leg.
Dec 16, 2016
CVN cameras were in the courtroom for key defense wins in major trials throughout Florida in 2016. The winners of the CVN Florida's Defense Attorney of the Year distinguished themselves with a hard-fought win in a medical malpractice trial with up...
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Dec 14, 2016
Georgia's top defense attorneys won high-stakes, CVN-covered trials across the state this year. CVN Georgia's 2016 Defense Attorney of the Year, Huff Powell Bailey's R. Page Powell Jr., earned the honor with a critical win in an eight-figure medic...
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Nov 30, 2016
Attorneys sparred over whether a car accident or medical negligence paralyzed a South Florida woman, as trial opened Monday against the hospital that treated her following her late-night crash.
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