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VA hospitals around the country have been letting unqualified professionals determine if veterans had brain damage. Now, some vets are getting the chance at a second opinion and one vet in Missouri is suing the VA. Rick Radford came home a different person than he was when he went to Iraq. A car bomb went…

A jury determined that infant Olivia Coats died as the result of head injuries caused by the forceps used to aid in her delivery. The men and women on the jury found Dr. George Backardjiev and The Medical Center of Southeast Texas to be culpable for the baby girl’s death. As a result of their…

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Wyoming has been sued over what is alleged to be the wrongful death of a teenager. Attorneys have not disclosed the exact amount they are seeking in the suit. Doctor B. Douglas Harris has been named in the suit alongside the hospital. According to documents, Isaac Salas, a student at…

The State Department of Public Health in California cited Clovis Community Medical Center after the death of Clarissa Ardern two years ago. An investigation found wrongdoing in the events surrounding her death. Now, her daughter is suing the hospital for medical malpractice. According to reports, Clarissa Ardern went to the medical center complaining of a…

Earlier in the month, a Jefferson County Jury ruled in favor of a Mountain Brook couple. The pair sued Brookwood Women’s Medical Center for reckless fraud and medical negligence over an advertising campaign. The jury awarded the couple $16 million. According to reports, the lawsuit was filed by attorneys on behalf of Caroline and J.T.…

There is a little girl in Florida who will never get to meet her mother. Abigail Belzi, a toddler, was born in 2014 after her mother was declared brain dead. According to court documents, Patricia Belzi went to Plantation General Hospital complaining of shortness of breath. Just eight hours later she was in a vegetative…

When you go to the hospital in pain, you have a reasonable expectation that you will be examined, diagnosed and treated. Any person has a right to believe that this is exactly what will happen. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis occurs at an alarming rate in the United States and doctors do not always own their mistakes. Recently,…

Steve Kenan was laid to rest after his unexpected death. The man died in 2013, but one piece of his body was not buried with him. Kenan’s heart has traveled more than 1,000 miles as pathologists struggle to determine if the man died of medical negligence or natural causes. It may seem strange to some,…

A new study has shown that doctors who spend more on their patients, in the forms of tests and services, are less likely to be sued for medical malpractice. No matter the specialty, doctors who ordered more tests, regardless of patient need, were at a reduced risk of being taken to court for medical malpractice.…

Close to 10 years ago, a man in Indiana became paralyzed from his waist down because doctors failed to diagnose an infection. On July 15, he and his wife were awarded $4.25 million in a medical malpractice case. In 2005, Robert Lehman went to a now-closed medical clinic, Dunlap Urgent Care Center. He had gone…