New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

A federal judge in Sacramento has awarded a 3-year-old girl who suffered a brain injury during her delivery $9.6 million. The judge also awarded the girl’s mother, Micaela Palacio $250,000 in compensation for her emotional distress during her daughter’s delivery. According to court documents, U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez entered his ruling on October…

A man has filed a malpractice lawsuit claiming that he had been injured as a result of negligent care and treatment before and after circumcision. The lawsuit was filed by Corban M. Denny and his wife Deanna Denny on September 11th in Raleigh Circuit Court naming Dr. Ashokkumar V. Bhalodi and Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc.…

A patient from Cook County has initiated a malpractice lawsuit against his heart surgeon, alleging malpractice arising from his surgery Cook County Circuit Court records indicate that Arshad Muhammad filed a lawsuit on September 1st naming Swedish Covenant Hospital, Dr. Muhammad A. Saudye and Shifa Cardiology Consultants as defendants in the suit. The complaint states…

Drew Martin went before Wisconsin legislators on Thursday urging them to open the courthouse doors to victims of possible medical error. “We must create a system of accountability (so) there will be fewer parents sent home with keepsakes like this,” Martin told a small audience, which included his wife, Erin Martin, who sobbed as her…

A former mechanic has been awarded $9.1 million in a jury trial. It was a malpractice suit against his anesthesiologists after he suffered spinal cord damage and paralysis following a 2012 surgery. Court documents allege that Joseph Lakoskey an anesthesiologist left him dangerously dehydrated before his surgery that was performed at North Memorial Medical Center…

This week, the Missouri Supreme Court heard a case from a family that wants to challenge the state law limiting the amount of damages they can receive after the mother of the family died following heart surgery. In February 2011, Dodson went to Mercy Hospital to undergo a “routine catheterization” procedure. During the procedure, one…

An attorney who was accused of giving a client substandard advice during the client’s divorce case has now been told she is not allowed to use her communication with the client to write off a malpractice action that was brought against her. The ruling by Judge John C. Gemmill is just the latest in a…

A jury in Coles County has awarded damages to a woman who claims that she was injured during a surgical procedure at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center seven years ago. The lawsuit filed by Cheryl Long, who sued the hospital in 2013. Her lawsuit claimed her trachea was injured when a breathing apparatus was inserted…

A widow has initiated a lawsuit against two Buffalo-area hospitals after the death of her husband. According to court documents filed in Monroe County,. Tammy Cleveland says her husband, Michael, was still alive when an emergency room doctor declared him dead last year. Cleveland claims in her suit that if the medical staff had listened…

A medical malpractice lawsuit has been brought by a Colinsville, IL couple against an area hospital and a medical supply company in what they claim was a botched hip surgery. According to court documents filed in Madison County Circuit Court on September 19th, Ronald and Stella Vivoid have filed their medical malpractice lawsuit naming Hoemedica…