$11.1 Million Awarded To Family Of Nine-Year-Old In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Florida jury has awarded $11.1 million to the family of a 9-year-old boy in a medical malpractice case filed against All Children’s Hospital, reports the St. Petersburg Times.

In August 2000, the boy — then 3 months old — was taken to the hospital after being sick for days with vomiting and diarrhea. After about 4 hours, the mother was told he was fine and she could take him home. The next morning, he was rushed back to All Children’s Hospital when he had trouble breathing. The lawsuit alleged the hospital and the medical staff did not properly check the child for dehydration on the first visit, causing him to suffer from irreversible brain damage.

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Jury Awards $893,684 Over 2001 Birth Injury

The Janesville Gazette reports $893,684 has been awarded to the parents of a baby boy who suffered permanent injury to his shoulder during his birth in 2001.

The parents sued Janesville’s Mercy Hospital, Mercy Women’s Health Center, Mercy Clinic West and two doctors, claiming they were negligent in the way they handled the mother’s labor and the birth of her son.

Among other things, the lawsuit alleged the doctors should have advised the parents of the risks of a vaginal delivery and that it could be hazardous to the infant. The lawsuit alleges the doctors did not properly dislodge the baby’s shoulder when it got stuck during delivery, causing the nerves to stretch, causing permanent damage. The boy, now 8-years-old, has limited strength, dexterity and motion in his shoulder.

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$166,000 Awarded To Woman Injured By Drunk Driver

Georgia Gainesvilletimes.com reports a Hall County jury has awarded $166,000 to a 57-year-old woman who suffered serious injuries in a car crash caused by a drunk driver in 2007.

The drunk driver’s Tahoe struck a Honda Civic with such force it was knocked into the woman’s PT Cruiser, causing an open compound fracture to her ankle, according to the article, and she continues to have pain and loss of motion in that ankle. The passengers in the Honda were also injured — one had to be airlifted to a hospital.

The drunk driver had only minimum insurance which went to the family in the Honda. The injured woman had underinsured motorist coverage but chose to let the jury decide the amount she should receive for her injuries.

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Radiation Overdose Leads To Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A patient who allegedly received an overdose of radiation during a CT scan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against the hospital and General Electric Healthcare, maker of the scanner.

The lawsuit claims negligence on the part of the hospital and the manufacturer in regards to performing the scans. The equipment error went undetected for 18 months and involved 206 patients who received eight times the normal dose of radiation.

In addition to negligence, the lawsuit alleges medical malpractice, product liability, and breach of warranty.

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Phoenix To Pay Family $250K After Airport Death

The city of Phoenix has offered a $250,000 settlement to the three young children of a woman who strangled herself two years ago while in police custody at the Sky Harbor International Airport, reports KPHO News.

The city and police deny any wrongdoing on their part and offered the settlement because it would cost three times that amount if the case went to trial. The original amount sought by the children for negligence was $8 million.

The 45-year-old woman was drunk and unruly after missing her flight to Tucson where she was to attend a substance-abuse rehab clinic, according to the news report. The police arrested her and put her in a holding cell where she accidentally strangled herself while being chained to a bench.

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Alleged Hospital Error Using Fentanyl Patch Fatal To Autistic Teen

A wrongful death lawsuit alleges a 15-year-old Autistic boy died in March when he was given a Fentanyl patch to alleviate his pain from a routine tooth extraction, reports Seattlepi.com.

Seattle Children’s Hospital sent Michael home with his mother on March 9, following the extraction, with the fentanyl patch for pain, according to a civil suit filed earlier this month in Washington’s King County Superior Court. Family members found him unresponsive the next morning and paramedics were unable to revive him – he was pronounced dead at his home.

The medical examiner report states the boy died from a drug overdose caused by the fentanyl patch, which is usually used for patients with chronic pain such as cancer patients, the newspaper reports.

Children’s Medical Director has admitted the hospital staff erred when if prescribed the fentanyl to Michael, according to the article. The hospital now has a system in place to prevent such tragedies, which it did not have at the time Michael was given the patch.

The FDA has warned against the misuse of the patch system since 2005 and in a recent public health advisory warned against prescribing the patch in situations identical to Michael’s, the article stated.

The civil lawsuit against the hospital was filed by Michael’s mother.

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$3.7 Million Awarded To Family After Farm Worker’s Death

The Green Bay Press Gazette reports a Brown County, Wisconsin jury has awarded the family of a farm worker $3.7 million in their medical malpractice lawsuit.

The worker died after contracting a fungal infection called blastomycosis. On two separate occasions in December of 2003 the man sought medical treatment at the Bellin Family Medical Facility. The physician assistants misdiagnosed him as having pneumonia without running basic diagnostic tests, including x-rays. In late December, he was admitted to another hospital where he was correctly diagnosed, but it was too late to save his life.

The jury found Bellin Health System and Dr. Peri Aldrich, who oversees the physician assistants, negligent and awarded his wife and two young children $3.7 million.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Maker of Yaz / Yasmin

The Southeast Texas Record reports a woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer Corp., Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Bayer Healthcare LLC. The woman is claiming the birth control pills she had taken, made by Bayer, caused the death of her unborn daughter.

Candice Richardson took the oral contraceptive Yaz/Yasmin and claims she then suffered blood clotting and related injuries which resulted in her being hospitalized and her daughter being stillborn at 27 weeks. She claims the manufacturers misrepresented the pills’ benefits and their adverse side effects. Richardson filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Sept. 18, 2009, individually and as a representative of the estate of her dead child.

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$500,000 Awarded To Woman Hit By Police Car

The Oregonian reports the most expensive verdict in the history of the city of Beaverton has been awarded to a 27 year-old pedestrian hit by a police car in February, 2007. The town will pay $507,500.

The accident happened when the woman and her brother were trying to cross a highway at an unmarked crossing used by transit riders. The pair saw headlights in the distance but thought they had enough time to safely cross. The police officer told investigators all he saw was a pair of white shoes, tried to slow down then hit something.

The woman suffered injuries to her left leg, collar bone, back, hip, and ribs. She still walks with a cane and has not been able to return to work.

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