Medical Malpractice
Representative Cases
- Plaintiff sued hospital and doctors alleging malpractice during delivery of Plaintiff’s child, leading to an unnecessary emergency hysterectomy. Defendants denied any negligence.
- Plaintiff, a minor infant, was admitted to university hospital where a catheter was placed in his heart as part of emergency medical treatment. The catheter pierced Plaintiff’s heart and caused cardiac arrest. Plaintiff sustained significant brain injury which left him permanently catastrophically injured and disabled. Defendant hospital and medical staff denied negligence.
- Plaintiff alleged that hospital and medical staff Defendants were negligent when, despite only being admitted for a headache, Plaintiff contracted a bacterial infection through an IV which spread to her spine and ultimately required a full spinal fusion. Defendants denied any liability.
- Plaintiff sued university hospital and treating urologist for failure to diagnose cancer resulting in mistreatment of his illness and wrongful death. Defendants denied any negligence.
- Plaintiff, decedent’s wife, sued university hospital and surgeons alleging surgical malpractice resulting in her husband’s death. Decedent was admitted to hospital for surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his neck. During surgery, Decedent’s innominate artery broke leading to massive bleeding and death. Defendant hospital and doctors denied negligence.
- Plaintiff sued hospital and surgeons for medical malpractice related to knee replacement surgery, after which Plaintiff developed arterial occlusion resulting in severely diminished blood flow to her right lower leg and foot. Due to complicating problems, Plaintiff developed a permanent foot drop and limp.
