death | Mr. Med Mal 2024 v2

Here is what juries are doing in Hawai`i and across the country. Feel free to comment. Mahalo.

Jul 13, 2022

$30 Million jury verdict against Hospital and ER surgeon for delay

Victim was bystander in drive-by shooting, was rushed to ER. ER doctor was performing an elective surgery and did not do anything to...

Jul 13, 2022

$3 Million jury verdict following death during botched surgery

35 year-old was having a benign growth removed from her uterus when her blood pressure dropped but the surgeon kept going. After a 7-day...

Jul 13, 2022

$42.5 Million jury verdict against nursing home after 77-year old woman dies

Jury found against facility for $42.5 Million. Facility repeatedly administered sedatives to woman against her primary doctor’s...

Jul 13, 2022

$8.72 Million jury verdict after botched laparoscopy surgery

A 26 year-old woman agreed to an exploratory laparoscopy to find the cause of her abdominal pain. The surgery was performed by a...

Jul 13, 2022

$5 Million jury verdict for Feeding-Tube Death of 88 year-old

An 88-year-old man died after a feeding tube was improperly inserted into his lung, filling it with feeding solution.

Jul 13, 2022

$6 Million jury verdict for failure to diagnose cancer timely

A 58 year-old assistant professor underwent a colonoscopy and was told he did not have cancer. Two years later, he died of cancer. The...

Jul 13, 2022

$10.2 Million jury verdict for neglecting care home patient

A 15-year old boy, who suffered from seizures and cerebral palsy, was found unresponsive one morning in the care home he was permanently...

Jul 13, 2022

$4.5 Million Settlement in Brain Injury case after improper stroke treatment

63 year-old patient was suffering from long standing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heart periodically deviates...

Jul 13, 2022

$335 Million jury verdict for husband after hospital caused wife’s death

Primary care physician was sued after woman died after giving birth, because physician failed to document woman’s enlarged vein and...

Jul 13, 2022

$6.3 Million jury verdict after failure to refer to cardiologist leads to death

Plaintiff underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor. Weeks later, he experienced stroke like symptoms and underwent and EKG. Although...

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