Medical and Hospital Errors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another warning to LASIK eye surgery providers to stop making false claims and promises about the procedure.

A report recently released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revealed that in 2009, hospitals received $30.4 billion from Medicare to treat injuries that hospitals themselves inflicted. The hospitals harmed patients through faulty care, provided additional care to treat the harm they caused, billed Medicare for the corrective care, and then reaped a [...]

A Washington, D.C. Superior Court jury ordered the District government yesterday to pay $24.2 million to a brain-damaged 7-year-old girl whose heart stopped after she received poor treatment at D.C. General Hospital. District attorneys plan to appeal the amount of the award, which includes $8 million for Lynteakia Beal’s future care and $16 million for her pain and suffering.

Thanks to a $15.5 million jury award, Minnesota taxpayers won’t have to foot the bill for a lifetime of care for a child permanently disabled by birth injuries due to medical negligence, his lawyer said today. “The economic burden will fall on those responsible for his condition, not on public health services, which often pick up the tab in catastrophic situations. This is not only justice for the child and his family, but for society as a whole,” said Howard Janet, of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLP, Baltimore, MD.

On May 10, 2005, Ken Suggs received a $5.9 million verdict in the District of Columbia on behalf of a 62 year old woman and her husband. In the case, the surgeon and hospital failed to timely diagnose and treat a spinal epidural hematoma. The negligent failure to act promptly lead to the wife’s partial paraplegia and neurogenic bowel and bladder.

A York County jury on Friday awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a child who suffered a brain injury at birth. The award was against Piedmont Hospital.

On April 14, 2005, a South Carolina jury awarded Lisa and Damon Viele, and their daughter Elizabeth $3.7 million dollars to compensate them for Elizabeth’s cerebral palsy injuries that she suffered at birth following Lisa’s doctor’s failure to perform a timely delivery. At trial the jury agreed that the doctor should have saved Elizabeth when she had the chance. Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, was privileged to represent this wonderful family, and was pleased they were able to provide adequate compensation for the child’s future needs.

A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury has awarded a former Frederick couple $1.85 million for the wrongful death of their newborn son, their first child, according to court documents.

Lawyers for a couple who won a $4.4 million verdict in a York County medical malpractice case said an electronic display of fetal monitoring data helped the jury understand the medical technicalities behind the plaintiff’s claims.

By Autumn’s mother, Nancy: A mother’s personal account “My husband, Chuck, and I had been trying to have a child for some time. I was 38, so we were thrilled when we learned I was pregnant. All during my pregnancy my doctor kept telling me everything was going fine. “But then about a week before my due date, [...]

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