February 2, 2010

Woman Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit after Doctor Fails to Detect Breast Cancer

A gynecologist failed to discover a growing mass on a woman’s breast. The mass was then detected a year later by her family physician and was determined to be terminal cancer. The 34-year-old woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against her gynecologist claiming that the doctor failed to discover the cancer during her exam. The woman had filled out a form that clearly stated she had a pain in her breast. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the family doctor had felt something in the victim’s breast during a breast exam and encouraged her to seek a mammogram. It was then discovered that she had a cancerous tumor growing in her breast. The cancer spread to a bone in her back and it was determined that the cancer was incurable. To learn more about the medical malpractice lawsuit, please click the link.

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Posted In: Failure to Diagnose Cancer, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Diagnose

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January 31, 2010

13 Hospitals are Fined for Medical Errors

A state’s officials have fined 13 hospitals for medical errors that have killed or seriously injured patients. A report shows that one hospital was fined $50,000 with the death of a patient that died after he pulled out his tracheotomy tube although there were instructions that that patient be restrained and supervised. There was also a fine given to a hospital that misdiagnosed an ectopic pregnancy. A woman’s oxygen levels were not monitored correctly, leading to another fine. A patient died after nurses failed to notice that his heart monitor was disconnected. These are just a few of the examples of the 98,000 people who die every year as a result of medical error. To learn more about the hospital fines, please click the link.

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Posted In: Failure to Maintain Records, Misdiagnosis, Surgical Error, Government Reports

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October 8, 2009

Family Awarded $4.3 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A family was worried when their newborn had large bruises on her body, yet their doctors told her parents not to worry. Soon the baby’s skin turned yellow, her liver showed signs of scarring and a blood clot formed in her brain. A few days later their newborn was steps away from death. SunSentinel.com reported that the doctors told the parents different things every day. Fortunately, the baby survived, but the virus she acquired left her with lifelong disabilities. Now she has severe vision problems and permanent cirrhosis of the liver. Recently, a jury awarded the family a $4.3 medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctors who treated the baby. The jury found that the doctors ignored symptoms that pointed to an enterovirus, a mild illness that can become deadly in infants without a developed immune system. The doctors also committed medical mistake to take blood and liver tests that could have easily identified the virus. The blood clot damaged parts of the baby’s brain, and now she is left with a learning disability that affects her school work. Failure to diagnose is one of the many medical errors that doctors commit. To read more about the medical malpractice lawsuit, please click the link.

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October 5, 2009

Jury Awards $3.7 million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A jury awarded the survivors of a deceased farm worker $3.7 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The man died January 1, 2004, after contracting blastomycosis, a fungal infection often transmitted through water or soil. The man had visited a medical center twice in December of 2003 complaining of illness. The man was seen by physician assistants who determined he had pneumonia. The health care center failed to run basic diagnostic tests, including X-rays. He was admitted to a hospital on December 23, 2003 and diagnosed with blastyomycosis, but it was too late to save his life. The jury found that the health system and the doctor who was responsible for overseeing the physician assistant were medically negligent. Unfortunately, the award will be reduced because the state has medical malpractice caps. To read more about the medical error, please click the link.

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Posted In: Misdiagnosis, Verdicts and Settlements, Wrongful Death

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June 25, 2009

Hospital Pays Out in Medical Malpractice

A woman who claims she was misdiagnosed at a hospital who confused her x-rays filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital. The woman claims while at the hospital suffering from a ruptured diaphragm, miscommunication ensued over her x-rays which led doctors to diagnose her with a urinary tract infection and muscle strain. When the emergency room finally corrected this medical misdiagnosis several weeks later, doctors had to surgically remove a third of her stomach. The woman’s medical malpractice attorney claims the woman has had six corrective surgeries since the hospital’s negligence. A jury awarded her $5 million against the hospital.

Read more about the medical malpractice jury award here.

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June 22, 2009

Man’s Misdiagnosed Staph Infection Settles Big

A man with a staph infection was misdiagnosed and filed a medical malpractice suit. The man’s medical malpractice attorney claims his client went to the emergency room complaining of headaches, shakes, and fever. The doctor on duty told the man he had a strain of flu and just needed rest. Instead the man had a staph infection in which he almost lost his life. The jury awarded the man $5.45 million dollars for medical malpractice.

Read more about the medical misdiagnosis here.

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June 19, 2009

Medical Negligence Attorneys Reach $2M Settlement

A woman who complained of chest pains was misdiagnosed by a physician which led to permanent heart damage. The woman later filed a medical malpractice claim against the physician for misdiagnosing her chest pains. The medical insurer for the physician group the doctor belonged to also claimed that the group did not properly report the medical malpractice claim. The judge for the medical malpractice suit concluded that the woman should receive $2 million in damages.

Read more about the medical malpractice settlement here.

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June 18, 2009

Man Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Medical Mistakes Made

A man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a medical center claiming they made a series of medical mistakes while treating him for severe abdominal pain. The man was rushed to the hospital where he claims he was misdiagnosed and told he needed surgery. When undergoing surgery, the man claims the doctors realized they were wrong about needing to perform the surgery in the first place on the man. Later, the man was diagnosed with a digital hernia from the surgical procedure.

Read more about the medical negligence lawsuithere.

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May 23, 2009

Bowel Obstruction Undiagnosed at Hospital

A man died from a bowel obstruction after a hospital sent him home days earlier when he reported abdominal pain. The family claims the hospital was negligent and thus decided to file a medical malpractice claim against the hospital. X-rays show that the emergency room doctor failed to recognize a bowel obstruction in the man’s stomach, according to the deceased’s family.

Read more about the hospital malpractice here.

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Posted In: Misdiagnosis, Hospital Negligence

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May 7, 2009

Jury Awards Medical Malpractice Victim $12 M

Medical malpractice lawyers recently argued their client’s case in front of a judge and jury and received a reward of $12 million for the 33-year-old woman who suffered disability and brain damage during a routine colonoscopy and endoscopy. During the procedure, the doctor perforated her small intestine. After the procedure, the plaintiff developed common symptoms of a perforated small intestine, including severe pain and vomiting. When she contacted the doctor, he prescribed her anti-vomiting medications. The next day, her pain continued and she was taken to the emergency room where they diagnosed her condition. Because of this delayed diagnosis, she went into cardiac arrest, leading to brain damage and permanent disability. Follow the link to read the full article about this medical negligence case.

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Posted In: Misdiagnosis, Surgical Error, Surgical Error

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April 21, 2009

Doctors Fail to Diagnose Malrotation

Malrotation is an “abnormal alignment of the bowels that can cut off blood flow to the intestines,” according to the article. Doctors told a woman not to worry when they misdiagnosed her baby's conditions. They assumed the baby was only spitting up when he really suffered from malrotation. According to the article, “treatment is often delayed because parents and pediatricians mistake the symptoms for those of other, less serious conditions.” This condition is fatal. Failure to diagnose medical conditions often leads to medical malpractice suits.

Read more about diagnosing this medical condition here.

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April 2, 2009

Lack of Treatment Gets Doctors in Trouble

A man’s death brings a lawsuit against a hospital and doctor for lack of treatment. The deceased’s family alleges that when he was admitted to the emergency room at the hospital for a fever the doctor failed to diagnose the man for an ulcer that developed. According to his family, the failed diagnosis brought the man pain, suffering, and ultimately his death.

Read more about the alleged failed diagnosis here.

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March 29, 2009

Bill Hopes to Hold Military Medical Personnel Accountable

A military officer’s skin cancer was overlooked and later misdiagnosed as a wart by two different military doctors. When seeking out a third opinion after his tour was over, he learned he had stage three skin cancer and died 18 months later. The medical misdiagnosis led to legislation introduced in the House. The legislation allows military personnel to sue the government for medical malpractice.

Read more about the medical malpractice legislation here.

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March 28, 2009

Misdiagnosis Leads to Big Jury Award

A doctor at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois misdiagnosed an Air Force officer’s ex-wife’s rash on her arm. He told the woman to go home and take over-the-counter medication for her rash. The condition was not a rash but a flesh eating bacteria. The medical misdiagnosis caused the woman to lose the use of her arm. The woman was awarded $8.5 million for her medical malpractice claim.

Read more about the medical misdiagnosis here.

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March 19, 2009

Family Sues Over Son’s Misdiagnosis and Negligence

A hospital’s misdiagnosis a boy’s cancer led to his death according to his family’s complaint filed against the hospital. The hospital originally diagnosed the son with bacterial meningitis and released him. The condition later was determined to be an aggressive form of anaplastic central nervous system T-cell lymphoma cancer that killed the boy. Two of the four patients that received the boy’s organs have died from the cancer. The lawsuit also claims doctor negligence.

Read more about the hospital’s misdiagnosis lawsuit here.

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Posted In: Emergency Rooms, Failure to Diagnose Cancer, Misdiagnosis, Transplant Error, Hospital Negligence, Surgical Error

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February 17, 2009

Doctor Gives Up License

A doctor accused of molesting female patients during medical procedures was told to suspend practice and turn in his license, according to the news article. The cosmetic surgeon was charged with sexual battery by fraud, sexual battery, and rape by a foreign object. Most of the women complainants were under anesthesia when molested. The doctor had also been accused of medical negligence . That patient claimed the doctor never reviewed a cancerous cyst removed from the patient.

Read more about the doctor’s legal battles here.

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January 19, 2009

What did my doctor just say?

Medical professionals have a tendency to speak in abbreviations. In such a busy, hectic setting such as an emergency room or a doctor’s office, abbreviations shorten time. However, some patients do not follow and are left in the dust. Here is a website where you can enter the abbreviation and then the search engine provides the definition.

Abbreviations can lead to medical malpractice when a handwritten abbreviation is misinterpreted as meaning something different than what the physician intended. In fact, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has issued a “do-not-use” list because of their probability of misinterpretation, leading to dosing errors and serious medical malpractice.

For the website.

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Posted In: Emergency Rooms, Medication Dosing Error, Misdiagnosis, Tips for Lawyers

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January 13, 2009

House Calls Save Money

One doctor believes if patients are treated at home it will reduce the cost of Medicare and medical outcomes will improve. The article provides a solution for healthcare reform. The doctor noticed through his years working with the elderly that his patients were aware of hospital dangers. He discusses false diagnoses by doctors attending to patients they do not regularly see. The doctor is adamant house calls will reduce mishaps that commonly occur due to hospital error.

For the full story, click here.

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Posted In: Misdiagnosis, Useful Publications, Current Issues

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Missed or delayed diagnosis of acute appendicities common medical mistake

The failure to diagnose acute appendicitis is one of the most common medical mistakes leading to medical malpractice lawsuits. As many as 30% of patients with acute appendicitis were initially misdiagnosed by a physician at a pervious medical examination. The most common diagnosis in missed appendicitis cases is Agastroenteritis. Delayed or missed diagnosis of acute appendicitis can have serious consequences including death, recurrent small bowel obstruction, impaired fertility in women, and extended hospital stays. Acute appendicitis should be considered a possible diagnosis with all complaints of abdominal pain. For the full article, click here.

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Posted In: Failure to Monitor Change in Condition, Misdiagnosis, Hot Button Issues, Wrongful Death

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November 22, 2008

Cancer misdiagnosis results in $3.6 million verdict

The family of a 47 year-old man who died as a result of a misdiagnosed skin cancer that spread to his brain has been awarded $5.8 million by a jury in a medical malpractice lawsuit. A tort reform damages cap however reduces the verdict to $3.6 million.

The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that the doctors failed to properly diagnose and remove a mole on his back following examinations in both 1998 and 2004. By the time it was discovered that the mole was cancerous in 2006, the cancer spread to his brain and other parts of the body.

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