Judge oks $25 million settlement in Katrina hospital suit 
Published: August 12, 2011
Tags: class action, hospital, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, negligence
A Louisiana judge has given a preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit by plaintiffs against a New Orleans hospital that was submerged in flood waters after the levees broke following Hurricane Katrina.
Settlement reached in Army malpractice claim
Published: August 9, 2011
Tags: Army, hospital, Kentucky, medical malpractice, military, wrongful death
An Army soldier who filed a lawsuit over the treatment of his wife’s cancer at a military hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., has reached a settlement with the federal government for $2.15 million.
Couple wins $34 million medical malpractice verdict
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: brain injury, hospital, medical malpractice, New York
In what may be the largest civil verdict in Orange County, N.Y. history, a jury has awarded a Montague, N.J., woman and her husband more than $34 million in a medical malpractice case.
UCLA pays $865,500 to settle celebrity medical record snooping case
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: California, data breach, hospital, medical records, university
UCLA Health System has agreed to pay $865,500 as part of a settlement with federal regulators after two celebrity patients alleged hospital employees broke the law and reviewed their medical records without authorization.
Woman reaches $5.25 million settlement with hospital and doctor
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: amputation, Connecticut, hospital, medical malpractice, medical negligence
A settlement has been reached in a malpractice suit brought against Dr. Ramon Mabasa and New Milford Hospital by a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of complications from spinal surgery performed at the hospital in 2005.
Anesthesiologist wins $8.8 million in hospital suit
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: failure to warn, hospital, Nevada
A Las Vegas anesthesiologist suspended from University Medical Center has won an $8.8 million jury award after accusing the hospital of not properly notifying him of allegations against him.
Jury awards widow $6.7 million in medical malpractice suit
Published: June 16, 2011
Tags: hospital, Maine, medical malpractice, medical negligence, wrongful death
A Penobscot County, Maine jury has awarded a widow more than $6.7 million in a medical malpractice suit against Eastern Maine Medical Center and Dr. Lawrence Nelson, a Bangor surgeon.
Man wins $5.4 million medical malpractice award over bedsores
Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: bedsores, hospital, medical malpractice, New York
A jury in New York State Supreme Court awarded a man $5.4 million Friday in a medical malpractice trial after severe bedsores he suffered in the hospital almost five years ago led to a debilitating hip infection and other complications.
Hospital settles doctor-sex abuse suits
Published: May 10, 2011
Tags: child sex abuse, Connecticut, doctor, failure to monitor, hospital, sexual abuse
A Connecticut hospital has settled 32 lawsuits involving a late doctor suspected of molesting scores of children over three decades in what police investigators say was a bogus human growth study.
Philip Morris, others win favorable verdict in Mo.
Published: May 4, 2011
Tags: cigarette, hospital, Missouri, Philip Morris, tobacco
Philip Morris USA and other major tobacco companies have won a lawsuit filed by 37 Missouri hospitals seeking more than $455 million for treating sick smokers.
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