Medical center ordered to pay $3.5 million to man 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 28, 2010
Tags: brain injury, failure to diagnose, failure to treat, infection, Pennsylvania
An Erie County, Pa. jury awarded a classical pianist and his wife $3.5 million to compensate them for the debilitating brain damage the man suffered after doctors at Hamot Medical Center failed to diagnose and treat a brain infection he suffered in December 2007.
Transplant patient receives $6 million settlement over infected kidney
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Illinois, infection, medical malpractice, organ transplant
A transplant patient who contracted bacterial meningitis from an infected kidney — which went untreated for weeks and resulted in brain damage — will receive a $6 million settlement from Rush University Medical Center.
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