Medical Malpractice

In 2019, man named Anuj Thapa filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Minnesota orthopedic center, and in 2022 was awarded $110 million for pain and suffering damages by a jury. A federal magistrate judge, however, has deemed that award excessive. According to an article published by Law360, Thapa is expected to have ongoing pain…

Law360 has listed some of the top personal injury and medical malpractice awards of 2023. Among them include a $1.2 billion award in a revenge porn case, and an $980 million jury verdict in Pennsylvania. 1. Houston woman awarded $1.2 billion in a revenge porn suit In Harris County, Texas, a jury awarded $1.2 billion…

Florida’s 4th DCA has reversed a trial judge who awarded damages in a medical malpractice case. The case is against Holy Cross Hospital, among others. The plaintiff accuses the hospital and doctors of not ordering a scan on a woman fast enough which according to the suit resulted in the woman’s death. The hospital and…

In the biggest medical malpractice verdict in Westchester County history, a New York jury found a local hospital liable for negligent care given to a stroke patient, resulting in catastrophic brain damage. The jury awarded Lee and his representatives $9.4 million for past and future pain and suffering, $51 million for past and future lost…

This past November, an Arizona jury awarded a family $33 million in damages, the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. The jury found Banner Health Hospital liable for a newborn’s birth injury. Greyson Griepentrog suffered a brain injury called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy from oxygen deprivation. The lawsuit alleged that hospital employees spent 14 hours administering…

United Airlines settles claims that its negligent handling of a disabled passenger caused him to be a quadriplegic for $30 million In the case of Nathaniel Foster Jr. et al. v. United Airlines Holdings Inc. et al., case number 3:19-cv-02530, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the parties settled after…

In a change to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure which takes effect immediately, the Florida Supreme Court is making it easier for medical providers to deny medical malpractice lawsuits by changing the procedural rules relating to when malpractice cases can be appealed. Per Florida Politics: The court rejected a motion by the University of…