GWINNETT, Ga. – (AP) — A malpractice suit says a Georgia woman has permanent brain damage after going in for liposuction and a tummy tuck. News media report that the dermatologist who operated on her made more than 20 YouTube videos of herself singing and dancing during other operations. In one video Dr. Windell Boutte…(Read More)
Wisconsin’s burgeoning $1.4 billion insurance fund for doctors and state-mandated caps on damages in malpractice cases will go on trial Thursday when the state Supreme Court wrestles with the question of whether a woman who lost all four limbs to malpractice should collect millions of dollars for pain and suffering. The narrow…(Read More)
The family of a Texas child who sustained lasting scalp injuries days after she was born at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in 2012 was awarded more than $47 million in a medical malpractice case Thursday. Jurors awarded the total – an apparent Pennsylvania federal court record – following a three-day civil trial in which a judge…(Read More)
A Chatham County State Court jury on Tuesday awarded a Savannah woman $18 million in medical malpractice damages stemming from medical care that left her paralyzed. The jury before Judge J. Hamrick Gnann Jr. awarded damages to Joan Simmons, 58, of $18 million proportioned between Southcoast Medical Group and Dr. Sarah Barbour and St. Joseph…(Read More)
A well-regarded surgeon lost a malpractice suit in 1st District Court, and on Thursday his former patient was awarded $167,000 in damages. Dr. Mark T. Hansen was accused of severing the wrong duct during a laparoscopic gallbladder removal, resulting in additional surgery and ongoing medical problems for…(Read More)