New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

A woman in Helena, Alabama was recently given the go ahead to proceed with a wrongful death claim following a miscarriage. The ruling was handed down from the state’s Supreme Court, overturning a previous ruling by Jefferson County court, which had dismissed the woman’s claim.

In Alabama, children are protected from the moment of conception. Justices of the high court used this as a basis for their ruling. According to the justices, the original judge was incorrect in ruling that the doctor in the case could not be held liable for the miscarriage because the child would not have been viable if born.

According to documents from the hearing, Kimberly Stinnett had been informed of her pregnancy on May 9, 2012. Two days after learning of her pregnancy, Stinnett experienced cramping and a fever. She called her doctor and was told to go to the emergency room. Stinnett advised doctors that she had had two prior miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy.

A woman in Las Vegas is claiming that she was sent a bill for a surgery that caused her to be admitted to the hospital. Nicole Balangkura underwent a procedure that was supposed to help her conceive a child. Instead, the procedure caused injury that could prevent that from ever happening, and now she is being asked to pay for that procedure.

According to reports, Balangkura underwent a procedure to remove pre-cancer cells from her cervix. The procedure was recommended by her gynecologist and was performed at WellHealth Women’s Specialty Care by Dr. Jasmine Pedroso. Balangkura told reporters that she was already nervous about the procedure and her nerves were heightened when she entered the cluttered office.

Balangkura was given a numbing injection before the procedure started and was immediately thrown into extreme pain. She lost her hearing and her vision, and Balangkura suffered a migraine almost immediately. She was informed of Pedroso’s mistake when she was taken to the emergency room: The doctor had injected the solution directly into Balangkura’s bloodstream.

Two women in Miami visited Dr. Osak Omulepu for Brazilian Butt Lifts, and an administrative law judge has ruled that the doctor ultimately committed medical malpractice. Both women were subjected to injury during their procedures. The state was able to prove negligence as it applied to the standard of care the doctor provided to the women.

A medical malpractice hearing was conducted two months ago based upon complaints from four separate patients. Each said that they were injured by Omulepu in early 2015. Judge Mary Creasy ruled that the state had been able to prove six of the nine counts that were filed. Those counts included not documenting medical records properly and a failure to provide the accepted standard of care.

One of the victims spend almost a month in a coma following her procedure. Two women suffered organ punctures during their surgeries. Yet another woman spent four months in the hospital following her procedure. The doctor was found to have been guilty of causing the perforations, including a hole in the colon of one of the patients. One of the women experienced punctures in her liver and damage to her chest and abdominal wall.

The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that the family of a murdered Spokane woman and her son can sue the killer’s psychiatrist. The family says that the doctor in question should have done more to protect the victims in this case.

According to police reports, Rebecca Schiering and her 9-year-old son were killed by her ex-finace. Jan DeMeerler killed the pair in 201o, also attempting to kill a 17-year-old son but failing to do so. A second 9-year-old escaped harm, and DeMeerler committed suicide.

Family members told reporters that the woman had moved out of DeMeerler’s home only two months prior to the attack. She had moved out after the man had  hurt one of her sons. The couple attempted to patch things up but broke up for good the day before DeMeerler killed the woman and her child.

The Detroit Medical Center will soon be facing a lawsuit over a botched tonsillectomy. According to reports, the common surgery caused the death of a 9-year old child, and the family of the girl is accusing the hospital of discharging their son too soon.

Sonia Gambrell, the mother of Anyialah Greer, is seeking to sue the hospital that also owns Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The child, Gambrell claims, died at home just hours after being discharged from the hospital. Greer was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan on December 8. The child was scheduled to undergo one of the most common surgeries for children in the United States.

According to statistics, approximately one in 15,000 patients die as a result of this surgery. The death may be due to anesthesia complications or bleeding, among other issues. Despite these numbers, Gambrell believes that doctors could have done more for her daughter. The official cause of death for the child is cardiac arrest. Gambrell says that her daughter complained of feeling unwell after she was released from the hospital.

When people are injured at work, they have an assumption that their employer will make good on the injury. Worker’s compensation kicks into gear and medical costs are covered. When people visit a doctor after an injury, they reasonably expect that injury to be taken care of properly. When these things don’t occur, a person has the legal option to file a lawsuit.

The WWE is a world-famous wrestling franchise. It’s athletes are well known and as famous as any other celebrities. The wrestlers, by their own admission, make great deals of money to entertain the masses while doing what they love. Why, then, are some so bitter? Ryback is just one of the athletes who are shedding light on what happens behind the scenes at the WWE. When the cameras are off, people may be surprised at what has been taking place.

According to Ryback, a botched ankle repair threatened to end his career. Filing a lawsuit seemed to be a good option, but that, too, threatened his career. Here is what happened.

Loretta Macpherson passed away on December 3, 2014 after being given the wrong medication at St. Charles Bend. A staff person with the inpatient pharmacy filled an IV bag given to Macpherson with the wrong medication, ultimately killing the 65-year-old woman. A decision was made the the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office to file no criminal charges in the case.

District Attorney John Hummel released a statement that said, “After a thorough review of the facts of this case, and a consideration of the steps St. Charles has taken to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again, I concluded that forgoing the initiation of criminal charges was in the interest of justice.”

When the case was filed, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, Dr. Michel Boileau, said that the pharmacy had received the correct order. The bag was ultimately labeled correctly, indicating that it contained the anti-seizure medication that had been ordered. It had been filled, however, with a paralyzing agent. The hospital has since taken undisclosed steps to help ensure that a similar error does not occur in the future.

A man in Portsmouth, Virginia is alleging that he was given the wrong medication by a pharmacist at Walgreens. As a result, the man did not get better and may have, in fact, gotten worse.

According to Travis Wysong, he went to Walgreens in Portsmouth to pick up two prescriptions. Because of the pain he was experiencing due to a fractured neck, he took two pills as soon as he got into his car. The information on the outside of the bag matched the written prescriptions he was given.

After taking the medication, Wysong began to feel sweaty and “clammy.” He looked at the bottles of medication and discovered they were for someone else. There was a different name and different labels on the bottles than were on the outside of his bag. Wysong returned to Walgreens immediately, frightened that he was having a reaction. His medications were exchanged and he was told to go to the emergency room if his symptoms worsened.

A patient is alleging medical malpractice on the part of Lincoln Surgical Associates Ltd. and Dr. Vidya Shankran. The patient underwent a leg surgery, known as a medial gastrocnemius flap. He contends that as a result of a lack of denervation of the flap and a lack of post-surgical care that was appropriate, he suffered permanent injury, extensive pain, a loss of enjoyment of life, and the requirement for multiple surgeries to repair the damage.

According to the patient, Andrew Dahm, doctors at the hospital failed to perform the appropriate care after his surgery. He is also claiming that doctors did not perform the procedure correctly. As a result, Dahm is suffering with disabling injuries and is seeking more than $50,000 from each defendant. Dahm is also seeking to be compensated for the costs of the lawsuit.

Like any other patient, Dahm had the expectation that his surgery would be performed correctly and that he would awake with less pain, not more. No person expects to be disabled due to a surgery, nor should they. When a surgeon or doctor makes a mistake, the should be held liable for the injuries and suffering they cause.