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Docs misdiagnose aneurysm and patient dies; must pay $29M; more
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
“If you just treat people based on what the likelihood is, statistically, you’re going to miss a lot of life-threatening conditions.”
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Clinic responsible for misdiagnosing newborn’s meningitis, must pay millions
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
In a separate case, a Missouri doctor accused of incorrectly treating a woman’s embolism has been found not liable for her death.
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Hospital misdiagnoses blood clot as sciatica; must pay millions
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
“Honestly, the reason this happened was because the communication ... in the emergency department between the nurses and providers was nonexistent...
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ED doc and group owe $13.5M after patient’s serious brain injury
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
A scan was administered at about 5:50 PM, almost 12 hours since Mr. Stiefel had first arrived at the ED. It showed that he had a torn artery in...
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Doc never met patient who died from insect bite, but negligence suit moves forward; more
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
An appeals decision is the result of a case involving a man who arrived at a hospital complaining of neck pain and an insect bite.
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Singer is paralyzed after delay in care; hospital must pay
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
In a suit, the singer alleged that a doctor had probably ‘nicked a blood vessel’ during an epidural steroid injection procedure, causing...
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Docs used permanent, not temporary stitches; lawsuits result
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
Lakeland Regional Health sent letters to patients who had undergone “wrong stitch” surgeries, cautioning of possible postsurgical complications....
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Jury decides against hospital and surgeon who died by suicide
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
The surgery allegedly failed to fully repair Cox’s left ankle, which led to the professional football player’s early retirement.
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Clinic and doc must pay millions after faulty hernia surgery
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
The patient had a perforated bowel, which led to an infection that required an extended hospital stay and five additional surgeries. The infection...
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Two congressmen targeting ‘gender transition’ physicians
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
The House and Senate bills would make doctors liable for any gender transition surgery on a minor that results in injury, whether physical,...
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Doc’s misdiagnosis causes former firefighter to lose leg from flesh-eating bacterial infection
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
At the urgent care center, he was examined by a primary care physician who diagnosed him with an ankle sprain.
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A doctor’s missed diagnosis results in mega award
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
Over time, the patient underwent more than 20 surgeries on his leg to deal with the ongoing pain and other complications.
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Doctor accused of ‘fraudulent concealment’ can’t be held liable
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
The Iowa Supreme Court dismissed a knotty claim against a local doctor and hospital accused of concealing a woman’s renal cancer.
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Doc fails to order crucial tests; paralyzed patient wins $17 million; more
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
The neurosurgeon/spine specialist didn’t order a presurgical MRI of his patient’s thoracic spine. Typically, such a scan would have been used to...
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Doc’s botched surgery leads to incontinence and $10 million judgment; more
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- Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA
Though successful, the procedure still left Ms. Nugent with, what are for now at least, intractable symptoms.