When many people envision how they will die, very few imagine it will be at the hands of a doctor. However in North Carolina that is the case for many victims of medical malpractice. A psychiatrist and professor at Duke University recently wrote this about medical malpractice: “I have a friend who has lung cancer…
Two North Carolina siblings have recently filed a medical malpractice suit against Wake Forest University Health Services and North Carolina Baptist Hospital. The lawsuit claims that the hospitals and doctors at the facilities were negligent in their care of their father, Terry Wayne Utt. According to the lawsuit, Utt died at 60 years old at…
What Happened: A jury in Hertford County, NC recently handed down what is likely the largest medical malpractice award in the county’s history. In the case, the estate of John Henry Perry won $4 million after a lawsuit was filed by Perry’s niece, Bonita Smith Ellis. The lawsuit was filed against Onward Healthcare, Inc. and…
Allegedly overaggressive hospital security at North Carolina’s Cape Fear Valley Medical Center resulted in a patient dying, according to the Fayetteville Observer. In April 2011, AlliedBarton security guards at the NC hospital placed a schizophrenic patient in a choke hold after he was taken by ambulance to the emergency room with signs of paranoia. Then, hospital…
My colleague Jim Lewis has written a new post for our law firm’s the medical malpractice blog site about a jury award in North Carolina (NC). The $25 million verdict was against the Cape Fear Valley Health System for failing to recognize that a boy admitted to the hospital was the victim of child abuse. DM