In a new post to our VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, attorney Emily Mapp Brannon reports and comments on a doctor’s negligence in failing to detect and appropriately treat a herniated disc. To read more, click over to “Misdiagnosis of Neck Injury Leaves Man Permanently Paralyzed.” EJL
In a new post to our VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, attorney Rick Shapiro comments on the unfairness and unconstitutionality of state-mandated caps on civil jury awards for pain and suffering. To read more, click over to “Family Denied Fair Compensation After Son Has Arm Permanently Paralyzed During Birth.” EJL
The Court determined that a state law which placed a cap on non-economic damages at $350,000 in medical malpractice cases violated the right to trial by jury.
What Happened: A woman lost her life after being diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP, an extremely rare blood disorder. A medical malpractice claim was filed against St. James Healthcare, the hospital where the woman was treated, because the hospital did not properly diagnose the woman. A jury awarded the missed diagnosis victim $1.8…
In 2006, a patient went to the hospital for a chest x-ray. The reviewing radiologist saw a mass in the patient’s left lung, but the radiologist failed to call the emergency room physician and the physician missed the mass as well. Nearly two years went by before the patient’s lung cancer was actually discovered. The…