An inmate claims that he was denied medical treatment after complaining of a skin disorder. He filed a claim for medical malpractice, and that claim was dismissed close to two weeks ago by the Deleware Supreme Court. According to court documents, Alan T. Brooks requested ultraviolet radiation treatment for vitiligo…
Dr. William Thompson is a man largely ignored by media outlets. He is a senior scientist for the CDC and in his career, he has published some of the most widely cited vaccine studies. Two, in fact, were the most commonly cited during the controversy over the MMR vaccine and…
A Rockford man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit eight years ago, claiming that former doctor LaDonna Waugh and Mercy Harvard Hospital were negligent in taking care of his post-operative complications. According to court records and media reports, Robert Kantner underwent weight loss surgery in 2006. After the surgery, his blood…
A Houston doctor is being sued by three families who are accusing the doctor and the hospital the doctor works for of mishandling their babies’ deliveries. One baby died and the other two have lifelong injuries to deal with. Dr. June Williams Colman and the East Houston Regional Medical Center,…
Last week, a woman who was forced to have her leg amputated as a result of medical malpractice was awarded $25 million by a Connecticut jury. Court documents tell a heartbreaking story. In 2009, Virginia Schneider, then 18, saw Dr. Marsel Huribal, complaining of pain in her left leg. The…
A man who lost the lower parts of both of his legs has been awarded nearly $9 million in what an attorney has called the largest malpractice verdict in the history of Butler County, Pennsylvania. According to court documents, Todd Wogan suffered from a colovesical fistula. He went to Butler…
A doctor in Chicago has been found guilty of medical malpractice after authorities discovered that he had been using homemade vaccines for children with allergies for more than 10 years. Dr. Ming Te Lin was found guilty of administering unapproved vaccines to children as young as seven days old. The…
A medical malpractice trial involving the family of a woman who died shortly after childbirth came to an end last week. The judge in the trial declared that it would stop after an attorney made a statement suggesting that the doctor involved in the case had played “Russian roulette” with…
As residents of the coastal states work to clean up the damage that Hurricane Matthew left in its wake, people in New York and other states will begin to offer their assistance. If you plan on counting yourself among those who will donate to the relief efforts, it is important…
Jason Simcakoski was prescribed approximately 14 different drugs when he visited the Wisconsin Veterans Affairs facility. He later died despite his family’s concerns that he was too sedate when they visited him. The family is now suing the facility, alleging medical malpractice. According to documents, Simcakoski was diagnosed, among other…