A medical malpractice case involving the premature delivery of a baby girl has been settled after 11 years in a jury trial in a Bucks County Court. According to court documents, Denise and Louis Mamie named Dr. Aaron Hasiuk, who is an employee of Temple Physicians, Inc., as responsible for…
A patient suffering from diabetes that needed to have his leg amputated has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a doctor alleging that the physician could have saved his leg. Michael David Howard has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Kathleen Williams, Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority and Jeffcare-Weft Jefferson…
Forty-two-year-old Lavern Wilkinson died in 2013 of a curable form of lung cancer. Her death was completely preventable in that doctors at Kings County Hospital misread her EKG and chest x-rays, saying that were normal. They advised Wilkinson to take Motrin for pain. What the chest X-ray did show, however,…
A Nassau County, NY chiropractor has pleaded guilty to the charges of healthcare fraud and obstruction of a federal audit. Dr. Melvin Cwibeker, owner of Mel Cwibeker DC, will pay both restitution and a $500,000 forfeiture. Cwibeker also faces a potential maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. He is…
A Superior Court Jury has ordered two cardiologists to pay the widow of a man more than $2.4 million. The jury in the case deliberated for three days before determining that Dr. Kevin Lenhart and his partner, Dr. Charles Landau of Connecticut Heart & Vascular Center had been negligent in the treatment…
The estate of a Turrington man has been awarded $3 million by a jury in a malpractice suit against a cardiologist who could have prevented the man’s death if he had paid closer attention to test results. The jury handed down its verdict against Dr. Dariush Owlia and in favor…
You were injured in some way by a medical professional. You are certain that you have a medical malpractice case. Hold on. Before you start to think about all that you will do with your lawsuit winnings, there are some things that you need to know about medical malpractice. Proving…