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A man’s death in 2005 is the subject of a lawsuit filed by his family against Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. The man’s daughter is accusing the hospital of medical malpractice in that they misdiagnosed and failed to treat her father appropriately, leading to his death. She is suing the hospital for damages linked to her father’s suffering as well as mental anguish on her part.

According to reports, Marie Leone’s father, Mario Leone, sought medical assistance for symptoms of an infection. He was misdiagnosed by Dr. Carl Watanabe and had to seek treatment at Alta Bates. The staff at the hospital also failed to diagnose her father properly.

Leone was denied treatment at Alta Bates’ emergency room for over eight hours. He was ultimately admitted but not diagnosed correctly until he had entered sepsis. The complaint alleges that Mario Leone died a painful death on January 13, 2005 because of a failure to diagnose and lack of treatment.

It’s not often that news of birth injury turns out to have a happy ending and rightly so. A birth injury can result in a lifetime of medical needs and a requirement for care. Even a single positive note in the life of a child dealing with a birth injury is newsworthy, and that was recently the case in Nebraska.

Carter Brown did not have the best start to life. During the first 15 minutes of his life in this world, he required oxygen so that his brain could survive and so could he. CPR was also necessary to aid the little infant. Almost immediately after his birth, Carter was diagnosed with a brain injury and, at 16 months old, he is now limited in his ability to be mobile.

He has been undergoing rehabilitation therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. The road has been challenging, and his parents credit the hospital with much of the progress their son has made. Carter is still not able to sit, stand or crawl on his own, but he can take bites of food by himself and open his hand to hold onto his parents’.

A family has filed a lawsuit against Pediatrix Medical Group PC, Charleston Area Medical Center Inc. and James W. Lowery MD, alleging medical malpractice and negligence.

According to reports, the West Virginia family went to the hospital seeking treatment for the infant boy. As a result of a lack of proper care, the child suffered permanent brain injury along with other medical damages. Because of the injuries sustained by their son, the parents are claiming a loss of consortium, services and comfort of their son. The parents are alleging that the defendants failed to utilize hypothermia/cooling treatments.

The parents of the child are seeking a trial by jury. They want compensation that will cover their damages, along with other compensation that provides relief. The family has suffered financially due to the mistakes allegedly made by medical professionals. The date of the first court appearance is not known.

Approximately 8 months ago, Molly Banzhoff, 13, died from a brain tumor. Now, her family has filed a lawsuit, naming Concord Hospital, three of its doctors and its affiliates for medical negligence.

In the months leading up to her death, Molly received no brain imaging despite complaining of migraines, vision problems, numbness in her tongue and nausea. Her parents say these are classic signs of a brain tumor and doctors did nothing to diagnose her accurately.

Molly was admitted into the emergency room on May 1, 2016. Doctors only ordered a CT scan after Molly stopped breathing and became unresponsive twice. The tumor in her brain had grown so large by the time the scan was ordered that it destroyed her neurological function. She was declared brain dead just five days later. Her family chose to remove her from life support.

A woman in Helena, Alabama was recently given the go ahead to proceed with a wrongful death claim following a miscarriage. The ruling was handed down from the state’s Supreme Court, overturning a previous ruling by Jefferson County court, which had dismissed the woman’s claim.

In Alabama, children are protected from the moment of conception. Justices of the high court used this as a basis for their ruling. According to the justices, the original judge was incorrect in ruling that the doctor in the case could not be held liable for the miscarriage because the child would not have been viable if born.

According to documents from the hearing, Kimberly Stinnett had been informed of her pregnancy on May 9, 2012. Two days after learning of her pregnancy, Stinnett experienced cramping and a fever. She called her doctor and was told to go to the emergency room. Stinnett advised doctors that she had had two prior miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy.

A woman in Las Vegas is claiming that she was sent a bill for a surgery that caused her to be admitted to the hospital. Nicole Balangkura underwent a procedure that was supposed to help her conceive a child. Instead, the procedure caused injury that could prevent that from ever happening, and now she is being asked to pay for that procedure.

According to reports, Balangkura underwent a procedure to remove pre-cancer cells from her cervix. The procedure was recommended by her gynecologist and was performed at WellHealth Women’s Specialty Care by Dr. Jasmine Pedroso. Balangkura told reporters that she was already nervous about the procedure and her nerves were heightened when she entered the cluttered office.

Balangkura was given a numbing injection before the procedure started and was immediately thrown into extreme pain. She lost her hearing and her vision, and Balangkura suffered a migraine almost immediately. She was informed of Pedroso’s mistake when she was taken to the emergency room: The doctor had injected the solution directly into Balangkura’s bloodstream.

Two women in Miami visited Dr. Osak Omulepu for Brazilian Butt Lifts, and an administrative law judge has ruled that the doctor ultimately committed medical malpractice. Both women were subjected to injury during their procedures. The state was able to prove negligence as it applied to the standard of care the doctor provided to the women.

A medical malpractice hearing was conducted two months ago based upon complaints from four separate patients. Each said that they were injured by Omulepu in early 2015. Judge Mary Creasy ruled that the state had been able to prove six of the nine counts that were filed. Those counts included not documenting medical records properly and a failure to provide the accepted standard of care.

One of the victims spend almost a month in a coma following her procedure. Two women suffered organ punctures during their surgeries. Yet another woman spent four months in the hospital following her procedure. The doctor was found to have been guilty of causing the perforations, including a hole in the colon of one of the patients. One of the women experienced punctures in her liver and damage to her chest and abdominal wall.

The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that the family of a murdered Spokane woman and her son can sue the killer’s psychiatrist. The family says that the doctor in question should have done more to protect the victims in this case.

According to police reports, Rebecca Schiering and her 9-year-old son were killed by her ex-finace. Jan DeMeerler killed the pair in 201o, also attempting to kill a 17-year-old son but failing to do so. A second 9-year-old escaped harm, and DeMeerler committed suicide.

Family members told reporters that the woman had moved out of DeMeerler’s home only two months prior to the attack. She had moved out after the man had  hurt one of her sons. The couple attempted to patch things up but broke up for good the day before DeMeerler killed the woman and her child.

The Detroit Medical Center will soon be facing a lawsuit over a botched tonsillectomy. According to reports, the common surgery caused the death of a 9-year old child, and the family of the girl is accusing the hospital of discharging their son too soon.

Sonia Gambrell, the mother of Anyialah Greer, is seeking to sue the hospital that also owns Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The child, Gambrell claims, died at home just hours after being discharged from the hospital. Greer was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan on December 8. The child was scheduled to undergo one of the most common surgeries for children in the United States.

According to statistics, approximately one in 15,000 patients die as a result of this surgery. The death may be due to anesthesia complications or bleeding, among other issues. Despite these numbers, Gambrell believes that doctors could have done more for her daughter. The official cause of death for the child is cardiac arrest. Gambrell says that her daughter complained of feeling unwell after she was released from the hospital.

When people are injured at work, they have an assumption that their employer will make good on the injury. Worker’s compensation kicks into gear and medical costs are covered. When people visit a doctor after an injury, they reasonably expect that injury to be taken care of properly. When these things don’t occur, a person has the legal option to file a lawsuit.

The WWE is a world-famous wrestling franchise. It’s athletes are well known and as famous as any other celebrities. The wrestlers, by their own admission, make great deals of money to entertain the masses while doing what they love. Why, then, are some so bitter? Ryback is just one of the athletes who are shedding light on what happens behind the scenes at the WWE. When the cameras are off, people may be surprised at what has been taking place.

According to Ryback, a botched ankle repair threatened to end his career. Filing a lawsuit seemed to be a good option, but that, too, threatened his career. Here is what happened.