New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

Several health care providers are being sued by a Mississippi woman who alleges they caused harm to her son.

The child, identified as TDG, was a patient at Longleaf Hospital and diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder. His mother, Barbara Jeane Gaines of Natchez, says that on August 23, 2015, her son was involved in an altercation with another patient.

The lawsuit alleges that staff removed TDG from the situation and took him to his room. TDG was struck in the torso and head by Keith Newman, a technician at the hospital, and another employee. TDG suffered black eyes and a laceration to his nose.

Court papers say that a 13-hour ordeal in a hospital cost a man in Brooklyn his leg.

Delfino Cuautle’s attorney said, in part, “On September 22, 2015, Delfino Cuautle joined a series of patients victimized and disabled by the medical malpractice and mismanagement plaguing Coney Island Hospital.”

According to the filing, Cuautle, 46, had gotten off of work in Coney Island when he was struck by a car just after 6 a.m. Emergency medical responders arrived on scene within three minutes and rushed the father of three to Coney Island Hospital. Within 60 minutes, doctors determined that Cuautle’s right leg contained no blood.

A judge approved a settlement last week in a medical malpractice case. The victim’s widow will receive $6 million based on the judge’s orders.

According to reports, Leigh A. Isaacs filed the action after her husband, Harold D. Isaacs Jr., died on June 21, 2013 at the age of 41. The couple resided in New Wilmington at the time of the man’s death.

The notice of intent to sue was filed in Mercer County Common Please Court on June 19, 2015. Named in the lawsuit were University of Pittsburgh Physicians, UPMC Horizon in Greenville and Dr. Joseph J. Wizorek.

A woman in Illinois died after medical professionals failed to properly read her mammogram, according to a complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

The estate of Rosa Alvarado, administered by Francisco Adame, filed the complaint with the court on June 20. The defendants named in the complain are Advocate Health Care, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Integrated Imaging Consultants LLC, and Kevin Kirshenbaum, M.D. The complaint alleges that the defendants failed to evaluate Alvarado’s condition accurately.

The complaint states that Alvarado underwent a mammogram on August 16, 2013. The bilateral digital diagnostic mammogram was not evaluated correctly, causing Alvarado’s condition to become worse. That condition ultimately led to the woman’s death. The plaintiff in the case claims that, because the mammogram was not evaluated properly, Alvarado died.

Parents of a boy in Putnam County, West Virginia have filed suit against the Marshall University Board of Governors and Teays Pediatrics’ Dr. Ann Lambernedis, claiming that the parties were careless and negligent when caring for their son who was 7-years-old at the time. Their neglect in care led to the boy entering a permanent vegetative state.

According to reports, Tabatha and Karle Griffith took their son to Teays Pediatrics on December 13, 2010. The child had been vomiting over the course of a week. The child was seen by Dr. Lambernedis who failed to properly diagnose the cause of his vomiting. There was also no record of the child’s pulse having been taken.

Just a few days later, the parents called the doctor several times to report that their son was still vomiting. They were able to see Dr. Lambernedis again on December 27. The doctor failed to diagnose the boy a second time, and there was no record of the boy’s pulse being taken on that visit either. The child continued to vomit intermittently and the parents returned to the doctor on July 18, 2011. Dr. Lambernedis referred the family to a gastroenterologist.

A mother filed a lawsuit against the University of Chicago Medical Center, claiming that her son was born with a brain injury due to several missteps taken by medical professionals. A Cook County jury heard the mother’s case and believed her. The jury awarded the family $53 million.

According to reports, the award went to Lisa and Isaiah Ewing and included $28.8 million for the future care needs of the 12-year-old boy. Isaiah requires the use of a wheelchair due to severe cerebral palsy. He also requires his mother to clothe and feed him on a daily basis. John Kirkton, a reporter in Chicago, said that it is the biggest birth injury verdict the county has seen.

Several mistakes were made by doctors and nurses when Ewing went to the hospital at 40 weeks pregnant. She went to the hospital because she noticed that her baby was moving less. Medical staff, according to the lawsuit, failed to properly monitor the mother and child, did not perform a timely c-section, and lacked awareness of abnormal rates of the fetal heartbeat.