Medical Malpractice | InjuryBoard Detroit

We have read in the past about horrible surgical mistakes and operations on the wrong part of a person's anatomy. Incredibly, a Rhode Island hospital has just been fined for performing its third operation in 2007 on the wrong side of a patient's brain. In one case, the patient died after a second surgery. If a patient suffers harm and additional surgical treatment as a result of a wrong side...

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"Our apologies go out to the family," said Henry Ford Macomb Hospital spokeswoman Suzanne Schut. "We are assuming all accountability for the incident."An elderly woman who was recovering from a heart attack in the ICU at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Michigan suffered severe burns to her face while being treated at the hospital. While in the hospital awaiting surgery, she...

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An Oakland County jury last week awarded the estate of a deceased man the amount of $35 million dollars for a MIchigan medical malpractice case. The verdict for the family of Danny Oppenheim Jr. was against Dr. Aeneas Guiney, who was treating the 33-year-old Kansas man at the now closed Project Straight, a Troy-based rapid detoxification center. The clinic had a non board-certified doctor...

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An $11.7 million verdict was awarded in a medical malpractice case to a young man whose 2003 back surgery caused him to become paralyzed. The plaintiff and his surgeon had reached an out-of-court settlement in January, but the surgeon decided to take his chances at trial. The jury found both the surgeon and a co-defendant involved in the surgery to be negligent. My firm has significant...

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A jury in Emmet County Michigan returned a $1,000,000.00 verdict in favor of the wife of a patient who died as the result of medical negligence in the performance of a gastric bypass procedure. The surgeon "connected the wrong body parts" during the surgery which caused an internal infection leading to the man's death. The emergency department at Grayling Mercy Hospital was also found to be...

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With our aging population, the number of nursing home residents is on the rise. Many nursing homes have staffing problems and simply do not have the proper staff to care for the patients. This often leads to negligent treatment or simply the failure to properly treat the residents and catastrophic injuries occur. In a recent case in Boston, a woman has filed suit against a nursing claiming...

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A woman was awarded $16 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a University of Miami doctor that performed brain surgery to remove a benign tumor in December. The surgeon prescribed anti-seizure meds for her after having a tumor removed from her brain, said her lawyer. However, she suffered a seizure after being released from the hospital which left her brain damaged."The doctor is...

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