$1.1 Million Verdict for Amputation Victim in Cancer Med Mal Case

After multiple and unsuccessful treatments by her doctor from 2007 to 2008 for a plantar ulcer on her foot, an elderly Philadelphia woman soon consulted with another doctor who diagnosed cancer which required partial amputation of her foot. She later took the original doctor to court, alleging that he failed to diagnose her condition in a timely manner and didn't perform a biopsy which would have revealed the cancerous growth in her foot. The victim,...

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$1.1 Million Compensation to 69-Year-Old Woman Badly Injured by Fallen Tree

As she walked across a parking lot at the Ridley Park Swim Club with her grandson on June 24, 2010, a 69-year-old Philadelphia woman was struck and seriously injured by a large tree that fell from an adjoining property. Almost four years after the debilitating injuries she suffered, the victim, Maryanne Dunlap, has been awarded $750,000 in damages by a Delaware County jury, as well as a previously announced $350,000 arbitration award from the owner...

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Medicinal Therapy for Low Testosterone in Men Has Serious Risks That Are Surfacing

The advertisements for "low-T" or low testosterone levels in men are appearing every day in television, newspaper, magazine and radio ads, but the still-developing serious health risks of such therapy appear to be the dark side of this recent phenomenon. The problem is that while the creams and gels tout themselves as treatments for low testosterone levels in men, they also have been linked to escalating levels of heart attacks and strokes, according to a...

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Judge Awards N.J. Woman $1.4 Million for Injuries Caused By Stage-Diving Performer at Rock Concert

A Vorhees, N.J., woman has been awarded $1.4 million in damages by a U.S. District Court judge in Philadelphia for serious injuries that she suffered when she was struck by a stage-diving singer while attending a rock concert at the WXPN's World Café Live music venue on Feb. 23, 2010. The woman, Kimberly Myers, now 46, suffered a cracked skull and other injuries when Angelo "Dr. Madd Vibe" Moore, the lead singer of the band,...

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9 Years After Serious Leg Injury, N.Y. Man Receives $9.1 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

While heading to his job as a public safety dispatcher in Tonawanda, N.Y., in October 2004, Donald R. Schultz fell on some steps as he made his way to his workplace, breaking one of his ankles. The injury was followed by multiple complications and 12 surgeries, which eventually resulted in the amputation of his leg over several procedures. After filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in connection with his care, Schultz has now been ordered to...

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Woman, Daughter Receive $9.3 Million Settlement after Car Crash Involving Man on Probation

Cayla Wilson was 19 years old and five months pregnant when another driver, who was high on methamphetamines and on probation for previous crimes, smashed a Jeep Wrangler into her Buick as she drove through a Portland, Ore., intersection in April 2010. The crash was so devastating that Wilson suffered severe brain damage and has since been in a permanent vegetative state with limited brain activity, according to a Feb. 6 report by KGW News...

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Family of Western Pa. Driver Killed by Tractor-Trailer Awarded $5.5M in Wrongful Death Case

As he drove his Chevrolet Cobalt in Mahoning Township, north of Pittsburgh, on Aug. 18, 2008, 22-year-old Mark McConnell II was tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time. As he drove, a tractor-trailer parked on the side of the road pulled into his path without warning, causing a heavy collision that killed McConnell. Now, more than five years later, his family has been awarded $5.5 million in damages by a Lawrence County, Pa.,...

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Chester County Family Awarded $32.8 Million Verdict for Daughter’s Birth Injury

The family of a four-year-old Chester County girl has won a $32.8 million jury verdict against Phoenixville Hospital after the girl was born in 2009 with severe medical complications caused when two nurses didn't call for help quickly enough when the baby's heart rate dropped precipitously just before her birth. The lawsuit, filed by the girl's mother, Leslie Proffitt of North Coventry Township, Chester County, was filed on behalf of the child, Lillian Marie Ciechoski,...

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$265,000 Settlement in California Medical Malpractice Case Shows the Tragedy of Arbitrary Mandated Settlement Limits

In March of 2012, the family of a 10-year-old California girl took her to Kaiser Permanente's Baldwin Park Medical Center because she was suffering from a fever, vomiting and shortness of breath. A day later, after being examined and released by a doctor following a brief examination at the urgent care center, she died. Now, almost two years after the tragic death of the girl, Daniela Zelig, her family reached a miniscule $265,000 settlement with...

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