Our clients often ask us about damages in medical malpractice cases. Sometimes they tell us that they aren’t interested in financial compensation and only want to do something to make sure that their doctor doesnt hurt anybody else. The remedy in civil medical malpractice is financial. When we proceed with…
We like to take note of outstanding verdicts and settlements from around the country on our blog. Today an Arizona jury awarded $11 million to the widow of a 36 year old victim of a traumatic brain injury that occured at an assisted living facility. While a resident at the…
A Kentucky jury awarded a married couple $2.5 million dollars when their medical malpractice lawsuit went to verdict last week. In 2001, Sophia Savage underwent a hysterectomy at a Kentucky hospital. During the surgery her doctors left behind a sponge which was not discovered until 2005. Doctors discovered the sponge…
Here in Illinois the legislature passed the Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2005. The MMRA caps damages and contains other relief that benefits nobody but the state’s insurance companies. In neighboring Indiana they have tort reform also. Claimants are required to present their cases to a medical review board composed of…