Massachusetts and Providence, RI medical malpractice settlements
Pregnancy and birth injuries
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$3 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of the family of a child who was born brain-damaged because
a physician and hospital negligently failed to deliver the child promptly after a placental abruption
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$1.2 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of a child who suffered a brachial plexus nerve injury when
an obstetrician was negligent in performing the delivery
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Multimillion-dollar injury settlement in Providence, RI reached for a child that was severely brain-damaged due to
misuse of vacuum extractor at delivery
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Multimillion-dollar settlement reached for the delay in delivering a brain-damaged child who was suffering severe
distress before birth
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Multimillion-dollar Providence, RI injury settlement reached for the family of a brain-damaged child against the
hospital for failure to deliver by caesarian section
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Confidential settlement for hypoxic ischemic birth injury to an infant
Confidential settlement for Erb’s palsy birth trauma
$2.5 million verdict when the jury found that a midwife and Women & Infants Hospital was negligent in treating a
young mother in labor, which resulted in the wrongful death of her newborn
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Multimillion-dollar settlement against the manufacturers of a drug that a mother ingested before giving birth,
causing her child to be born without arms or legs
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Brain injuries
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Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement on behalf of a young boy when the defendant did not diagnose and treat
his meningitis soon enough to prevent brain damage
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Confidential multimillion-dollar settlement for a hospital’s delay in performing an MRI that resulted in failure to
diagnose a carotid dissection in an 8-year-old and permanent neurological damage resulted
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Confidential settlement against a physician that was negligent in performing sinus surgery and caused a woman to
suffer brain damage
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Spinal cord injuries
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$3.2 million judgment after a jury verdict against an anesthesiologist on behalf of a young man who suffered a
stroke as a result of negligently administered anesthesia during a surgical procedure
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$1.75 million Providence, RI injury settlement on behalf of an 83-year-old woman because the negligent removal of
an epidural catheter after a routine surgical procedure paralyzed her
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Confidential settlement against several doctors and a hospital on behalf of a young man when negligent failure to
treat an epidural abscess at a university infirmary and hospital paralyzed him
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Cardiac/heart
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$310,000 injury settlement in Providence, RI for the family of a man for the failure to diagnose a serious cardiac
condition
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$450,000 wrongful death settlement for a defendant’s failure of cardiologist to monitor Amiodarone, a cardiac
medication, properly
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$400,000 jury verdict for a man who had a cardiac pacemaker implanted in his chest unnecessarily because of
faulty test data
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Cancer
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Confidential seven-figure settlement of a medical malpractice claim for failure to diagnose and treat prostate
cancer in a timely manner
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$1.25 million settlement on behalf of the family of a man who died from undiagnosed colorectal cancer
$325,000 settlement against a physician on behalf of her patient when he failed to diagnosis breast cancer in a
timely manner
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$1 million dollar settlement for death of mother when the laboratory’s mistaken analysis of a pap smear resulted in
a failure to diagnose cervical cancer
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Confidential settlement for the death of a 50-year-old man due to failure to read an x-ray properly and the resultant
failure to diagnose chondrosarcoma or bone cancer
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Confidential settlement for failure to diagnose lung cancer in 60-year-old man
Confidential settlement on behalf of the family of a 70-year-old man who died of colorectal cancer, because of his
primary care physician’s failure to prescribe tests to screen the patient the disease
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Stroke
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Confidential settlement against a physician when failure to diagnose and treat the symptoms of a stroke resulted in
a woman having a stroke and suffering serious permanent injuries
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Confidential settlement against a pharmaceutical company on behalf of a young woman who suffered a stroke as a
result of her ingestion of birth control pills
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Surgery
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$1.525 million settlement on behalf of a 53-year-old man paralyzed after the negligent performance of an aortobialateral femoral popliteal bypass graft surgery
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Confidential settlement against the manufacturer of a medical device when a young woman suffered serious
injuries due to their product
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Confidential settlement for a surgical malpractice claim for failure to recognize and repair post-operative bleeding
following a hysterectomy
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Confidential settlement against a surgeon whose negligence in removing the wrong internal organ from a man
undergoing laparoscopic surgery left the man with a severe case of diabetes and other injuries
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Confidential settlement following a trial for a woman who suffered serious gastrointestinal injuries because of
negligent performance in a laporascopiccholecystectomy or removal of gall bladder
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$410,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who underwent unnecessary surgery
Confidential settlement on behalf of a young woman who had a surgical procedure to correct scoliosis that resulted
in paralysis
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$450,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who the defendant misdiagnosed with breast cancer and underwent an
unnecessary mastectomy
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Anesthesia
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$300,000 judgment following a jury verdict against an anesthesiologist on behalf of a young woman who suffered
sciatic nerve damage because of a negligently administered epidural anesthesia
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Confidential settlement on behalf of a young woman who suffered paralysis following epidural anesthesia during
childbirth
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Emergency room
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$2.8 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of a young woman who suffered brain damage because of
the negligent delay in emergency room treatment for respiratory difficulties
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Confidential settlement on behalf of two young daughters whose father received negligent treatment in a hospital
emergency room resulting in his death—the man suffered respiratory arrest after the hospital did not treat his
breathing difficulties for several hours
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Medication
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Confidential settlement against a hospital and pharmaceutical manufacturer for the negligent administration of
Diprivan (propofol) to a 13-year-old boy, resulting in his death
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$1.6 million settlement in a wrongful death and pharmaceutical product liability case, on behalf of a 75-year-old
woman who was prescribed a diet drug
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Nursing home
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Settlement for a confidential amount when a nursing home and the corporation that provided their medical services
failed to take the proper precautions to prevent an 80-year-old resident from falling, which resulted in death
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Care of infants and children
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Confidential settlement on behalf of a family whose child died in a hospital when staff failed to recognize and act
on the child’s deteriorating condition
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