Blog: Medical Malpractice

Attorney Representation for Virginia Eugenics Sterilization Victims The Commonwealth of Virginia forcibly sterilized over 7,000 people between 1924 and 1981 under the Eugenical Sterilization Act, claiming that they were either “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In an effort to remedy this historic crime, Virginia law now offers up to $25,000 of compensation to sterilization victims …

Carillon Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia settled a medical malpractice claim with parents of a young child who suffered a brain injury during surgery.  The child, Michelle Zhang, was hospitalized at Carillon Roanoke Memorial Hospital in September 2012 for pneumonia and other respiratory conditions.  Michelle was just 21 months old at the time.  A lawsuit filed on …

A jury awarded nearly $2 million to the surviving husband and children of a 26-year-old Chinese national who died in Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center in Orange County, California as a result of postpartum hemorrhaging following the delivery of a child. Obstetrician Long-Dei Liu was the main defendant, as the hospital settled before trial for over …

According to an article this week in the Insurance Journal, an Oregon family is suing the clinic where their loved one died during a medical procedure that was supposed to treat her migraine headaches.  The suit alleges that the clinic was negligent for failure to train staff in life-saving techniques.  It also claims that the …

Minnesota resident and former auto mechanic Joe Lakoskey won $9.1 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit arising out of a 2012 surgery for a perforated bowel.  Lakoskey’s attorney proved that the anesthesiologist was negligent for putting him under in preparation for surgery when he was severely dehydrated.  In fact, the anesthesiologist actually halted the treatment for …