Horrors of the hospital : successfully navigating the world of medical malpractice / Lee Landenberger, editorial.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landenberger, Lee, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical personnel--Malpractice.

Medical personnel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : AHC Media, 2015.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Jury slaps hospital with 103 million verdict for premature delivery of now brain-damaged child

Hospital medication errors cause drug reaction that is nearly lethal - 121 million verdict awarded

21 million jury verdict issued for victim of birth injury

15 million verdict awarded to victim of overdose death from propofol

Widow awarded more than 6.7 million due to hospital's failure to prevent fatal heart attack

Over 4.6 million award for failure to maintain adequate blood supply resulting in death of mother

Colonoscopy with unclean equipment causes hepatitis C, results in 1.25M award

5 million awarded to family of suicidal man hit by a car before discharge from hospital

Transcription error results in medication dose that is fatal and 140 million verdict

Delayed diagnosis of aortic dissection results in 4.5M award for wrongful death

5.9 million for failure to diagnose complications after bariatric surgery

20 million award to parents for removal of the wrong side of child's brain

25 million malpractice verdict against hospital, cardiologist to be reduced to 2 million pursuant to state caps

Hospital system pays 9.3 million to settle False Claims Act and Stark Law violations

Dialysis mistakes leads to wrongful death and a seven-figure settlement

Gender discrimination leads to a 7 million settlement and a pain clinic to be named in the plaintiff's honor

Hospital ordered to pay 7.4 million for severe brain injury after nurses' mistakes

Ruptured aneurysm results in multi-million dollar verdict and much legal wrangling over pain and suffering

Commissioners approve 20 million settlement for boy's brain damage suit against county hospital.

Hospital pays 6.5 million to family of man who died of a sodium overdose after being left unattended for 12 hours

Second largest verdict in NY state history awarded to family of girl for negligent delivery by local hospital

17.5 million awarded to family of teenager for hospital's improper administration of anesthesia

81-year-old woman's fall from bed after surgery results in 3.5 million verdict

Negligent placement of patient in room with psychotic patient leads to 6 million verdict

9 million awarded to patient after missed diagnosis of broken neck

Family awarded 10.8 million after woman dies from complications following cardiac catheterization

12 million award for surgical errors on infant raises difficult questions under med mal cap

15 million awarded for fetal monitoring that was negligent and resulted in cerebral palsy

Botched removal of pacing wires leads to verdict of 5.5 million

Woman wins 9.3 million for overdose of incorrect drug

Excessive bleeding after child birth leads to mother's death, over 15 million in damages

Delayed bacterial infection diagnosis leads to 9.5 million verdict

Botched genetic testing yields massive verdict of 50 million

Negligent prescription results in fatality and verdict of 2.25 million.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 27, 2017).

ISBN:

1-941481-18-3

OCLC:

1014455384