Hospital Liability and Informed Consent

Type of Case	Settlement
Patient with Sleep Apnea Suffers Respiratory and Cardiac Arrest Following Appendectomy	$7,000,000.00
Patient Suffered Profound Brain Damage Following Thyroid Surgery	$6,000,000.00
Failure to Timely Diagnose Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia Leading to Brain Damage	$4,125,000.00
Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Peritonitis Following Outpatient Colonoscopic Polypectomy Leading to Sepsis and Death	$1,900,000.00
Failure to Properly Manage a Patient With Epilepsy	exceeding $1,500,000.00
Shoulder Dystocia/Permanent Brachial Plexus Injury	$1,175,000.00
Failure To Timely Diagnose Gastric Cancer	$1,135,000.00
Surgical Error	$1,100,000.00
Towel Left Inside During Gastric Bypass Surgery
Negligent Care By Anesthesiologist Leading to Damage to Vocal Cords	$1,000,000.00
Negligent Transporting of Ventilator-Dependent Patient	$753,000.00
Orthopedic Malpractice – Wrist Surgery	$650,000.00
Death Of 12 Day-Old Baby	$650,000.00
Failure To Timely Diagnose And Treat Diabetic Foot Infection Leading To Death	$650,000.00
58 Year Old Woman Underwent An Elective Cholecystectomy	$550,000.00
Wrongful Death of 6-Week-Old Baby	$525,000.00
Failure to Timely Diagnose Vascular Injury Leading to Amputation	exceeds $500,000.00
Jury Verdict	$500,000.00
Shoulder Dystocia – Brachial Plexus Injury to Newborn	$500,000.00
Failure to Diagnose and Treat an infection	$500,000.00
Failure to Timely Treat Group B Strep Leading to Death of Newborn	$457,000.00
Improper Management of Pregnancy-Related Complications	$450,000.00
Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Cardiac Disease	$425,000.00
Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Compartment Syndrome	$400,000.00
Failure to Timely Treat Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	$400,000.00
Leg Length Discrepancy Following Hip Arthroplasty, Peroneal Nerve Damage, Abnormal Gait and Foot Drop	$375,000.00
Failure to timely diagnose lung cancer	$350,000.00
Failure To Diagnose A High Grade Bone Cancer – Osteosarcoma (Bone Tumor) in John Doe’s Right Upper Leg Leading To Death of 36-Year-Old Man	$312,500.00
Stillbirth Death of Baby at Time of Delivery	$300,000.00
Retained Foreign Object During C-Section	$275,000.00
Nursing Negligence – Failure to Properly Monitor	$225,000.00
Infiltration Injury to Patient In Intensive Care Unit	$50,000.00
Delay in Treating Intraabdominal Infection	Confidential
Nursing home case Failure to timely treat decubitus skin ulcers	Confidential

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