Researchers recently published a discussion concerning children that have suffered brain injury during pediatric care. Sadly, for Ohio and Kentucky parents of brain injured children, the conclusions of leading experts were not encouraging. The overall conclusion was that the recovery process for such children suffering brain injuries would generally last an entire lifetime.
Childhood brain injuries require a lifetime of recovery
Failure to diagnose and statutes of limitations
It should never be assumed that patients will prevail in every medical malpractice action. Such lawsuits are complex, and trying such a case often requires an attorney to jump over a number of legal hurdles.
Woman dies of medication error after surgery
While a 45-year old woman's cardiac bypass surgery appeared to be a success, hospital officials did not anticipate a post-op error that was to be made just a few hours after the surgery took place. An evening nurse administered anesthesia called Propofol, and the patient soon after died of a cardiac arrest.
John Hopkins on losing side of $55 million verdict
One of the nation's most prestigious hospitals has been ordered to pay $55 million after a jury rendered a verdict in a medical malpractice case. It was alleged at trial that delays by the hospital in treating a mother that was in labor ultimately led to the child being born with cerebral palsy.
