Results tagged “surgical malpractice” from Medical Malpractice Lawyers & Attorneys

New York -- This week, a medical malpractice trial is set to begin against Vassar Brothers Medical Center and a deceased physician.

45 year old Martha Meyer of Poughkeepsie filed the lawsuit because she had become permanently disabled after a surgery that was performed at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in 2003.  She needed the operation to remove an ulcer that was causing her medical problems.  In her medical malpractice lawsuit, she lists the center and Dr. Barr Jordan (deceased) as defendants.

In the court documents that were filed, Meyer states that Dr. Jordan performed her surgery on September 12, 2003.  She was discharged from the hospital 3 days later on September 16th, but was readmitted a few days later because she was experiencing abdominal pain.  Later, doctors found that Meyer had internal bleeding and a damaged spleen.  She also suffered brain damage and related injuries due to the blood she lost.

The case will be presided over by Supreme Court Justice James V. Brands and will take place in the Dutchess County Courthouse.  Witnesses started testifying earlier this week.

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When patients need surgery, much stress is associated with lying on an operation room table.  This is usually due to the fact that while patients are sedated by anesthesia, any number of things could go wrong and leave them with painful injuries and complications.  In some tragic cases, patients may even be killed during surgical procedures if errors are made by surgeons, anesthesiologists and attending medical staff, which is why many people tremble at the thought of having surgery.

Each year, countless people are injured while being operated on.  Usually, injuries can be attributed to surgical errors and/or negligence.  Believe it or not, surgical errors are quite common, and are typically caused by:

- Medical staff being inattentive
- Medical staff being tired/fatigued
- Poor communication between medical professionals
- Illegible handwriting on patients' medical records
- General negligence and recklessness

Once a person has become a victim of a surgical error, numerous things could happen as a result.  In some cases, people may escape with minor injuries that will heal with time.  In other cases, surgical errors can lead to extensive internal and external damage, which can adversely impact patients' lives forever.

Thankfully, patients that have been victimized by surgical errors have the right to file a lawsuit against negligent medical professionals.  However, before patients file surgical malpractice lawsuits, they should take the time to consult with a highly-trained and experienced medical malpractice lawyer first.

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An Ohio jury has awarded 1.3 million to a woman who suffered second degree burns on her face and neck after a fire erupted in the operating room where she was having an outpatient procedure.

Lauren Wargo, who was having a mole removed from her right eyebrow, was sedated and receiving oxygen through a face mask when plastic surgeon Dr. Bryan Michelow activated an electocautery device (known as a bovie) that caused a fire to erupt in the operating room. In the lawsuit, Wargo alleged that Michelow was negligent in failing to communicate with anesthesia assistant who was responsible for monitoring the oxygen mask. The lawsuit claims that Michelow should have known to tell the assistant to turn off the oxygen. During the trial, Michelow blamed the assistant for not knowing he was going to use the bovie.

The jury found that Dr. Michelow was 100% at fault for the incident, and awarded Wargo $872,000 in damages. The jury also discovered that Michelow concealed the truth about the cause of the fire from Wargo and her parents, which resulted in an additional award of  $425,000 in punitive damages.

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A neurosurgeon in Gainesville, Georgia has been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleges he caused a patient to become paralyzed from the waist down.

The lawsuit was filed by Randall Scroggs and his wife Gail, who claimed that Dr. Karl D. Schultz of Specialty Clinics of Georgia failed to follow proper procedure during spinal surgery. Scroggs was left in a paraplegic state following a surgery in which Schultz attempted to insert a spinal cord stimulator to treat an ongoing medical condition. The Scroggs were seeking 3 million in damages.

After deliberating for an hour or two, a Hall County jury ruled in favor of Schultz, stating that he exercised a reasonable degree of medical care and skill in his treatment of Scroggs.

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