Those in Franklin, Ohio, will be glad to hear that Ohio University is paying for a recent medical mistake that resulted in the amputation of a student’s right arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. The student sought help for the infection in 2007, and she believes the misdiagnosis led to her
Members of an Ohio family can only receive a maximum malpractice award of $250,000 each following a botched transplant at the University of Toledo Medical Center due to a state law designed to limit economic harm to government-operated institutions. Had the incident occurred at a private medical facility, a lawsuit
Ohio State University will join other educational institutions in hosting study sites for new research into cerebral palsy, a severe health disorder frequently caused by injuries experienced during, before or after birth. According to the Centers for Disease Control, cerebral palsy represents the most widespread motor disability among children, with
Chicago residents might find the news of the award of over $9 million to a Meade County, Ky., family refreshing. The Louisville jury ordered University Hospital to pay the award after determining that a medical error had been the cause of a woman’s death. In July 2003, a 40-year-old mother
Those in Franklin, Ohio, may be surprised to hear about a spine surgeon near Cincinnati who allegedly caused his patients pain and suffering due to unnecessary surgeries on their backs and necks, including the spinal cord near the brain. According to reports, the doctor could face up to 25 years
A medical malpractice lawsuit filed in 2009 has been settled after a doctors’ group from the University of Iowa paid $60,000 to a woman who was injured after a UI doctor failed to properly care for a rare blood vessel condition. News of the settlement closely follows newly-released reports regarding
The Federal Bureau of Investigations arrested a well-known Cincinnati, Ohio, spinal surgeon on July 22 on charges of Medicare and other health care program fraud. The surgeon, who also has offices in Kentucky, is accused of performing unnecessary neck and back surgeries. During the arrest of the surgeon, federal agents
This news may interest those in Franklin, as it involves St. Francis Hospital in Ohio. According to the report, a West Virginian couple is suing a physician at the hospital for alleged medical malpractice related to a failure to diagnose a potentially damaging abscess pressing on the patient’s spinal cord.
Franklin, Ohio, residents might be interested in this report about hospital errors leading to major fines in California. Some of the fines were reportedly penalties for a brain injury, wrong-site surgery, and other unnecessary operations. According to the report, some of the fines were charged due to an unapproved fecal
Those in Franklin might be interested in this wrongful death case that is being reopened by order of a judge. The State District Judge ordered a third trial involving the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center after cautioning the hospital’s lawyer’s actions in the previous trial. According to the report,