Court: United States Court of Federal Claims Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jagoe v. Sec’y of the HHS Citation: 2012 U.S. Claims LEXIS 2246 In this case, the plaintiff contends her son developed a neurological disorder after immunizations. The plaintiff’s immunology…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Cohen v. Lockwood Citation: 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5989 In this medical malpractice case, the defendant seeks to exclude the plaintiff’s plastic surgery expert for allegedly…
Court: Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Belfiore-Braman v. Rotenberg Citation: 2018 Cal. App. LEXIS 628 Facts The plaintiff and her husband filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an orthopedic surgeon following…
Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wendt v. Bowerman Citation: 2019 Mich. App. LEXIS 2937 Facts In this medical malpractice case, an obese plaintiff with Type 2 Diabetes underwent a knee replacement surgery at a medical…
Court: District Court of Colorado, La Plata County Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jacobs v. Lawton Citation: 2018 Colo. Dist. LEXIS 3549 Facts The plaintiff suffered a permanent sciatic nerve palsy injury during a total hip arthroplasty performed by the defendants.…
This case involves an otherwise healthy patient who was injured when he went to a clinical laboratory for a routine blood draw. The nurse who was drawing the patient’s blood hit a nerve as he attempted to draw blood. The…
This case involves a 6-month-old baby who developed uneven pupils. The baby was taken to the emergency room and was noted to have a less reactive left eye as well as mild left ptosis. A fundus exam revealed that the…
This case involves a 28-year-old male patient who underwent an IV infiltration at a radiology clinic prior to having imaging. In the process of having a CT scan with contrast, the contrast extravasated into the patient’s left hand. The patient…
This case involves a 38-year-old female patient who underwent a laminectomy with disc fusion to remove the back of 4 vertebrae. As advised, she started physical therapy in the weeks following the surgery. As part of the therapy regimen, the…
