Author: MichieHamlett

A man suffered a severe brain injury when a medical device failed. According to the lawsuit, he was attempting to have a benign tumor removed from his brain, but the laser device broke during the operation. The company that produced the medical device settled with the plaintiff for over $12

A Honolulu man spent the last two years of his life attempting to convince psychiatrists that not only was he sane, but they had mistaken him for someone else. The psychiatrists, of course, were unconvinced. Eventually, two years and eight months later, someone checked out his story. They were able

A Minnesota doctor filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an emergency medical provider and won to the tune of $25 million, according to recent court documents. According to the lawsuit, the doctor suffered a zipline injury in Mexico. When he was under-impressed by the quality of care he was receiving,

A recent report uncovered gruesome abuses in Arizona prisons. While prisoners don’t necessarily make the best plaintiffs, they are among the most vulnerable populations in the world. Once the state uses the legal process to remove a citizen’s rights, the state takes on the responsibility to care for the prisoner

You’ve heard of Wife Swap, but what about embryo swap? While the former is an interesting idea for a reality television program, the latter is a major lawsuit in California. Plaintiffs allege that their embryos were mistakenly mixed up for another couple’s embryos and that each couple raised the other’s

Recently, a medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in Alabama over the death of a baby during a ransomware attack. Doctors are increasingly facing risks related to medical malpractice that stem from cyber security issues. The case mentioned above is the first known death related to ransomware and other malware

Formula makers Similac and Enfamil are facing major lawsuits related to the deaths of infants. According to recent reports, milk-based formulas can sometimes cause a condition known as NEC or necrotizing enterocolitis. The condition results in the inflammation of intestinal tissues that eventually results in the death of that tissue. A

In 2014, the FDA issued a scathing warning letter to a company known as HeartWare. According to the FDA, the company had manufactured several defective heart pumps that could stop working without warning. The FDA demanded that the company fix the problems, but the public was still largely unaware that