A plaintiff was severely injured after suffering a stroke during a cardiac catheterization procedure. The names of those involved in the lawsuit will not be reproduced here because the agreement included a confidentiality clause. The plaintiff was injured after his doctor attached an air-filled syringe to the wrong catheter. The catheter

MichieHamlett was able to secure $400,000 for a patient who fell from his hospital bed. The patient, a 70-year-old man who used a walker to manage his back, hip, and leg pain, was correctly identified as a fall risk by the hospital. The man was undergoing bypass surgery. At one point,

MichieHamlett recently settled a case in which a patient presented to an urgent care center complaining of chest pains that radiated from to his arms, back, and mouth. The plaintiff said that even his teeth hurt sometimes. Since the plaintiff was over 50 years old, a male, was a smoker,

There were numerous concerns in the early days of the pandemic. The foremost concern involved hospitals running out of beds for sick COVID patients. But even in a pandemic, folks need medical services for other matters. One of the major concerns of the new normal is how remote appointments or

Some folks think that you can file a lawsuit against any doctor who makes a mistake. But mistakes happen, even to the best doctors. The law recognizes this and sets the standard for medical malpractice higher than a simple mistake. In this article, we’ll discuss medical negligence and how it

Each year, Virginia Lawyers Weekly releases Virginia’s top settlements and verdicts. This year, MichieHamlett was featured five times in that list for settlements in excess of $1 million. Below, we’ll discuss our largest verdicts of 2020. MichieHamlett Wins $3.5 Million After Student Death  Attorneys Ben and Brian Glass along with Brian Slaughter,

You’d be surprised how many patients are discharged from a hospital with a diagnosis of bad gas only to find out later that they have a heart condition. MichieHamlett successfully resolved a similar case in 2020 in which a doctor discharged a patient from the hospital with discomfort from bloating,

Misdiagnosis is among the most frequent allegations found in medical malpractice lawsuits. However, misdiagnosing a patient with death is not something you hear about very often. Recently, a judge dismissed some (but not all) of the claims related to a 99-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the hospital. The

The State of Iowa recently settled a lawsuit on behalf of the University of Iowa and the physicians who work there for a reported $350,000. Iowa has paid a reported $2.2 million in taxpayer funds to settle complaints this year. Since the lawsuit was filed against a University hospital, the