Indianapolis Personal Injury Blog

Illinois Medical Malpractice Information Back Online after Legal Issues

Thanks to the Patient Right to Know Act, Illinois residents once again have access to physicians’ medical malpractice and misconduct information online.

Muncie Family Sues After Doctor Gives Baby Unwanted Circumcision

An Indiana family has filed a Muncie medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor who they say performed a circumcision on their son against their wishes.

Indiana Jury Awards $13 Million In Weinberger Medical Malpractice Case

Fugitive nose doctor mark Weinberger has been found guilty of medical malpractice by an Indiana jury. He also faces 100s of other similar medical error lawsuits

Notorious Gary Nose Doctor Seeks Plea Deal For Medical Crimes

A Merryville, Indiana nose doctor is seeking a plea deal in court in response to the 22 heath car fraud charges he faces. In addition to these charges, over 300 of his former patients have filed medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor.

Illinois Study: Doctor Apologies Could Settle Medical Malpractice Suits

A new study out of Illinois has found that doctor apologies in the wake of medical mistakes and surgical errors can help both the healthcare industry and the patients who have been harmed.

Lake County Man Wins $5 Million Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A husband received a $5 million medical malpractice settlement in Lake County, Indiana, after his wife died in Saint Anthony Medical Center. His wife was treated for lymphoma but then not correctly treated for her complications. She died in 2003.

Lake Station Woman Wins $1.25 Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Lake Station woman was awarded $1.25 million in a IN medical malpractice case involving a spinal surgery mistake that resulted in permanent pain and nerve damage. The award was limited by Indiana medical malpractice caps.

Indiana Widower Receives $2.2 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement

A surgical mistake in Marion County, Indiana, left a 68-year-old woman dead in the wake of a liver transplant and heart bypass surgery. Now, the Indiana woman's widower has successfully sued for medical malpractice and won $2.2 Million in damages from Marion County jury.

During her heart surgery and heart value replacement, her Indiana doctor inadvertently left a surgical foam pad in her chest cavity. By the time the medical mistake was found a month after the botched surgery, it was deadly. After five painful weeks of suffering, the woman died from complications from her surgical error as her organs failed. The Indiana Medical Malpractice Act capped the damages at $1.25 million.

Those representing the doctor and the hospital responsible for the patients death did not argue that medical malpractice did not take place, but did try to decrease the value of the case by arguing that the patient's life expectancy was short given her history of medical issues and her age.

Illinois Man Wins $2.1 Million Medical Malpractice Case

Nine years ago, Daniel R. Nelson was in a serious motorcycle accident along with his wife. Although they both suffered serious injuries from the bike crash, Nelson spent 13 months in the hospital in the wake of the wreck.

Now, a jury has awarded the man $2.1 million for medical malpractice -- $994,716 in medical and health care expenses, $1 million for past and future pain, suffering and disability, $50,000 to Nelson's wife, Jeanne, for loss of consortium and $65,000 to Nelson's son, Miles, for lack of society and companionship.

During Nelson's rehabilitation, his jaw was wired shut and he had a tracheotomy tube. One morning, when it became clear that Nelson was not breathing, the doctor attending Nelson, Lorraine C. Novich-Welter, waited too long to call a code four and clear the obstruction from Nelson's tracheotomy tube. Personal injury lawyers argued that Novich-Welter was negligent in her care of the patient.

While Nelson was walking short distances after the accident but before the tracheotomy medical malpractice incident, Nelson is now confined to a wheelchair.