$6.5 Million jury verdict for negligent hip replacement
Beginning one month after right hip replacement, patient complained of pain. By nine months post-op, he was falling and could not walk...
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Here is what juries are doing in Hawai`i and across the country. Feel free to comment. Mahalo.
Aug 9
Jury verdict for $10.9 Million for failing to refer patient for MRI
Patient saw two chiropractors over two months, developed headaches, ear ringing, and vertigo. Doctors refused to refer her for testing. ...
Sep 15, 2023
Honolulu Jury Verdict of $14 Million Against Big Tobacco
August 2023: A Honolulu Jury returned a combined verdict of $14 Million, compensating an 82 year-old smoker than began smoking as a...
May 15, 2023
$29 Million jury verdict for failing to diagnose aneurysm because man “not of normal age” for one.
Becker’s Hospital Review May 2023 A 43 year-old man presented with pain in upper abdomen and other signs of an aneurysm. Instead of...
Nov 7, 2022
$75 Million jury verdict for man who suffered stroke and is now "locked-in" and paralyzed
Emergency room and other doctors missed an arterial blockage which later caused a severe stroke. The severe brain damage and paralysis...
Oct 6, 2022
$97 Million jury verdict for delayed c-section.
One hour after being admitted to deliver her third child, fetal distress was noted. Baby was not delivered for another 90 minutes. The...
Jul 13, 2022
$35 Million Jury Verdict after hospital causes brain damage in 1 day old baby.
A twin newborn in the special care nursery suffered brain damage on the first day of life due to the nurses negligently monitoring his...
Jul 13, 2022
$30 Million jury verdict after 70 year-old dies from preventable blood clots following ankle injury.
Doctors failed to implement a treatment plan for a 70 year-old woman who suffered an ankle injury. As a result, she died from a blood...
Jul 13, 2022
$15 Million jury verdict after hospital allows med school graduate to treat ICU patient
Hospital had a practice of allowing medical school graduates to treat critically-ill patients while they waited for the medical licenses....
Jul 13, 2022
$8 Million Jury Verdict for Loss of Sense of Smell.
Man in workplace bathroom forced to inhale toxic roach-killing chemicals which were being sprayed by Terminix in the closed Starbucks on...
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