$11.6 Million jury verdict for failure to diagnose/treat stroke
Plaintiff, 42, went to the hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT scan showed a blocked blood vessel. The finding was not reported by the...
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Here is what juries are doing in Hawai`i and across the country. Feel free to comment. Mahalo.
Jul 14, 2022
$10.2 Million jury verdict for neglecting care home patient
A 15-year old boy, who suffered from seizures and cerebral palsy, was found unresponsive one morning in the care home he was permanently...
Jul 14, 2022
$6.9 Million jury verdict for late diagnosis of breast cancer
Plaintiff’s radiologist noticed calcifications on her mammogram but concluded they were benign. Two years later, Plaintiff found a lump...
Jul 14, 2022
Verdict for $3.7 Million for delayed cancer diagnosis
After noticing a growth on his chest, an initial biopsy was deemed negative. A year later, a second biopsy revealed a melanoma, which...
Jul 14, 2022
$6.5 Million jury verdict for untimely ventilation of patient in respiratory distress
A 29-year old student was vomiting and breathing hard after taking oxycodone. The hospitalist first only gave supplemental oxygen; but,...
Jul 14, 2022
Bedsore costs hospital $650,000
A 74 year-old man developed a pressure ulcer (aka a bedsore) and sued the hospital and nursing home. The nursing home settled for a...
Jul 14, 2022
Maui Memorial, Wahiawa General, Kaiser, and Queen’s rated among worst in Hawaii
According to a complex measuring system which analyzes hospital-acquired conditions such as bloodstream infections, urinary tract...
Jul 14, 2022
$4.5 Million Settlement in Brain Injury case after improper stroke treatment
63 year-old patient was suffering from long standing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heart periodically deviates...
Jul 14, 2022
$8.4 Million settlement for delayed C-Section causing brain damage
Pregnant woman underwent a routine ultrasound at 40 weeks which showed insufficient amniotic fluid. She was admitted for immediate...
Jul 14, 2022
$883,000 jury verdict for bed sore
Days after a successful surgery, while convalescing in the hospital, man developed a black spot on his tailbone (coccyx). During surgery...
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