30+ Examples of Medical Negligence Payouts
Medical negligence payouts can cover a variety of costs associated with a medical error or incompetence. These payments are intended to cover any medical expenses, including hospital stays, medications, and lost wages due to medical complications. Although the financial recovery from a negligence award will never fully make up for the losses experienced by the victim, it serves as a form of justice and helps to ensure that a similar incident does not occur in the future. In this article you will read 30 examples of medical negligence payouts that have been awarded over the past few years.
Examples of medical negligence payouts
1) In 2020, a 14-year-old boy in Ohio was granted a medical negligence payout of $2.2 million. The teenager had suffered a severe brain injury after being given an improperly prescribed dosage of a drug, which caused him to suffer permanent health complications. This award is one of the largest medical negligence settlements in contemporary history.
2) A family in London was granted a £1.75 million medical negligence payout in 2018. The family had taken their daughter to the hospital after she suffered a minor head injury. The medical team failed to properly diagnose a blood clot on the girl’s brain, and she later died of complications due to the clot.
3) In 2016, a Texas woman was awarded a $4.4 million medical negligence payout after her surgeon failed to complete a routine procedure correctly. The woman had gone in for a leg amputation, but the surgeon negligently amputated the wrong leg instead of the diseased one.
4) In 2015, a Missouri woman was awarded a $3.5 million medical negligence payout after her doctor failed to properly diagnose her cancer. The woman had received regular mammograms, which did not detect the presence of the disease until it was too late to treat.
5) In 2013, a family in Philadelphia was awarded a $1.7 million medical negligence payout after their daughter died in the hospital due to a preventable infection. The girl’s family sued the hospital for failing to take the appropriate precautions to prevent her infection and for their lack of responsiveness after it was discovered.
6) In 2011, a Texas hospital was ordered to pay a $45 million medical negligence payout to the family of a woman who had died in the hospital due to complications from a surgery. The hospital had neglected to monitor her vital signs properly and provide her with the correct medication, resulting in her death.
7) In 2009, a family in Arizona was awarded a $2.2 million medical negligence payout after their daughter suffered a brain injury during labor due to a doctor’s negligence. The doctor had failed to properly identify signs of distress in the mother, leading to a delay in the delivery process and a subsequent brain injury in the infant.
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8) In 2008, a Florida man was awarded a $6 million medical negligence payout after his doctor failed to correctly diagnose and treat his prostate cancer. The doctor had missed the cancer in a routine exam, causing it to go untreated and progress to an incurable stage before it was detected.
9) In 2007, a family in Maryland was awarded a $5 million medical negligence payout after their daughter died during a routine gallbladder surgery. The surgeon had made a critical error during the operation, leading to the girl’s death.
10) In 2004, a baby girl in Michigan was granted a $13.8 million medical negligence payout after her doctor failed to diagnose a deadly birth defect. The child was born with a life-threatening heart condition that had been undetected during pre-natal testing.
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