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A St. Louis County jury sided with a delivery doctor after a mother alleged that a C-section would have prevented injuries to her baby.
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Man reaches record settlement after suffering renal failure
A 42-year-old combat veteran reached a $10.5M settlement with the federal government after he alleged that improper treatment of his kidney disease worsened the ailment to the point of total renal failure.
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Read More »Jury finds patient’s heart attack not linked to anesthesia
In a 9-3 vote, a St. Louis County jury sided with the defense in a medical malpractice suit alleging a man received improper care while undergoing surgical anesthesia at St. Mary’s Health Center in Clayton.
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Read More »Hospital cleared in man’s death from pancreatitis
A Clay County jury sided unanimously with the defense in a suit by the family of a 51-year-old man who died of pancreatitis at North Kansas City Hospital.
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Read More »Jury sides with patient after two wayward back surgeries
A St. Louis County jury awarded $1 million in damages to a Franklin County woman whose doctor operated on the wrong side of her back — only to compound the error during a corrective procedure one day later.
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Read More »Jury sides with clinic on claim of infection from injections
A Kansas jury rebuffed a Kansas City woman’s effort to win damages for a bacterial infection she suffered following knee injections using a commercial stem cell product that its manufacturer would later pull off the market.
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Read More »Woman’s death from stroke blamed on overprescribed drug
St. Louis jurors awarded $5 million for the death of a woman who allegedly was overprescribed her ADHD medication, although caps reduced the amount to just over $800,000.
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Read More »Motorcyclist who claimed anesthesia led to crash settles with U.S.
A man who crashed his motorcycle following surgery at a VA hospital in St. Louis reached a $780,000 settlement with the federal government.
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Read More »Dentist held liable for patient’s ongoing repairs
A St. Louis County jury found that a dentist deviated from the standard of care in performing a full mouth dental reconstruction and awarded $165,000 to his patient.
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Read More »Doctor not liable in patient’s death from embolism
St. Francois County jurors have issued a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case after a woman collapsed and died while at the pharmacy filling her prescription.
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Read More »Illinois doctor not liable for cancer spread
A Jefferson County, Illinois jury sided with the defense after a 71-year-old veteran had sought $6.5 million in his claim that a urologist failed to timely diagnose his prostate cancer.
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