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Misdiagnosis of Baby’s Meningitis Leads to $1.72 Million Jury Verdict

Three-month-old Emma Takacs developed a poor appetite. She had a fever that was in excess of 103 degrees Fahrenheit. Emma’s mom and dad took her to a hospital’s emergency room where a nurse documented Emma’s abnormal vital signs and fussiness. An emergency department doctor, Duane Siberski, M.D., examined Emma. Dr. Siberski diagnosed an…

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Assisted-Living Facility Worker Falls on Unsafe Ramp; Jury Verdict $1.83 Million

Anthony Waring was a worker for a company that owned and operated an assisted-living facility. Waring was in the process of retrieving a snow shovel from a shed on the facility’s grounds. He fell on snow and ice as he was walking down the ramp leading from the shed. Waring was 22…

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$15.26 Million Jury Verdict for Brain Damaged Patient Caused by Negligent Removal of Tracheostomy Tube

Following an automobile accident, Cody Wade, 17, was hospitalized. The injuries he suffered in the car crash led the hospital’s staff to place a tracheostomy tube to help with Cody’s breathing. A tracheostomy is a surgical procedure in which a doctor creates an opening through the neck to the patient’s windpipe or…

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