A Phillipsburg woman was awarded $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

A Northampton County Court jury returned a verdict Friday in the case of 71-year-old Pauline Raffaele. Rafaele was admitted to EAston Hospital on June 21, 2005 for a replacement of her left arthritic knee. The day after the surgery Raffaele complained of numbness in her left foot, which she was unable to move. By 3:00 p.m. that day, a rehabilitation doctor was consulted and found that Rafaele's leg was white, and she had no feeling in it. Emergency surgery later revealed an undiagnosed blood clot in the toot.

A month later, doctors had to amputate her leg below the knee. A short while later, doctors were forced to remove more of  her leg, above the knee. 

The jury found the hospital to be 40 percent negligent, and a former nurse named Shelly Benson, to be 60 percent negligent. Benson did not alert doctors to Rafaele's deteriorating condition.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of Philadelphia medical malpractice or negligence, please contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to learn more about the legal options available to injured patients. Please call 215-238-1130 today.

A retired Michigan State Police trooper has been awarded a $15 million verdict in a malpractice lawsuit filed against a dentist, periodontist and oral surgeon.

Herta Hopton claimed that oral surgeon Warren Vallerand failed to diagnose cancer in her mouth despite repeated visits. Jurors awarded more than $15 million against Vallerand and the Center for Oral & Facial Surgery. The verdict is the largest dental malpractice award in United States history. 

Hopton received the award on paper only. A Michigan law passed in 1994 caps non-economic damages awarded in malpractice lawsuits at $420,000. Hopton was awarded slightly more than $400,000 in non-economic damages.

Filing a Philadelphia medical malpractice claim cannot undo the pain and suffering you and your family has experienced. However, legal action can help you battle the severe financial losses that victims of medical negligence commonly experience as well as prevent damage to future patients by raising awareness to flaws in a particular hospital's system.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of Philadelphia medical malpractice or negligence, please contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to learn more about the legal options available to injured patients. Please call 215-238-1130.

A 63-year-old man died in the ER Saturday after waiting nearly and hour to be helped. This issue is raising serious questions.

Police
records reveal the man walked into the emergency room of Aria Health
Frankford Hospital complaining with a pain in his torso, where he was
told to take a seat. Police say that the final moments after his death, his
wrist watch was stolen.

The first question to be answered, is if anyone took action to find out how sick he really was.

If you are your loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, please contact Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyer of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-329-3511.