According to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, medical malpractice lawsuit filings in Erie County reached an 8-year high in 2010.   Last year, 49 cases of medical malpractice were filed at the Erie County court.  Only 21 were filed in the county in 2009.

Last year’s filings were the highest that Erie County has seen since 2002 when 29 lawsuits were filed.  Most of the lawsuits in Erie County and across the state reached settlements before reaching a jury.

Only 3 of the 49 cases in Erie had jury-issued verdicts.  The largest case in the county involved a man who developed serious brain damage because doctors at Hamot Medical Center failed to diagnose an infection in his brain.  The man and his wife were awarded $3.5 million.

If you or someone you love has suffered because of a doctor’s failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis, contact the Phialdelphia misdiagnosis attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about your rights.

A California man and his brother are suing the University ofPittsburgh Medical Center and its former chief of transplantation overallegations of medical malpractice.

45 year-old peter Cullen and 43 year-old Timothy Cullen havefiled separate lawsuits that name UPMC and Dr. Amadeo Marcos as defendants.Timothy Cullen donated a liver for his brother but both men claim that UPMCfailed to provide them with all of the information concerning the dangers oflive liver transplantation.

Attorney for the two brothers, Harry Cohen, says that bothmen are suffering complications from the surgery.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has yet to make apublic comment on the lawsuit.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of medicalmalpractice or negligence, please contact the Philadelphia medical malpracticelawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-329-3511.

A Massachusetts woman has won a $6.4 million dollar lawsuit in a medical malpractice case.  The woman claims that she suffered brain damage during her pregnancy when her doctor failed to treat her condition of preeclampsia.  Preeclampsia is a condition in pregnant women that can cause high blood pressure if left untreated. 

In this case,  the pregnant woman's preeclampsia went untreated by the doctor and caused a serious injury.  The untreated condition then led the woman to suffer a brain bleed during the pregnancy.   The brain bleed then caused the woman brain damage.  The baby was delivered safely,  however the mother did suffer from her injuries. 

Have you been a victim of medical malpractice?  If so, see what your options are by discussing your case with an experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyer of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 215-329-3511.