Family members of a Milwaukee man who died at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex in Wauwatosa four years ago have filed a federal lawsuit. The Milwaukee County district attorney rules that the death of a patient at the county mental health complex was not criminal. Brandon Johnson died at the facility in October 2012.
A jury has found in favor of a University of Washington surgeon who was sued by the daughter of a patient who died after the doctor used a non-FDA-approved bone cement during the woman’s spinal surgery. Rick Friedman, the lawyer for Cindy Wilson, says the jury reached the decision on Friday that Dr. Jens Chapman did not act below the standard of medical care when he used the Norian bone cement …
A lawsuit that was filed against Planned Parenthood claims the organization should have known an attack like the one that happened in Colorado Springs on Black Friday was likely to happen. First close look at Planned Parenthood building since the Black Friday shooting. The lawsuit was filed in Denver District Court on Friday and will be delivered to Planned Parenthood tomorrow, according to …
The family of comedian Joan Rivers, who died days after undergoing a routine endoscopy at a New York City clinic, has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the facility, the family’s attorneys said Thursday. The 81-year-old comedian and star of the show “Fashion Police” on E! died Sept. 4, 2014, days after she went in for a routine procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy on Manhattan’s Upper …
An attorney says the family of a woman who died during a mold outbreak at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has settled their lawsuit with the hospital network. Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE reported that James Datillo confirmed the settlement, but not its terms on Friday. UPMC officials didn’t immediately respond to …
Click photo to enlarge Brandon Marshall, one of the named plaintiffs in a case against the hiring policies of Silicon Valley companies, died after being shot by sheriff’s deputies in Saratoga on Dec. 10, 2013. SARATOGA — Santa Clara County has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of a despondent Sunnyvale man who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy outside Roku headquarters in …