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| Walpole Woman Awarded $35.4M in Medical Malpractice Case |  | A jury in Dedham awarded $35.4 million Thursday to a Walpole woman who is paralyzed from a stroke that she suffered hours after she gave birth, her attorney said. The verdict for Andrea Larkin, 35, was handed down in Norfolk Superior Court, said her lawyer. The defendants were Dedham Medical Associates, where Larkin sought treatment for dizziness in 2004; and Dr. Jehane Johnston, a physician who examined Larkin.
Travis Andersen, Boston Globe 05/08/2015    | | Read Article: Boston Globe |
| Pediatric Dentist Accused of Torture, Abuse, Fraud | | A Jacksonville pediatric dentist under investigation by the state of Florida is now the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging his practice is a front for a "sadistic and systematic scheme of physical and psychological torture and abuse" of "utterly defenseless" children. In a lawsuit filed this week in the 4th Judicial Circuit Court in Duval County, Fla., four plaintiffs accuse Dr. Howard Schneider of assault, battery, false imprisonment and intentionally inflicting "severe emotional distress" spanning decades from his office. The lawsuit filed Wednesday follows days of protests outside Schneider's office and a wave of complaints from parents alleging he physically abused their children, botched their dental work, and stonewalled parents and investigators when his methods were questioned.
Garrett Pelican, WTLV-TV/WJXX-TV, USA Today 05/08/2015 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Family Awarded $21M in Brain-Surgery Death | | A jury awarded the family of an 81-year-old Belleville woman $21 million this week in a lawsuit against Oakwood Hospital. The family claimed the hospital mistakenly operated on her brain in January 2012 when she just needed a simple procedure on her jaw. Bimla Nayyar never recovered from the surgery and died 60 days later.
JC Reindl and L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press, USA Today 05/08/2015 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Belmar, N.J. Faces Lawsuit Over Use of Beach Revenues | | Another lawsuit has been filed against the borough of Belmar, New Jersey over plans for its beaches. On Monday, the borough was served with the lawsuit which alleges that the mayor and the Borough Council "have unlawfully charged the Beach Utility Fund expenses that are unrelated to the beach, in order to benefit the borough and its tax payers." One of the lawsuit's main complaints is that the borough has used beach-generated revenue to pay non-beach related expenses. The lawsuit asks that all of the parking fee revenue be placed in the Beach Utility Fund.
Rob Spahr, NJ.com 05/08/2015 | | Read Article: NJ.com |
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