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A malpractice case involving missed postoperative decline highlights failures to act on evolving infection and organ dysfunction trends following abdominal surgery.

A physician associate in an understaffed emergency department diagnosed a patient’s severe back pain as sciatica after a CT scan read as normal. Five days later, a different clinician identified a perirectal abscess that had already progressed to require multiple surgeries.

A Rhode Island court denied summary judgment in an informed consent suit after a patient developed permanent tardive dyskinesia following an intra-class antipsychotic switch.

A Cook County jury awarded $66 million after a 39-year-old patient died from unrecognized internal bleeding following a combined abdominoplasty and liposuction, spotlighting the compounding risks of combined cosmetic procedures.

A $4.5 million stroke verdict shows how a missing ‘stat’ designation and one unfollowed order can end a patient’s life and a neurologist’s career.

“By design, this system of pleading makes it relatively easy for plaintiffs to subject defendants to discovery, even for claims that are likely to fail.” — U.S. Supreme Court opinion