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Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Malpractice Claims
Venue for Malpractice Lawsuits Against
In Pennsylvania all medical malpractice lawsuits must be filed in the county where the malpractice allegedly occurred. This means malpractice suits against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania or the other 2 Penn Medicine hospitals in the city must be filed in Philadelphia County.
Recent Malpractice Cases
Below is a brief summary of several malpractice cases recently filed against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
- (2017) Yetter v Hospital of the Univ. of Penn.: suit alleging HUP negligently handled aortic valve and root replacement procedure resulting in death of patient.
- (2017) Johnson v Hospital of the Univ. of Penn: malpractice suit alleging that HUP doctors failed to timely follow up on CT scan resulting in a 16 month delay in diagnosis of colon cancer.
- (2017) Payne v Hospital of the Univ. of Penn: labor and delivery malpractice case alleging baby suffered cerebral palsy and physical injuries from mishandling of difficult delivery.
- (2017) Burke v Hospital of the Univ. of Penn: another labor and delivery malpractice case claiming that doctors negligently induced vaginal delivery when they should have done a c-section.
- (2017) Houston v Hospital of the Univ. of Penn: suit alleging that hospital negligence caused 6 day old baby in neo natal unit to overdose on hydrocortisone.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Tate v. Univ. of Pennsylvania, et al (2016): In this case doctors at Penn Hospital alleged caused a patient to overdose on the blood thinner drug Herapin. The suit alleged that while the plaintiff was at Penn Hospital she was regularly administered excessive doses of Herapin which the doctors and nurses negligently failed to recognize. The hospital was accused of negligent administration of the medicine, poor communication, and failure to perform testing that would have revealed the problem. As a result of the negligent overdosing the plaintiff claimed that she suffered a brain hemorrhage and blood clots in her brain which left her bed ridden with permanent paralysis. Penn Hospital denied that it was negligent and took the case to trial. A jury in Philadelphia found the doctors 35% negligent and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 65% negligent. The plaintiff was awarded a staggering $44 million in damages.
- Emory v. Groh, et al (2012): The plaintiff in this case had a coronary stent implanted at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (a Penn Medicine hospital). The stent contained nickel to which the plaintiff had an allergic reaction. The plaintiff accused doctors in staff at Penn Presbyterian of negligent care because he apparently informed them that he was allergic to nickel when he was initially admitted to the hospital. The doctors and staff at the hospital failed to notice this or warn the plaintiff that the stent contained nickel. A jury in Philadelphia awarded the plaintiff $650,000.
- Waliyuddin v. University of Pennsylvania Health Sys. (2005): In this case the patient was treated at both University of Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Presbyterian. The malpractice suit by her estate alleged that the hospitals and their staff failed to recognize the patient's deadly allergic reaction to certain medications they were administering which eventually led to her death.
