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Lawsuit: UPMC doctors missed condition which led to plaintiff's thyroid cancer
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona couple alleges that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center failed to follow up on the wife-plaintiff’s initial diagnosis of adenopathy, which she says led her to develop late-stage thyroid cancer. -
Health care agency and nurse object to lawsuit which alleges they caused leg injuries for child with cerebral palsy
LANCASTER – A home health care agency and one of its nurses have objected to a lawsuit brought by the parent of a child with cerebral palsy, which alleged that the defendants’ collective negligence led her disabled child to fall and suffer severe leg injuries. -
Parent of child with cerebral palsy who suffered broken legs, now seeking default judgment in Lancaster court
LANCASTER – The parent of a child with cerebral palsy who filed suit against a home health care agency and one of its nurses, claiming that their collective negligence led her disabled child to fall and suffer severe leg injuries, is now pursuing a default judgment against those same parties. -
Parent of child with cerebral palsy sues health care agency and nurse, for allegedly causing child's broken legs
LANCASTER – The parent of a child with cerebral palsy has filed suit against a home health care agency and one of its nurses, claiming that their collective negligence led her disabled child to fall and suffer severe leg injuries. -
Child's bacterial meningitis diagnosis update: Lancaster medical professionals deny 'overly broad' allegations
LANCASTER – Lancaster medical professionals and entities have denied allegations from a local couple who asserted that the defendants failed to diagnose their child as having contracted bacterial meningitis. -
Parents sue Lancaster General for malpractice after alleged failure to diagnose child's meningitis
LANCASTER – A Lancaster couple have sued a local hospital and one of its doctors after the physician allegedly failed to diagnose their child as suffering from bacterial meningitis. -
Supreme Court declines opinion in plaintiff's objection to exam without counsel
HARRISBURG – The state Supreme Court won’t review whether a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit has the right to have counsel present and to record a neuropsychological examination by a defendant’s doctor, remanding the case back to Lebanon County Common Pleas Court. -
Plaintiff's negligence appeal versus medical centers and neurosurgeons found untimely by Superior Court
HARRISBURG – A plaintiff’s appeal of summary judgment against a pair of medical facilities and two neurosurgeons has been quashed and labeled “untimely”, according to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Suit says misdiagnosis led to babies' brain damage
HARRISBURG – A medical center is being sued over a claim that a misdiagnosis of a pregnant woman’s condition led to her twins suffering from brain damage and reflux disease. -
Hershey and Mount Nittany Medical Centers accused of negligence
HARRISBURG — A woman suffering from chronic Krohn's Disease and diabetes alleges that two hospitals in the commonwealth and their staff violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. -
Commonwealth Court overturns WCAB's decision to uphold denial of claim by lung cancer victim
A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has overturned a decision by the -
Boy Scouts, Hershey Creamery Co. sued over 'catastrophic' injuries to boy
The estate of a former Boy Scout who was catastrophically injured after being struck by a -
Former Penn State professor pleads guilty in $3M grant fraud
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A former Penn State professor has pleaded guilty to the charge of committing a $3 million federal research grant fraud. -
Toyota hit with product liability claim following death of elderly Pa. driver
The family of an elderly woman who died as a result of injuries she allegedly sustained after crashing her car into a concrete barrier early last year has filed a product liability complaint against Toyota Motor Corp.