GRETNA – A woman claims that a medical center failed to complete a bilateral tubal ligation, thus allowing her to become pregnant when she did not desire it.
GRETNA – An Orleans Parish woman is seeking damages alleging Ochsner Clinic Foundation lost a sample and she subsequently had her entire thyroid removed.
GRETNA – A surviving beneficiary is seeking damages, claiming that the Ochsner Medical Center was responsible for the wrongful death of his benefactor.
GRETNA – A local hospital is being sued by a patient who claims she was under its care for a routine heart procedure when an avoidable complication caused her to undergo major emergency surgery and be hospitalized for an extended period of time afterward.
GRETNA – A local hospital and one of its doctors are being sued after a patient allegedly had his bile duct improperly severed during a gallbladder surgery.
GRETNA – A patient who received breast implant corrective surgery is suing her doctor claiming he left a bottle cap in her breast that caused complications.
GRETNA – A local hospital is being sued by a woman who claims she suffered severe complications that went undiagnosed for an extended period due to blood thinning treatment for a heart condition. Naomi Sewell filed suit against Rupinderjit Dillon M.D., Daniel Morin M.D., Richard Milani M.D., Nanette LeBlanc FNP, Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Ochsner Medical Center in the 24th Judicial District Court on April 27. Sewell alleges that on Oct. 12, 2011 she was admitted to the Ochsner Medical Cente
GRETNA – A local hospital is being sued by a woman who claims she suffered severe complications that went undiagnosed for an extended period due to blood thinning treatment for a heart condition.
GRETNA – The children of a deceased man are suing the hospital where he died at age 85 claiming they failed to properly treat his pneumonia and other medical conditions that led to his death.
GRETNA – A local hospital and a group of doctors are being sued for allegedly misdiagnosing the source of man’s leg weakness and performing a spinal surgery on him when other less invasive options should have been available.
GRETNA – A local hospital and doctor are being sued by a patient who claims she received severe nerve damage in a carpal tunnel surgery that has limited her ability to use her hand.
GRETNA – The family of a woman whose condition deteriorated and she ultimately died is suing the hospital were her decline and ultimate death occurred.Mona Singleton Hebert and Dwan Singleton Hilferty, individually and on behalf of their mother Hope Lanier Singleton, filed suit against Ochsner Clinic Foundation in the 24th Judicial District Court on Jan. 13.The plaintiffs contend that on Feb. 19, 2012
NEW ORLEANS – A former New Orleans Police Department officer who was fired in 2009 for allegedly abandoning his patrol, going to the 4th floor of a parking garage and firing his gun into his squad car more than 20 times is claiming that his doctor was negligent in explaining his prescriptions.Patrick O'Hern filed suit against Glenda Petroff, NP, FNP, Dr. Vernon Palmisano and Ochsner Clinic Foundation
GRETNA – A local hospital and doctor are being sued by a homeless patient who claims she received poor treatment when she was in the hospital for a severely broken leg she received in a car accident that ultimately resulted in the leg being amputated.