Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

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Physician not held liable for child’s necrotizing pancreatitis, jury finds

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: July 26, 2023

Absent the “classic” symptoms of pancreatitis, the jury saw that his client “was working with a reasonable diagnosis until [the child’s] clinical p...

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Docs misdiagnose aneurysm and patient dies; must pay $29M; more

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: June 20, 2023

“If you just treat people based on what the likelihood is, statistically, you’re going to miss a lot of life-threatening conditions.”

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Clinic responsible for misdiagnosing newborn’s meningitis, must pay millions

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: May 8, 2023

In a separate case, a Missouri doctor accused of incorrectly treating a woman’s embolism has been found not liable for her death.

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Hospital misdiagnoses blood clot as sciatica; must pay millions

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: April 17, 2023

“Honestly, the reason this happened was because the communication ... in the emergency department between the nurses and providers was nonexistent....

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ED doc and group owe $13.5M after patient’s serious brain injury

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: March 27, 2023

A scan was administered at about 5:50 PM, almost 12 hours since Mr. Stiefel had first arrived at the ED. It showed that he had a torn artery in his...

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Doc never met patient who died from insect bite, but negligence suit moves forward; more

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: February 10, 2023

An appeals decision is the result of a case involving a man who arrived at a hospital complaining of neck pain and an insect bite.

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Singer is paralyzed after delay in care; hospital must pay

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: January 13, 2023

In a suit, the singer alleged that a doctor had probably ‘nicked a blood vessel’ during an epidural steroid injection procedure, causing hemorrhage...

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Docs used permanent, not temporary stitches; lawsuits result

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: October 21, 2022

Lakeland Regional Health sent letters to patients who had undergone “wrong stitch” surgeries, cautioning of possible postsurgical complications.

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Jury decides against hospital and surgeon who died by suicide

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: October 21, 2022

The surgery allegedly failed to fully repair Cox’s left ankle, which led to the professional football player’s early retirement.

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Clinic and doc must pay millions after faulty hernia surgery

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: September 23, 2022

The patient had a perforated bowel, which led to an infection that required an extended hospital stay and five additional surgeries. The infection ...

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Two congressmen targeting ‘gender transition’ physicians

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: July 15, 2022

The House and Senate bills would make doctors liable for any gender transition surgery on a minor that results in injury, whether physical, psychol...

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Doc’s misdiagnosis causes former firefighter to lose leg from flesh-eating bacterial infection

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: June 17, 2022

At the urgent care center, he was examined by a primary care physician who diagnosed him with an ankle sprain.

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A doctor’s missed diagnosis results in mega award

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: June 17, 2022

Over time, the patient underwent more than 20 surgeries on his leg to deal with the ongoing pain and other complications.

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Doctor accused of ‘fraudulent concealment’ can’t be held liable

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: May 18, 2022

The Iowa Supreme Court dismissed a knotty claim against a local doctor and hospital accused of concealing a woman’s renal cancer.

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Doc fails to order crucial tests; paralyzed patient wins $17 million; more

Author:: Wayne J. Guglielmo, MA

Publish date: April 14, 2022

The neurosurgeon/spine specialist didn’t order a presurgical MRI of his patient’s thoracic spine. Typically, such a scan would have been used to de...