TX Jury Awards Multiple Amputee $10M In Heparin Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Texas jury awarded $10 million to a man who became a multiple amputee after being given the blood thinner, heparin, at Methodist Hospital. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that the hospital and several of its doctors were negligent in not observing his condition after being given the drug which led to gangrene and the necessity of amputating several body parts.

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Texas Medical Malpractice: Laws, Claims and Damages

A claim for medical malpractice in Texas can be filed against a medically negligent health care provider. Medical negligence is a term that describes when a health care provider treats a patient with a standard of care below the profession’s accepted standard, resulting in injury to the patient. Typically, Texas medical malpractice suits arise from the following negligent acts, although this is not an exhaustive list:

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