12 million A Philadelphia jury on Wednesday awarded $12 million to a woman with terminal breast cancer in her suit against two doctors for allegedly failing to diagnose the disease before it had progressed to an incurable stage.  Read Full Article.

$6 million A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded more then $6.6 million in damages to a woman who sued two doctors for failing to diagnose breast cancer in time to halt its spread to her liver and other vital organs.   Read Full Article.

$1.8 Million Following a construction accident, a man went to see a doctor about his back pain. The doctor performed two back surgeries; however, the patient's condition only worsened, leaving him unable to work. The man ultimately had to undergo a third surgery with another doctor in an effort to correct the damages of the first two surgeries. Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky investigated, finding the doctor had been negligent, failing to consider alternatives to surgery, performing surgery that was not indicated, and then failing to inform the patient of all of the risks of the surgery in order to gain his informed consent. The case went to trial, where a jury awarded $1.8 million for medical bills, lost wages, and other damages.  Read Full Article.

$1.5 Million A Montgomery county jury last Friday returned a $1.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice case where a plaintiff alleged his doctors failed to diagnose a condition that led to a stroke.  Read Full Article.

Undisclosed Jesse Gelsinger would want his legacy to be about advancing the protection of individuals undergoing gene therapy, a layer for his family and last week.   Read Full Article.