An interventional cardiologist perforated a coronary artery into which he was placing a stent.  His failure to detect the perforation resulted in blood filling the pericardial sac, which resulted in cardiac tamponade (the heart’s inability to pump because the blood inside the sac prevented the heart from beating) and death. Confidential Settlement

During delivery, the infant’s shoulder became impacted on the mother’s pubic symphysis, resulting in the infant becoming stuck in the birth canal. Instead of recognizing this and using appropriate maneuvers to free the shoulder, the doctor negligently pulled hard on the head to deliver the infant, causing a permanent, lifelong injury to her brachial plexus […]