A jury on Monday sided with a Florida hospital accused of wrongly repatriating a severely brain-injured illegal immigrant who had been a patient since 2000.  In the verdict, jurors concluded that Martin Memorial Medical Center’s actions had not been unreasonable or unwarranted under the circumstances. In 2003, acting on an order from a state court judge, and disregarding objections by a legal guardian, the hospital chartered a plane to return Luis Alberto Jiménez to his native Guatamala. The lawsuit sought damages to cover Jiménez’s continued care in Guatamala.

Two men who spent nearly 14 years in prison for a murder they did not commit will share $7.5 million under a proposed settlement, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The convictions of Antoine Goff and John "J.J." Tennison were overturned in 2003 after a federal judge ruled that San Francisco city prosecutors withheld evidence that could have cleared the men. Another judge subsequently declared the men innocent of the charges.

A New York state jury has ordered an orthopedic surgeon to pay $223,000 for medical malpractice. In the ruling, jurors found that Dr. Matthew Landfried had deviated from the standard level of care. According to attorneys for the plaintiff, Landfried negligently installed a prosthetic hip leading to pain, suffering and subsequent surgeries.

A Baltimore-area swim club was negligent in the near-drowning of a 15-year-old boy, a lawsuit filed by the boy’s parents claims. According to the lawsuit, Woodcroft Swim Club in Parkville and D.R.D. Pool Management Inc. failed to respond and provide aid to the struggling boy. The lawsuit seeks $40 million in damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering.

A jury is set to decide whether a Florida hospital should be held liable for secretly returning a severely brain damaged man to his native country. In a lawsuit, the man’s cousin and legal guardian alleges that Martin Memorial Medical Center falsely imprisoned 37-year-old Luis Jimenez and violated federal law by essentially deporting him to Guatemala over the objections of his family. The lawsuit seeks damages to cover continuing medical expenses, in addition to punitive damages.

An Indiana orthopedics facility deviated from the standard level of care in the treatment of a woman whose leg was amputated after a blood clot blocked circulation, a lawsuit filed this week claims. According to court documents, Orthopedics Northeast of Fort Wayne failed to diagnose the blood clot despite symptoms indicating a vascular problem. The Indiana Medical Review Panel previously found that Orthopedics Northeast failed to adequately treat the woman

A former doctor in Missouri has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle claims that he botched a 2006 colon procedure. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Michael Impey punctured John W. Campbell’s colon, an injury that caused the patient to subsequently lose about one foot of his colon. Impey, who has since lost his medical license, admitted that he had abused prescriptions drugs.

A federal judge has ordered the government to pay nearly $750,000 to the estate of a veteran who lost much of his vision during a 2006 surgical procedure. In an 18-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Tom Lee found that the Veterans Administration medical facility in Jackson, Miss. had used a chemical solution that caused severe burns on the plaintiff’s corneas. The facility then tried to cover up the error, according to reports. The award includes $500,000 in punitive damages, the maximum allowed under Mississippi law.

The family of a teenager who died last year at a church-run treatment center has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence on behalf of Catholic Charities Services Corporation and its staff. A coroner’s report concluded that the teen suffocated on her own vomit while being restrained. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for wrongful death.

Jurors began hearing arguments this week in a trial that claims a Missouri doctor was negligent in an incident that resulted in the removal of about a foot of a patient’s colon. In the medical malpractice lawsuit, the plaintiff claims that Dr. Michael Impey was under the influence of painkillers during the procedure.  Impey’s medical license was later revoked after he repeatedly tested positive for the painkiller Oxycodone.