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Listings are in alphabetical order by state and then city.
California: Contra Costa
Tran
Article from the Orange County Register:
Excerpt:
The husband of a Fountain Valley woman who died after taking the so-called abortion pill RU-486 has sued the drug’s manufacturers and a local Planned Parenthood, accusing them of not warning her of the drug’s risks . . .
Tran died Dec. 29, 2003 – six days after beginning the drugs’ cycle. She was 22. An autopsy revealed evidence of sepsis, an illness caused by infection in the bloodstream, according to the complaint.
The Federal Drug Administration in July issued a public health advisory warning after four women in California, including Tran, died from sepsis after taking the drugs. The first U.S. death was reported in September 2003; a death in Canada was reported in 2001 . . .
Also named is Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties . .
Tran, a former education student at Santa Ana College, received the drugs Dec. 23, 2003, at the Planned Parenthood in Costa Mesa . . . Had she known of the risks, she would not have taken the drug or would have gotten the medical attention necessary to save her life, the lawsuit said.
California: Los Angeles
Bixby
Lopez
Article from The Los Angeles Times:
Clinic, Doctor Faulted in Abortion Death
by Steve Hymon, Staff Writer, June 25, 2003
Excerpt:
A 25-year-old woman bled to death last year after a Planned Parenthood clinic in East Los Angeles neglected to follow established medical procedures during an abortion, according to a report by the state Department of Health Services. The report also found that the clinic failed to report Diana Lopez’s death within 24 hours, as required, and that a doctor working there did not follow clinic policies that would have excluded the woman as a candidate for the procedure. . .
Among the most serious allegations in the state report is that Maltzer violated clinic procedure because he went forward with the abortion even though Lopez’s hemoglobin levels were below the clinic’s standards. Low hemoglobin levels often lead to increased bleeding. The report also states that Maltzer did not follow the clinic’s standards in waiting until Lopez was sufficiently dilated before the procedure.
The clinic did not report Lopez’s death to the state until a week later, even though such notification is supposed to be done within 24 hours, the report said.
The report also found that Planned Parenthood’s patient records lacked basic information on Lopez’s care and condition . . .
Court Document:
CA Los Angeles Enriquez 2003 Wrongful Death Complaint
New York: Manhattan
Owens
Court documents:
Excerpt:
- In April, 2009, 17-year-old . . . Owens was a senior in high school in excellent health, looking forward to graduating and attending college in the fall.
- On the morning of April 11, 2009 [she] went to Defendant Planned Parenthood for a scheduled termination of pregnancy . . .
- . . . Defendant [doctor] . . . noted in his operative report that the procedure was “uneventful” and that there were no complications.
- According to Defendant Planned Parenthood’s own records, however, [she] was observed experiencing labored breathing immediately after the procedure ended at 9:20 A.M. Her oxygen saturation levels were also reported to have dropped.
- Despite [her] apparent deteriorating condition, the Doctor and Nurse Anesthetist and Planned Parenthood failed to properly monitor her or to administer the proper treatment and failed to make timely contact with EMS until 9:43 A.M. In fact, due to the delay in recognizing and treating [her] condition, [she] was not transported to St. Vincent’s Medical Center . . . until 10:05 A.M.
- Although St. Vincent’s was able to stabilize [her], Defendants’ delay and the resultant hypoxia caused [her] to suffer severe irreversible injury. She required a respirator thereafter and was unable to leave the hospital. [She] died at St. Vincent’s five months later on September 8, 2009.
Buchanan
NY Manhattan Buchanan Malpractice Complaint 04.26.2017
NY Manhattan Buchanan Letter to the New York Supreme Court
NY Manhattan Buchanan New Malpractice Complaint 08.15.2021
Excerpt from Original Complaint:
- That the foregoing treatment [on May 12, 2015] and management of the plaintiff . . . by the defendant . . . was performed in a careless, negligent, and improper manner . . . including the failure to properly evaluate or diagnose cervical bleeding and cancer thereby causing the plaintiff . . . to sustain severe injuries and dangers . . .
- That by reason of the foregoing, the plaintiff . . . was severely injured and damaged, rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled, sustained severe nervous shock and mental anguish, great physical pain and emotional upset, some of which injuries are permanent in nature and duration, and plaintiff will be permanently caused to suffer pain, inconvenience, and other effects of just injuries; plaintiff incurred and in the future will necessarily incur further health care facility and/or medical expenses in an effort to be cured of said injuries; and plaintiff has suffered and in the future will necessarily suffer additional loss of time and earnings from employment . . .
Content of Letter, March 19, 2018:
Please be advised that plaintiff . . . died on February 24, 2018. We request that action be marked Stayed. Our Office will commence proceedings to appoint an administrator of the estate.
Excerpt from Subsequent Complaint:
29. That the foregoing treatment and management of the decedent . . . was performed in a careless, negligent, and improper manner . . . including the failure to properly evaluate or to diagnose cervical bleeding and cancer thereby causing the decedent . . . to sustain severe injuries and damages and death . . .
35. That by reason of the foregoing, the decedent . . . was severely injured and damaged, rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled, sustained severe nervous shock and mental anguish, great physical pain and emotional upset, up to the moment of her death.