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Georgia Anesthesia Group And Its Owners Pay $7.2 million To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

September 2, 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced on April 13, 2022 that Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), which was created by Paul D. Weir (“Weir”) and John R. Morgan, M.D. (“Morgan”), along with 18 anesthes[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

$14.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Profound Brain Injury During Ear Surgery

July 29, 2022

$14.2M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Profound Brain Injury During Ear Surgery $14.2M Verdict For Child’s Profound Brain Injury: A federal judge in Maryland has awarded $14.2 million, including $11 million in future medical expenses, for the catastrophic and permanent b[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Revives Negligent Credentialing, Punitive Damages, And Attorney Fees Claims In Medical Malpractice Case

July 13, 2022

Court Revives Negligent Credentialing, Punitive Damages, And Attorney Fees Claims In Case: The Court of Appeals of Georgia stated in its April 29, 2022 opinion, “the trial court erred when it found that Calvin had offered no evidence (a) that Hamm was unqualified to provide the medical care sh[...]

$8.3 Million Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Medication Mix-Up During Surgery

July 3, 2022

$8.3 Million Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Medication Mix-Up During Surgery: In early April 2022, a Texas medical malpractice jury returned a verdict against a Texas hospital and an anesthesia practice for the brain damage suffered by a patient during surgery when an anesthesiologist adminis[...]

Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Awards Nearly $15M For Mother’s Catastrophic Injuries Shortly After Giving Birth

December 26, 2021

On April 22, 2014, “L.B.” gave birth to twins at Presence United Samaritans Medical Center by Cesarean section delivery. After performing the deliveries, the on-call obstetrician (“OB”) attempted to remove the placenta. However, the OB reportedly failed to diagnose placenta a[...]

Anesthesia Providers And Outpatient Surgery Centers Pay $28M To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

December 21, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia announced on November 9, 2021 that three anesthesia providers and several Georgia outpatient surgery centers, as well as their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they enter[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Pain Management Specialist Not Qualified To Testify Against Anesthesiologist

December 16, 2021

In its unpublished opinion dated November 4, 2021, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held that “the trial court erred by failing to strike plaintiff’s expert witness, Dr. Savala, as he was not qualified to give standard-of-care testimony against [...]

Arizona CRNA Not Disciplined After Two Dental Deaths

December 12, 2021

Tory Richmond, an Arizona nurse anesthetist (CRNA), has been named in two Arizona wrongful death lawsuits involving two dental patients who died while under his care. We wrote about one of those cases in our blog entry yesterday. The other case involves a dental patient whose mouth erupted in fire d[...]

Arizona Lawsuit Alleges Dentist’s And CRNA’s Negligence During Dental Procedure Led To Patient’s Death

December 11, 2021

A dental malpractice lawsuit filed on October 22, 2021 in Arizona alleges, in part: “Defendants performed an outpatient medical and dental procedure on Sharlon Stemmons without warning her of the risks of doing so given her age and health conditions. Defendants did not inform Sharlon Stemmons [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Upholds $10M Wrongful Death Verdict And $10M Survival Claim Verdict

October 24, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) upheld a Pennsylvania medical malpractice verdict in the total amount of $20 million ($10 million awarded for the wrongful death claim and $10 million awarded for the survical claim) in its opinion filed on September 30,[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Plaintiff’s Expert Was Qualified In Medical Malpractice Case

March 11, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) concluded in its non-precedential Memorandum decision filed on January 22, 2021 that the plaintiff’s subsequent treating neurosurgeon was qualified to provide a certificate of merit in her medical malpractice case,[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital In Claim Against Anesthesiologist

October 30, 2020

In its decision dated September 28, 2020, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) reversed summary judgment granted by the trial court to the defendant hospital involving a claim against an anesthesiologist who provided services at the hospital during which the plaint[...]

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