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Arizona Supreme Court Applies Federal Preemption To Preclude State Law Failure To Warn Claim Involving Pain Pump

December 20, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 18, 2018 that the plaintiff’s pain pump failure to warn state law claims were preempted under federal law (i.e., federal law preempts a failure-to-warn claim predicated on a me[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Allows Medical Malpractice Claim Against Hospital To Continue After Surgeon Settles

September 2, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 9, 2018 that a stipulated dismissal with prejudice of an agent-surgeon does not preclude a party from asserting a claim against the surgeon’s principal for its own independent negligen[...]

$8M Verdict Against Medical Malpractice Lawyer

August 22, 2018

On July 25, 2018, a jury in Arizona awarded $6,232,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $1,768,000 in punitive damages in favor of the plaintiff surgeon in his lawsuit against a Las Vegas medical malpractice lawyer and his law firm who had previously sued the surgeon for medical malpractice[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Holds Statute Prohibiting Medical Marijuana On College Campuses Unconstitutional

June 16, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on May 23, 2018 that the 2012 Arizona statute that provides that “a person, including [a qualified AMMA cardholder], may not lawfully possess or use marijuana on the campus of any public u[...]

$15M Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrong Medication Leading To Vegetative State

November 19, 2017

In October 2017, an Arizona medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15 million in favor of a 42-year-old woman who was allegedly given inappropriate medication in the defendant hospital emergency room that led to her suffering a heart attack later that night at home during wh[...]

Arizona Appellate Court Rules Assumption Of Risk Jury Instruction Improper In Antibiotic Malpractice Claim

October 5, 2017

In its unreported opinion filed on September 19, 2017, the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”), Arizona’s intermediate appellate court, held that it was error for the trial court to instruct the Arizona medical malpractice jury with regard to the plain[...]

Fake Arizona Doctor Sentenced To Over 38 Years In Prison

August 26, 2017

An Arizona man with no medical license and no formal medical training who performed illegal cosmetic surgery procedures on unsuspecting women in the Tucson area was sentenced on August 8, 2017 to 38.25 years in prison after pleading guilty in April 2017 to 28 felony charges arising out of the man pe[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

August 12, 2017

In its unpublished opinion dated July 27, 2017, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV (“Wisconsin Appellate Court”) affirmed the Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s defense verdict in a birth injury medical malpractice case, finding that the trial court did not commit reversi[...]

Arizona Governor Wishes To Harm Medical Malpractice Victims With Federal Tort Reform

July 30, 2017

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey supports efforts at imposing federal tort “reforms,” such as the proposed $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, despite the protections afforded by the Arizona Constitution and despite the citizens of Arizona uniformly rejecting med[...]

Arizona Court Of Appeals Affirms Medical Malpractice Settlement With Physician Precluded Vicarious Liability Claims Against His Employer

July 19, 2017

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One filed its Memorandum Decision on June 8, 2017 in which it stated that where the plaintiffs entered into a settlement agreement and stipulation dismissing their medical malpractice claims against the defendant physician in which the parties agreed that no wro[...]

$2.5M Phoenix VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer

March 16, 2017

On March 6, 2017, a federal judge awarded an 18-year Army veteran $2.5 million for the harm he suffered because the Phoenix VA Medical Center had failed to schedule an appointment for him for one year, and then when he was finally seen, it was a physician assistant who examined him and found that he[...]

Arizona Supreme Court Discusses “Original Tortfeasor Rule” In Medical Malpractice Appeal

August 6, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 18, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) discussed, and limited, the application of the “original tortfeasor rule” (“OTR”) in a medical malpractice case. The Arizona Supreme Court held that the OTR�[...]

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