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$4.4M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict Challenged Because Jurors Allowed to Touch Plaintiff’s Hands

March 15, 2015

Last week, a panel of the Court of Appeals of Georgia was asked by the losing medical malpractice defendant to overturn a medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $4.4 million that was handed down in May 2014. One of the issues raised by the defendant hos[...]

New York Supreme Court: Dueling Expert Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case Precludes Summary Judgment

March 14, 2015

In a February 11, 2015 Decision and Order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Clinton County (“Court”), the Court held that summary judgment is not appropriate in a medical malpractice action where there exist conflicting medical expert opinions because credibility issues[...]

$2.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

March 13, 2015

On March 10, 2015, in a conservative Maryland jurisdiction (Anne Arundel County, where Maryland’s capital, Annapolis, is located), a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,535,869 in favor of the now 23-year-old female plaintiff. The plaintiff was 19 years [...]

Tennessee Circuit Court Judge Holds Tennessee Cap On Noneconomic Damages Unconstitutional

March 12, 2015

In a written decision filed on March 9, 2015 by a Tennessee Circuit Court judge (trial court judge) involving claims for personal injury damages arising out of a traffic collision, the court held that the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011 (“Tort Reform Act”), which applies to all Tenn[...]

Federal Appeals Court Affirms District Court’s Refusal To Amend Medical Malpractice Pretrial Order

March 11, 2015

In a federal appellate court decision filed on February 10, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the district court’s refusal to allow a medical malpractice defendant to amend a final pretrial order after the other medical malpractice defendants settled the c[...]

California Anesthesiologist On Cellphone During Procedure Disciplined For Gross Negligence After Patient’s Death

March 10, 2015

Earlier this year, a California anesthesiologist was disciplined by the Medical Board of California (“Board”) for gross negligence after a patient for whom he provided anesthesia services during a dental procedure died after her oxygen level fell, she had no pulse, and she was not prope[...]

California Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Permanent Brain Injury Following Surgery For Sleep Apnea

March 9, 2015

On March 3, 2015, the family of a 13-year-old girl who underwent surgery on December 9, 2013 in a California hospital to address her sleep apnea, filed a medical malpractice case seeking compensatory damages for their losses due to the excessive and continuous bleeding suffered by the patient while[...]

First Risperdal Trial In Philadelphia Results In $2.5M Verdict

March 8, 2015

On February 24, 2015, a Philadelphia jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.5 million in the first of about 1,250 pending Risperdal cases to go to trial in Philadelphia. The month-long trial was followed by about one and a half days of jury deliberations before 11 o[...]

$5.7M California Transvaginal Mesh Verdict Against Ethicon

March 7, 2015

On March 5, 2015, a California jury returned a $5.7 million verdict against Ethicon, Inc., which is a Johnson & Johnson company, in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit filed by a woman who was implanted with Ethicon’s transvaginal mesh device in 2011 to treat her stress urinary incontinence. The[...]

Today Begins Our 5th Year Of Daily Blog Postings

March 6, 2015

When we began posting daily blogs on March 5, 2011, we never imagined that we would be posting blogs every day, without missing a single day, for more than four years. We never considered whether we would run out of news or topics of importance to medical malpractice victims, medical malpracti[...]

Maryland Senate Bill Would Require Pre-Suit Notice Before Filing Maryland Medical Malpractice Claims

March 5, 2015

A bill filed in the Maryland Senate during the 2015 Session (the Maryland Legislature is currently in session) would require, if passed and signed into law, that Maryland medical malpractice victims provide a written notice to the allegedly negligent health care provider(s) of their intention to f[...]

Oregon Nursing Home Resident Left On Toilet 45 Minutes, Fractures Pelvis

March 4, 2015

An Oregon man, who was seriously injured on his first day in an Oregon nursing home due to the alleged lack of care and assistance, has filed a $4 million nursing home negligence lawsuit against the Oregon nursing home to be compensated for his medical expenses, pain and suffering, and loss of mobil[...]

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