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$3.4M Delaware Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 21, 2014

On December 11, 2014, after a seven-day trial and three hours of jury deliberations, the 52-year-old plaintiff in a Delaware medical malpractice case was awarded $3,425,515 in damages for her loss of income, medical expenses, and her pain and suffering arising out of an allegedly botched surgery on [...]

14 Indicted In Connection With NECC Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

December 20, 2014

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, a 131-count criminal indictment was unsealed on December 17, 2014 in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak traced back to the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”). The owner/head pharmac[...]

Florida Appellate Court: Contaminated Drug Claim Is Not Medical Malpractice Claim

December 19, 2014

On December 12, 2014, the District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida Fifth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) issued an opinion in which it stated that the mere fact that a wrongful act occurs in a medical setting does not automatically transform the contested action into one that sounds[...]

Neurosurgeon Who Operated On Wrong Side Of Patient’s Brain Will Not Be Disciplined

December 18, 2014

A Missouri neurosurgeon who operated on the wrong side of his patient’s brain in April 2013 will not be subject to state disciplinary action due to the wrong side surgery. A letter sent to the patient’s attorney last month advised that the investigation that began as a result of the atto[...]

New California Supreme Court Case Regarding Medical Malpractice Damages

December 17, 2014

In a case decided on December 15, 2014, the Supreme Court of California held that the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages imposed by Section 3333.2, subdivision (b) of MICRA (“Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975”) applies only to judgments awarding noneconomic damages ([...]

“Medical Malpractice Reforms Are Necessary To Contain Health Care Costs” … Really?

December 16, 2014

The current mantra of medical malpractice tort reformers is that medical malpractice reforms (i.e., limiting or eliminating the right of innocent victims of medical negligence to obtain fair and just compensation for their serious and often permanent injuries and losses) are “necessaryR[...]

California Hospital Sued For Medical Negligence Leading To Amputations

December 15, 2014

On December 11, 2014, a California woman filed a medical malpractice case against a California hospital, alleging that medical negligence required her to have amputations over a period of years following the successful bone marrow transplant she had in 2004. According to her California medical ma[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns $620,000 Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 14, 2014

In an unreported opinion of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) dated November 5, 2014, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, the Appellate Court overturned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff in the amount of $620,000 that had been rendered by[...]

Missouri Whistleblower Case Alleges Substandard Cancer Treatment At Cancer Clinic

December 13, 2014

The former medical director of a Missouri cancer clinic, who is a radiation oncologist, has filed a whistleblower wrongful termination case against the cancer clinic, alleging that she was terminated after bringing her concerns to the attention of her employer in 2011 regarding various alleged viol[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Expert Qualification Issue

December 12, 2014

In its decision dated November 21, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) addressed the issue whether a certified nurse midwife (“CNM”) was qualified to offer expert testimony on the standard of care applicable to the defendant hospital’s RNs. In par[...]

D.C.’s Highest Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 11, 2014

By its decision issued on November 20, 2014, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s $650,000 verdict in a medical malpractice case involving the alleged negligence of the nurses employed by the defendant hospital in failing to place sequential compression devices (SCDs) [...]

Tennessee Appellate Case Highlights “Gotcha” Of Hyper-Technical Medical Malpractice Reforms

December 10, 2014

In its decision filed on December 9, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee sided with the medical malpractice plaintiff in a case where the defendants successfully moved to dismiss the plaintiff’s re-filed medical malpractice lawsuit on the basis that the required pre-suit notices prov[...]

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