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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Melanoma Medical Malpractice Case

December 9, 2014

On December 5, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in a non-precedential decision, affirmed a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice defendants in a case where the defendant physician acknowledged that he had breached the standard of care but denied that the breach caused injury to the[...]

Oregon Woman Died Last Week Due To Hospital’s Medication Error

December 8, 2014

On December 3, 2014, a 65-year-old woman died from the serious injuries she suffered after she was given the wrong medication in an Oregon hospital’s emergency room on December 1, 2014. The woman’s family members were angered that it took the hospital several days to advise them about[...]

Ohio Legislature Seeks To Expand Medical Malpractice “Apology” Law

December 7, 2014

Ohio’s Legislature is seeking to expand Ohio’s “apology” medical malpractice law that currently shields physicians and other health care providers when they apologize to patients for injuries they suffered as a result of medical negligence. The expanded protection, if signed[...]

New York Surgeon Sued For Medical Malpractice For The 12th Time Since 1996

December 6, 2014

On October 22, 2014, a New York medical malpractice lawyer filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an upstate New York surgeon. The lawsuit was the second medical malpractice case filed against the same surgeon in 2014. There are at least three other New York medical malpractice cases presently [...]

Pharmaceutical Company Recalls Empty Gabapentin Capsules

December 5, 2014

On November 21, 2014, the pharmaceutical company Aurobindo Pharma USA announced its voluntary recall of a particular lot (GESB14011-A, expiration date 12/2015) of its Gabapentin Capsules, USP 300 mg 100-count bottles because the lot has been found to contain some empty capsules. The capsules have[...]

$5.62M Hawaii Medical Malpractice Verdict Against ENT

December 4, 2014

On November 25, 2014, after a three-week trial, a Hawaii medical malpractice jury awarded $5.62 million to a 43-year-old man whose cancer was left undiagnosed for two years, during which it grew from the size of a lima bean to the size of a fist. The man had gone to a local Hawaii hospital in 200[...]

Florida Man Sentenced To 11 Years, Ordered To Pay $14.4M Restitution For Medicare Fraud

December 3, 2014

On December 2, 2014, a 54-year-old Florida man was sentenced to an eleven-year prison term and was ordered to pay $14,424,856 in restitution after pleading guilty on February 3, 2014 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and making a false statement relating to health care matters that involved [...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Loss Of Chance Of Better Outcome Case

December 2, 2014

On November 25, 2014, the Louisiana Court of Appeal Fifth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in a Louisiana medical malpractice case that reversed a defense verdict, finding that the plaintiff had proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he had a chance of a better m[...]

Consumer Watchdog Asks California Supreme Court To Accept Case Challenging Medical Malpractice Cap

December 1, 2014

In a letter addressed to Justices of the California Supreme Court dated November 18, 2014, the consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has requested that the California Supreme Court agree to review a case in which the California medical malpractice cap on noneconomic damages is challenged, adv[...]

Wyoming Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Two-Year Statute Of Limitations As Applied To Minors Violates Wyoming Constitution

November 30, 2014

In its opinion issued on November 14, 2014, the Wyoming Supreme Court held that Wyoming’s two-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims violates the Wyoming Constitution when it is applied to medical malpractice claims of minors. Minors in Wyoming generally have three years[...]

Pennsylvania Superior Court Overturns $19.5M Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 29, 2014

By its decision dated November 9, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Superior Court”) overturned a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $19.5 million involving the death of the plaintiff’s wife from complications followin[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Neurosurgeon

November 28, 2014

Earlier this month, after three days of trial and two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberations, a Fulton County, Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a neurosurgeon who had been sued for allegedly contributing to his patient’s death shortly after spine surgery. The p[...]

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