Washington State Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Upheld
October 10, 2014
On October 6, 2014, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Appeals Court”) issued its unpublished opinion in a Washington State medical malpractice case where the jury had found in favor of the Defendants. The losing plaintiffs had challenged some of the trial judge’s r[...]
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Arkansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Alleged Birth Injury
October 2, 2014
It took an Arkansas medical malpractice jury only 18 minutes of deliberations before returning a defense verdict in a birth injury medical malpractice case that was tried over a 12-day period. The Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that a newborn suffered serious and permanent brain dama[...]
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One Dollar North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict
September 30, 2014
On September 25, 2014, after a seven-week medical malpractice trial, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded the estate of a patient and her surviving husband only $1 against a defendant neurosurgeon whom the jury found to have been negligent in performing surgery on the woman –[...]
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$20.6M Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Upheld
September 29, 2014
On September 25, 2014, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“CSA”), in an unreported opinion, upheld a Maryland medical malpractice judgment in the amount of $20,605,000 against the defendant hospital and defendant obstetrician. The jury had returned its verdict in the amount of $2[...]
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