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Alabama Hospital Sued Twice Last Week For Medical Malpractice

July 24, 2014

An Alabama hospital had a bad week last week: it was named as a medical malpractice defendant in two separate cases filed on behalf of two men who had been shot and allegedly suffered injuries as a result of medical negligence at the hospital. One of the men died from his wounds (his family alleges [...]

New York Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Death; Employees Indicted

July 23, 2014

The children of a 72-year-old woman who was a short-term resident of a New York nursing home where she was supposed to be receiving rehabilitation services but died on October 26, 2012 from a heart attack because the nursing home staff allegedly had failed to have her on a ventilator at night, as or[...]

Johns Hopkins Health System Agrees To Pay $190M To Settle Claims Regarding Secretly Recorded Gynecological Exams

July 22, 2014

It was reported on July 21, 2014 that the Johns Hopkins Health System has reached an agreement with the lawyers representing a class of more than 8,000 former patients of a former Johns Hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded gynecological examinations of his patients, using a pen-like hidden cam[...]

U.S. Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing On “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety”

July 21, 2014

On July 17, 2014, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging held a hearing on the subject entitled, “More Than 1,000 Preventable Deaths a Day Is Too Many: The Need to Improve Patient Safety.” The Subcommittee Cha[...]

Georgia Court Of Appeals Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

July 20, 2014

In an opinion filed on July 15, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Court of Appeals”) reversed a defense verdict in a Georgia medical malpractice case because the trial judge failed to advise the plaintiffs regarding a jury note he received after the lunch recess on the first day of[...]

Ex-Wife’s Share Of Husband’s New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Reduced

July 19, 2014

A New York Supreme Court judge has told the ex-wife of a man who had successfully sued for medical malpractice in New York that her jury award in the amount of $1 million was excessive and that she would have to endure a new trial to determine her damages for loss of services from her […][...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

Ohio Medical Malpractice Trial For Sponge Left After Surgery

July 17, 2014

An Ohio medical malpractice trial started on July 14, 2014 in which it is alleged that a surgical sponge was left in a patient after a 17-hour surgery in February 2009 that ultimately led to the patient’s death 15 months later. The Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by the patient̵[...]

Florida Hospital Sued For Psychiatric Malpractice

July 16, 2014

On July 10, 2014, a psychiatric medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a Florida hospital for the death of a 32-year-old psychiatric patient who was strangled by another psychiatric patient with a history of violence and who had been placed in the same hospital room. The man who was strangled[...]

$3.34M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Perforated Bowel

July 15, 2014

A Philadelphia County medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a 27-year-old man in the amount of $3.34 million after determining that a hospital and a physician were medically negligent in their failure to timely diagnose the man’s perforated bowel following surgery to address [...]

Florida Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Defendant Cannot Rely On Testimony Of Subsequent Treating Physician

July 14, 2014

In its decision filed on July 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that testimony that a subsequent treating physician would not have treated the patient plaintiff differently had the defendant physician acted within the applicable standard of care is irr[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Saves Medical Malpractice Case

July 13, 2014

On July 9, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee issued a written opinion in which it upheld the right of the medical malpractice plaintiff to dismiss without prejudice a defective malpractice case and then re-file the Tennessee medical malpractice case with corrections necessary to comply with th[...]

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