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North Carolina Court Of Appeals: Sudden Emergency Doctrine Inapplicable In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 12, 2014

In a North Carolina medical malpractice case it decided on July 1, 2014, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, which is North Carolina’s intermediate appellate court, held that the standard of care for healthcare professionals, both at common law and as enunciated in section 90-21.12, is design[...]

$11.7M Boston Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer

July 11, 2014

In June 2014, a Boston medical malpractice jury found in favor of a Boston woman whose lung cancer was allegedly misdiagnosed (undiagnosed) by a hospital radiologist, leading to the insidious spread of the cancer throughout her body and her painful death in August 2008 at the age of 47, leaving behi[...]

Oregon’s Medical Malpractice Early Discussion and Resolution Provisions Became Operational On July 1, 2014

July 10, 2014

On March 18, 2013, Oregon’s Governor signed into law Oregon’s so-called Early Discussion and Resolution (“EDR”) proposal that established a voluntary process for health care providers and patients to resolve adverse events without litigation, with the stated goal of enhancing[...]

Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict

July 9, 2014

A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]

$3.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralyzed Man

July 8, 2014

On November 5, 2009, the then 64-year-old Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff was involved in a serious car crash. At the scene of the crash, he complained of weakness in his right arm and pain in his left shoulder. By the time he arrived at the defendant Maryland hospital, he was also complainin[...]

Why We Must Treat Doctors Like Professional Truck Drivers When They Harm Other People

July 7, 2014

Professional truck drivers receive specialized training before they are allowed to perform their job, and they gain necessary practical experience as they continue to accumulate miles over the years – the more they drive and the more experience they acquire, the more competent they become. Pro[...]

Montana Supreme Court Sides With Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

July 6, 2014

In its decision filed on June 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana (“Montana Supreme Court”) decided the issue of whether the elements of the medical malpractice Plaintiff’s malpractice complaint were sufficiently presented before the Montana Medical Legal Panel ([...]

Wisconsin’s Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Wreak Havoc On Malpractice Victims

July 5, 2014

Wisconsin has experienced a drop of more than one-half in the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed since 1999: in 2013, only 140 medical malpractice lawsuits were filed in Wisconsin. While the Wisconsin health care industry groups contend that the drop in medical malpractice filings represen[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Indian Activist’s Death

July 4, 2014

The surviving wife of an Indian activist who died in 2012 at the age of 72, allegedly as a result of the negligent failure to diagnose his esophageal cancer in 2012, has filed a New Mexico medical malpractice case in state court against the hospital where the alleged cancer misdiagnosis (failure to [...]

Wisconsin Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages Leaves Parents Of Deceased Newborn Without Answers

July 3, 2014

The parents of a Wisconsin baby who died 10 days after birth may never know whether medical negligence was the cause of their baby’s death because Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $500,000 makes it financially infeasible for Wisconsin medical malpractice lawyers to[...]

$11.6M Settement For Pennsylvania Woman Paralyzed After Receiving Flu Shot

July 2, 2014

A Pennsylvania woman will receive $11.6 million in settlement of her claim that a flu shot she received in 2010 led to her paralysis. Her work required that she have the flu shot — one week after receiving the flu shot, she started having flu-like symptoms. She began having pain and weakness i[...]

Pittsburgh VA Hospital Settles Legionnaires’ Disease Medical Malpractice Death Case

July 1, 2014

On June 3, 2014, a federal judge approved the settlement of a medical malpractice/wrongful death claim filed by the survivors of a man who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while a patient at the Pittsburgh VA hospital. The 83-year-old Navy veteran was being treated for a urinary tract infectio[...]

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