$25M Mesothelioma Verdicts For Two New York Plaintiffs
June 18, 2014
After a four-week trial and two days of jury deliberations, a New York jury returned its verdict on June 16, 2014 in favor of the plaintiffs in two cases in which the men alleged that the defendant was responsible for them developing mesothelioma due to their asbestos exposure. The two mesothelioma [...]
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$14.5M Ohio Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury
June 17, 2014
On June 10, 2014, an Ohio medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $14.5 million after a two-week trial, for the alleged birth injuries suffered during delivery when the baby suffered a brain hemorrhage in utero. The verdict included $5 million for the [...]
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$7.9M Michigan Hospital Medical Malpractice Verdict
June 15, 2014
A Michigan medical malpractice jury recently determined that a Michigan hospital, an anesthesiologist practice, and a physician should pay $7.9 million in compensatory damages to the survivors of a woman who allegedly died due to medical malpractice. The defendant hospital immediately expressed its [...]
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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Battery Case
June 13, 2014
It is not often that a medical malpractice case alleges that a battery was committed by a medical provider due to the fact that the medical provider usually obtains the prior consent of the patient before performing particular medical procedure(s) on the patient (a “battery” may be defin[...]
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Testosterone Replacement Drug Cases Consolidated
June 12, 2014
On June 6, 2014, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“Panel”) decided to consolidate in the federal court in Chicago about 45 federal testosterone replacement drug cases pending throughout the United States against Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) and [...]
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$9.9M False Claims Settlement To Be Paid By Medtronic
June 7, 2014
On May 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Medtronic, Inc., the large medical device manufacturer based in Fridley, Minnesota, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.9 million to settle claims that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to induce them to implant Medtronic̵[...]
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