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Florida Supreme Court Says Cap On Wrongful Death Noneconomic Damages Violates Equal Protection

March 14, 2014

On March 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that “the cap on wrongful death noneconomic damages provided in section 766.118, Florida Statutes, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Florida Constitution.” The case involved an Air Force [...]

Accutane Retrial Results In $1.59M Verdict

March 13, 2014

On March 11, 2014, a New Jersey jury awarded $1.59 million (including about $88,000 in past medical expenses) to a woman who developed bowel disease (ulcerative colitis) as a result of using the acne medication, Accutane (isotretinoin), which was manufactured by Switzerland-based Roche Holding AG ([...]

Virginia $2M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Emergency Room Physician

March 12, 2014

On March 7, 2014, a Charlottesville, Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million against a hospital emergency room physician who failed to follow proper procedures after the over-50, overweight diabetic plaintiff, who had come to the emergency room complaining [...]

Kentucky Heart Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed

March 11, 2014

On March 4, 2014, two Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuits were filed on behalf of more than 500 plaintiffs against Kentucky’s King’s Daughters Medical Center (“KDMC”), a recently retired heart surgeon for whom the hospital’s heart institute was named, and other defendant[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Claim For Patient’s Death Due To Surgical Fire

March 10, 2014

An active 89-year-old woman in Florida was scheduled for surgery on August 31, 2013, for an arterial biopsy due to internal bleeding. She was brought to the operating room and fitted with an oxygen mask to provide her with oxygen during the surgical procedure. The procedure involved the use of elec[...]

Maryland’s Proposed Legislation Would Triple Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Catastrophic Injuries

March 9, 2014

A bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates on February 6, 2014, if passed and signed into law as presently worded, would triple Maryland’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases where there has been a “catastrophic injury.” If signed into law, it’s[...]

$91.5M Nursing Home Malpractice Verdict In West Virginia Challenged

March 8, 2014

On March 5, 2014, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (“the Court”), West Virginia’s highest court, heard oral arguments with regard to the appeal of a nursing home malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $91.5 million that was rendered in 2011. $80 million of the verdict[...]

Bed Bugs Impact On Public Health

March 7, 2014

The CDC reports that while bed bug populations in the United States dropped dramatically during the mid-20th century, the U.S. is one of many countries now experiencing an alarming resurgence in the population of bed bugs. The cause of the resurgence in bed bug populations is unknown, but it is su[...]

Medicare Statistics Regarding Nursing Home Adverse Events And Associated Costs

March 6, 2014

In its February 2014 report entitled, “Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) reported on its medical records review of 362 Medicare [...]

Statistics Regarding Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

March 5, 2014

Nursing homes are increasingly incorporating arbitration agreements into admission documents signed by incoming residents that require claims arising out of the care (or the lack of care) at the nursing home to be arbitrated instead of being filed in court and tried before a jury. By agreeing ah[...]

$7.5M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For A Man And His Wife

March 4, 2014

A Jefferson County, Alabama medical malpractice jury has awarded a 55-year-old man and his wife $7.5 million in their medical malpractice case that alleged that a local hospital was negligent in its care and treatment of the man and that its negligence led to the man’s permanent incontinence [...]

$4M Virginia Medical Mapractice Verdict Against Family Practitioner

March 3, 2014

On February 27, 2014, a Lynchburg, Virginia medical malpractice jury rendered its verdict in the amount of $4 million against a family practitioner who the jury found to have been negligent in his treatment of his patient in 2007 that resulted in the loss of a large portion of the patient’[...]

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