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New Study Of Orthopedic Medical Malpractice Claims

September 3, 2015

A study released on August 27, 2015 by The Doctors Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company in the United States, analyzed 1,895 medical malpractice claims made against orthopedists insured by The Doctors Company that were closed between 2007 and 2014. Th[...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Cardiac Death Case

September 2, 2015

On August 27, 2015, after a four-day trial and two-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of a Virginia hospital and a nurse in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case filed by the widow of a man who was declared brain dead after he u[...]

$2.78M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Too High Tracheostomy

September 1, 2015

On August 21, 2015, after a five-day trial and five hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $2.78 in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case against a general surgeon who allegedly placed the plaintiff&#[...]

California Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Death Of 20-Month-Old

August 31, 2015

A California medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against a California hospital for the death of a 20-month-old child who died while an inpatient at the hospital after having what was described as successful surgery. The child died allegedly as a result of too much sedation or due t[...]

Arizona Doctor Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of Patients, Improperly Prescribing Pain Medications

August 30, 2015

An Arizona physician finds himself defending against numerous claims of improper professional conduct, including multiple claims that he sexually abused patients and many claims that he improperly prescribed large doses of powerful pain medications for patients who were not properly examined before [...]

Arrested Texas Neurosurgeon Remains In Jail

August 29, 2015

On August 21, 2015, a Texas judge refused to lower the $600,000 bail set for a neurosurgeon who had practiced in Texas before his medical license was revoked in December 2013 as a result of the Texas Medical Board determining that the neurosurgeon had exhibited a pattern of failing to follow appro[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Applies Res Ipsa Loquitor In Medical Malpractice Case

August 28, 2015

In a decision by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) issued on August 14, 2015 in a medical malpractice case filed by a prison inmate against the medical services providers at the detention center in which he was incarcerated, the Appellate Court held, ̶[...]

$4.1M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

August 27, 2015

In its decision filed on August 26, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) overturned a Florida medical malpractice jury’s award of damages in the amount of $4,101,776 to a young child and her parents. The Florida medical malpractice jury h[...]

Federal Appeals Court Discusses Deliberate Indifference To A Serious Medical Need In Inmate Cases

August 26, 2015

In an opinion filed on August 19, 2015 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Court of Appeals”), the appellate court discussed the high and often unfair hurdles faced by prison inmates alleging the deliberate indifference to their serious medical needs (that is[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Informed Consent In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 25, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 20, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) addressed whether the informed consent instruction given by the trial court in a Kentucky medical malpractice case correctly incorporated the applicable law so as to guide the jury accuratel[...]

New Illinois Law Will Allow Video/Audio Monitoring In Nursing Home Resident Rooms

August 24, 2015

On August 21, 2015, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law HB 2462, effective on January 1, 2016, which will allow electronic monitoring devices to be installed in nursing home resident rooms. Illinois is only the forth U.S. state to explicitly allow electronic monitoring devices to be in[...]

$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

August 23, 2015

On August 14, 2015, after a three-week trial and two hours of jury deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.5 million, for which two of the defendant physicians are responsible for $1.75 million (the jury also awarded $1.7[...]

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