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Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Employee Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Patient

August 22, 2015

On August 17, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh hospital alleging that a hospital employee sexually assaulted an 85-year-old female patient in her hospital room on July 3, 2015. According to reports, the woman was the fourth of seven female patients in the defendant [...]

Utah Supreme Court Nixes Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Death Claims

August 21, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 11, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held that the noneconomic damages cap in section 78B-3-410 of the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Malpractice Act”) is not constitutionally permissible as applied to wron[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Kaiser For Late Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

August 20, 2015

On August 11, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northwest Permanente, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, and an Oregon physician, alleging that their negligence led to the unreasonable delay in diagnosing the plaintiff’s pro[...]

Nevada Urologist Faces Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits In Six Months

August 19, 2015

A widow in Nevada filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against a Las Vegas, Nevada urologist on July 24, 2015, alleging that the urologist’s medical negligence led to her husband’s death. The Nevada medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that the defendant urologist had failed[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Maryland Man Charged With Practicing Medicine Without A License

August 17, 2015

In an unreported opinion filed on July 31, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), the son of a Maryland physician who worked in his father’s medical office was found to have practiced medicine in Maryland without a license and the Appellate Court affi[...]

Detroit EMT Allegedly Refused To Provide CPR For Dying Infant

August 16, 2015

A Detroit lawsuit was filed on July 20, 2015 against a Detroit EMT, the Detroit Fire Department, and the City of Detroit, alleging that the defendant EMT refused to provide potentially life-saving CPR to an infant who had stopped breathing. According to the lawsuit, on May 30, 2015, the infantR[...]

Nursing Home Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements: Good For Business, Bad For Residents

August 15, 2015

Nursing homes throughout the United States are increasingly including pre-dispute arbitration agreements in admission documents at the time that nursing homes residents are admitted into the nursing home. When a loved one is admitted into a nursing home, either for short-term physical rehabilita[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Judgment Does Not Preclude Subsequent Wrongful Death Claim

August 14, 2015

In an unreported decision by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) on August 7, 2015, the Appellate Court held that a judgment entered in favor of a decedent in a Maryland medical malpractice action (personal injury action) does not preclude a subsequent wrongful [...]

Massachusetts Appeals Court Adopts Continuing Treatment Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 13, 2015

In its decision filed on August 7, 2015, the Massachusetts Appeals Court had to decide whether the continuing treatment doctrine tolls the statute of limitations in medical malpractice actions in Massachusetts. The Appeals Court held that the statute of limitations shall be tolled on a medical m[...]

Dangers Of Coumadin For Nursing Homes Residents

August 12, 2015

On July 17, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a memo to state health departments warning of the danger of misuse of the common blood-thinner Coumadin for nursing home residents, requesting that state health inspectors pay increased attention to errors by nursing homes in m[...]

Man Indicted For Allegedly Injecting Silicone Into Women’s Buttocks In Maryland

August 11, 2015

On August 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a nine-count indictment against a 44-year-old man, who was not a physician and was not otherwise licensed as a medical professional in Maryland, for allegedly obtaining and selling food grade liquid silicone from a company in Pennsylvan[...]

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