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Maryland Medical Malpractice Jury Awards $15.6 Million In Birth Injury Case

June 1, 2013

On May 30, 2013, a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $15.6 million after three weeks of trial and almost three hours of jury deliberations for the brain damage resulting in severe learning disabilities and developmental delays suffered[...]

Elective Surgeries On Weekends Come With 86% Greater Odds Of Death

May 31, 2013

In a research article published by the well-respected British medical journal BMJ on May 28, 2013, the researchers reported that their review of all acute and specialist English hospitals carrying out elective surgery over three financial years, from 2008-09 to 2010-11, found that there was 44% h[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

May 30, 2013

In an opinion filed on May 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case because the trial judge twice failed to remove jurors for cause when it was revealed that the first juror indicated an inability to [...]

New York Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Patronizing Trial Judge

May 29, 2013

In it’s decision dated May 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (“New York Supreme Court”) overturned a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice defendant and ordered that the medical malpractice case be retried before a different trial judge because “The [...]

Foreign Doctors In The United States

May 28, 2013

Foreign doctors in the United States (those who graduated from medical schools outside of the U.S.) are formally referred to as International Medical Graduates (“IMGs”). From the time of the U.S. Civil War until World War II, Americans would go abroad for advanced medical education ([...]

Our Memorial Day Thoughts Are With Veterans Injured Due To VA Medical Malpractice

May 27, 2013

On this Memorial Day 2013, we remember and honor all of the members of all of the branches of the U.S. military who sacrificed their own needs when their country needed them the most. Fortunately, most veterans returned home after their tours of duty in good shape. However, others were permane[...]

North Carolina $4 Million Verdict For Nursing Malpractice

May 26, 2013

During late April 2013, a Hertford County, North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $4 million to the estate of a deceased patient of a psychiatric acute care inpatient facility who died on April 24, 2009 after going into a diabetic coma on April 13, 2009 following an insulin overdose at[...]

Nebraska Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

May 25, 2013

On May 3, 2013, the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case because the trial court allowed the medical malpractice defendant’s attorney to question one of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s treating physicians about his opinion of the defendant[...]

Washington State Verdict In Favor Of Manufacturer Of Da Vinci Surgical Robot

May 24, 2013

On May 23, 2013, a jury in Washington State rendered its verdict in favor of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”), the manufacturer of the robotic surgery equipment known as the da Vinci Surgical System, after a five-week trial during which the plaintiff alleged that Intuitive was�[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Dismisses Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Appeal

May 23, 2013

In an unreported decision filed on May 13, 2013, the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Minnesota’s intermediate appellate court) affirmed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendants due to a deficiency in the plaintiff’s expert affidavit. Th[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Reinstates $3.2 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 22, 2013

It its decision issued on May 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) reinstated a $3.2 million verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff that the Alabama Supreme Court had earlier vacated in its decision dated January 14, 2011 that held that the m[...]

Frivolous Fears Of Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 21, 2013

The rallying call of doctors, hospitals, and their medical malpractice insurance companies and well-paid political lobbyists who fearmonger state and federal legislators with cries that “frivolous” medical malpractice claims are the cause of increasing medical malpractice insurance[...]

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