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Georgia Supreme Court Discusses Medical Expert Qualifications In Medical Malpractice Cases

July 27, 2015

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion on July 13, 2015 discussing Georgia’s requirements concerning medical experts who testify in Georgia medical malpractice cases: in particular, what sort of experience is required of a practicing surgeon who is offered as an expert witness in a [...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Applies Common Sense To Medical Malpractice Law

July 26, 2015

On May 29, 2015, the Supreme Court of Tennessee (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) prevented the medical malpractice defendants from benefiting from a potential “gotcha” in Tennessee’s medical malpractice law that requires plaintiffs to file a certificate of good faith in me[...]

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

July 25, 2015

On July 15, 2015, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the exclusion from strict liability for prescription drug claims should also apply to prescription medical device claims. Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet to a[...]

Florida Appellate Court Upholds Defendants’ Ex Parte Communications With Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs’ Health Care Providers

July 24, 2015

In its opinion filed on July 21, 2015, the District Court of Appeal First District, State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) upheld certain 2013 amendments to the medical malpractice presuit notice sections of the Florida Statutes (Sections 766.106 and 766.1065) that allow for presuit ex p[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Forum Non Conveniens In Medical Malpractice Case

July 23, 2015

In an Order filed on July 15, 2015 by the Appellate Court of Illinois Fifth District (“Appellate Court”), the Appellate Court discussed the equitable doctrine of forum non conveniens in the context of a medical malpractice case where the defendant, who lived in Illinois, tried but fail[...]

Did Maryland Hospital Use Counterfeit Spinal Hardware?

July 22, 2015

A Maryland hospital has reportedly been sued by health insurers that allege that some spinal fusion patients who had their surgeries at the hospital may have been implanted with counterfeit spinal hardware. A spine surgeon who operated at the Maryland hospital has also been named in lawsuits, whic[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Botched Hernia Repair

July 21, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed by the wife of a man who died after having emergency exploratory surgery following hernia repair surgery. The wife’s medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the defendants negligently failed to diagnose and treat her husband’s b[...]

Florida Appellate Court Limits Medical Malpractice Attorneys Fee To $100,000

July 20, 2015

In its decision dated July 15, 2015, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District (“Appellate Court”) limited to $100,000 the medical malpractice attorneys fee and costs that the plaintiffs’ Florida medical malpractice lawyers could receive for their highly [...]

California Appellate Court Rules In Favor Of Actos Plaintiffs

July 19, 2015

In its decision filed on July 17, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division Three (“Appellate Court”) held that the trial court erred in striking the plaintiffs’ medical expert’s testimony (the trial court required that the expert [...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Practitioner, Surgeon

July 18, 2015

The wife and two sons of a 56-year-old man who died in 2013 allegedly as a result of the medical negligence of his nurse practitioner and the surgeon who had performed his gallbladder surgery recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. The defendant nurse practitioner is alleged to have prescri[...]

Alabama Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Birth Injury Case

July 17, 2015

On June 19, 2015, after a two-week trial and three and a half hours of deliberations, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The case involved the birth injuries suffered by a now 11-year-old boy who sustained a brain injury due to alleged medical neglig[...]

$6M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Primary Care Physician

July 16, 2015

On July 8, 2015, the parents of a 45-year-old man who died from a heart attack in 2011 won their Connecticut medical malpractice case against their son’s primary care physician whom the jury found to have committed medical malpractice. The Connecticut medical malpractice jury deliberated for[...]

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