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D.C. Appellate Court Affirms $4M Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 8, 2026

MedStar claimed that the plaintiff’s counsel’s closing improperly “encouraged the jury to abandon the appropriate standard of care analysis and instead decide whether [MedStar] kept Mr. Kaplan ‘safe’ and ‘protected’” and necessitated a curative instruction. Although the trial cou[...]

Federal Court Holds D.C. Violated Integration Mandate For Certain Nursing Home Residents

March 2, 2025

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held in its December 31, 2024 Opinion: “the Court finds that the District of Columbia has failed to comply with the integration mandate of Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581 (1999), thereby violating the Americans with D[...]

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails

June 23, 2023

Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails: A federal District Court lawsuit filed on April 24, 2023 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges, in part: The District of Columbia Department of Corrections fails to provide constitutionally adequate health care in it[...]

D.C. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Not Disclosed In Bankruptcy Proceeding

October 14, 2021

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (“D.C. Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated September 16, 2021: “the invocation of the doctrine of judicial estoppel arose from appellants’ failure to disclose their malpractice claim as a potential asset in their bankruptcy petiti[...]

D.C. Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges MS Patient Suffered PML After Taking TYSABRI

May 30, 2021

A former adjunct professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University (“GW”) in Washington, D.C. has filed a D.C. medical malpractice lawsuit against GW Hospital and others, alleging that he was inappropriately continued on the Multiple Sclerosis (“MS”) d[...]

George Washington Hospital Sued For Medical Malpractice Resulting In Birth Injury

September 13, 2020

The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. has been sued for medical malpractice that allegedly resulted in severe and permanent birth injuries, including brain damage. The D.C. medical malpractice lawsuit filed in late July 2020 alleges that GW Hospital and the other medical malp[...]

D.C. Appellate Court Discusses Consumer Protection Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

May 18, 2020

The District Court of Columbia Court of Appeals (“D.C. Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on February 27, 2020 in a case alleging that the defendant hospital failed to inform the plaintiff that her bilateral tonsillectomy was to be performed in part by a first-year medical resi[...]

D.C. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of D.C. Medical Malpractice Lawsuit That Was Filed Too Late

March 27, 2019

In its opinion filed on March 14, 2019, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (“D.C. Appellate Court”) held: “to be eligible for the ninety-day statute-of-limitations extension set forth in D.C. Code § 16-2803, a plaintiff must serve presuit notice within ninety days before th[...]

OIG Report Slams VA Medical Center In D.C.

March 25, 2018

The Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General issued a report on March 7, 2018 entitled, “Critical Deficiencies at the Washington DC VA Medical Center” (“Report”) in which it found “widespread and formidable inadequacies in many essential functions at th[...]

$8.35M D.C. Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Leg Following Knee Replacement Surgery

August 1, 2017

A Washington, D.C. medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on June 15, 2017 in the total amount of $8.35 million in favor of an 82-year-old man who lost his leg following knee replacement surgery that the defendant orthopedic surgeon performed on July 16, 2013. The D.C. medical malpractice jur[...]

D.C. Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Ringside Physician’s Medical Negligence Resulted In Boxer’s Brain Injury

May 23, 2017

The mother of a former boxer has filed a $50 million D.C. medical malpractice lawsuit against the ringside physician who allowed her son to continue boxing despite his complaints of dizziness and pain after suffering repeated blows to the back of his head. The plaintiff collapsed after the boxing [...]

D.C. Appellate Court Affirms Insurance Company Not Responsible For Judgment Against D.C. Medical Malpractice Law Firm

April 30, 2015

In its opinion filed on April 21, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for The District Of Columbia Circuit (“Appellate Court”) held that a D.C. medical malpractice law firm’s professional liability insurance company was not responsible to pay the $1,750,000 legal malpractice[...]

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