D.C. Medical Malpractice Verdicts In 2014
April 23, 2015
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia (“D.C. Superior Court”) is the trial court of general jurisdiction for the District of Columbia, which was established by the U.S. Congress in 1970. The D.C. Superior Court consists of a chief judge, 61 associate judges, and 24 magistra[...]
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D.C.’s Highest Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict
December 11, 2014
By its decision issued on November 20, 2014, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s $650,000 verdict in a medical malpractice case involving the alleged negligence of the nurses employed by the defendant hospital in failing to place sequential compression devices (SCDs) [...]
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