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3-Year-Old Died During Routine Dental Procedure In Kansas

September 11, 2021

The family of a three-year-old child who died during a routine dental procedure in a Kansas dental office has filed a Kansas dental malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against those the family allege are responsible for the death of their precious child. According to the timeline alleged in the lawsu[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reviving Dental Malpractice Lawsuit

August 20, 2021

In its unreported opinion dated August 6, 2021, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) addressed a Maryland dental malpractice case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant dentist negligently caused a nerve injury during an extraction procedure, stat[...]

Massachusetts Sues Orthodontist For Keeping Children In Braces Longer Than Medically Necessary

March 23, 2021

The Massachusetts Attorney General announced on March 1, 2021 that a lawsuit has been filed against orthodontist Dr. Mouhab Z. Rizkallah, DDS and two companies he owns through which he operates six orthodontic practices in Massachusetts, alleging that since November 2013, the defendants instituted a[...]

California Appellate Court Affirms Dental Malpractice Plaintiff Could Not Rely On Res Ipsa Loquitor

March 15, 2021

The Court of Appeal Fourth Appellate District Division One State of California (“California Appellate Court”) stated in its unpublished opinion dated February 16, 2021, “plaintiffs who are likely injured from common injections may well be entitled to res ipsa [loquitor] jury instru[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendants In Dental Malpractice Case

March 12, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its Memorandum and Opinion entered on February 11, 2021, reversed summary judgment granted to the defendant dentist and defendant oral surgeon in a dental malpractic[...]

Dental Malpractice Claim Alleging Improper Use Of Nitrous Oxide Revived

December 7, 2020

On November 13, 2020, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) revived a New Jersey dental malpractice case alleging that an endodontist, Ira J. Zohn, DMD (“(Zohn”) and a dental office, Advanced Endodontic Associates (“AEA”[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Directed Verdict For Oral Surgeon In Dental Malpractice Case

March 8, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated February 14, 2020, affirmed a directed verdict in favor of the defendant oral surgeon at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case in a Georgia dental malpractice case, stating, “In the absence of [...]

New Jersey Dentist Agrees To License Suspension After 15 Cases Of Serious Heart Infections

March 3, 2020

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs, Division of Law announced in a February 3, 2020 press release entitled “Morris County Oral Surgeon Agrees to 5-Year License Suspension to Resolve Allegations that His Breach of Infection Control Protocols Exposed Pati[...]

Florida’s Wrongful Death Statute Precludes Parents Of Dependant Adult Special Needs Child From Suing For His Dental Malpractice Death

May 29, 2019

The loving parents of a 39-year-old special needs son who was dependent on them cannot recover for his wrongful death as a result of dental malpractice because Florida’s wrongful death statute preculdes the parents of an adult child from recovering for their losses as a result of an adult chil[...]

Virginia Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Unsterilized Instruments Used On 9-Year-old

May 25, 2019

On May 9, 2019, a Virginia dental malpractice lawsuit was filed in which the parents of a 9-year-old patient allege that they were called by the dental practice where their child had been treated to inform them that the dental instruments used on their child were cleaned but may not have been proper[...]

Texas Appellate Court Finds Plaintiff’s Expert’s Report Sufficient In Dental Malpractice Case

April 14, 2019

The State of Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 2, 2019: “Because [the plaintiff’s] expert report provided a fair summary of the expert’s opinions regarding the applicable standards of care, a statement identifying[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Reverses Defense Directed Verdict In Dental Malpractice Case

February 21, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 8, 2019 that “[v]iewed in its totality, the evidence adduced by [the plaintiff] in her case-in-chief was legally sufficient to prove the elements of a claim for d[...]

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