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Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds JNOV For Medical Malpractice Defendant

September 14, 2015

In its decision filed on September 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) upheld the trial court’s granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in favor of one of the medical malpractice defendants following a mistrial after the Mississip[...]

$3.5M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

August 23, 2015

On August 14, 2015, after a three-week trial and two hours of jury deliberations, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3.5 million, for which two of the defendant physicians are responsible for $1.75 million (the jury also awarded $1.7[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Open The Door” Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2015

In its decision filed on July 28, 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court discussed the “open the door” doctrine in the context of a Connecticut medical malpractice defense verdict, concluding that the defendant emergency room physician’s testimony was not admissible as expert tes[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Birth-Related Injuries Leading To Death

August 3, 2015

On July 27, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against a Baltimore hospital, alleging that the medical negligence of the hospital’s emergency room staff led to the premature birth of a baby who needed extensive care in a neonatal i[...]

$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[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed After Arrestee’s Death

July 15, 2015

On July 8, 2015, a medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Arkansas against a hospital emergency room physician, alleging that the physician’s medical negligence led to the drug overdose death of an Arkansas man who had been brought to the emergency room for evaluation after being arrested fo[...]

$6.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 2-Year-Old

May 25, 2015

On May 20, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned a plaintiffs’ verdict in the amount of $6.2 million, after almost four weeks of trial, against the defendants pediatric surgeons, hospital, and health care systems arising out of the death of a two-year-old child in 2009. The[...]

West Virginia Radiologists Sued For Failure To Diagnose Spine Fracture

May 2, 2015

In March 2015, a West Virginia couple field a West Virginia medical malpractice case against two radiologists and others for their alleged failure to timely diagnose the man’s T-8 fracture from radiology studies taken at a local hospital. As a result, the plaintiffs allege that the man was[...]

Emergency Medicine Medical Malpractice Claims Statistics

April 19, 2015

The results of a recent study of medical malpractice claims involving emergency medicine that were closed between 2007 and 2013 by the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance company found that issues related to diagnosis are the main reason that emergency room physicians are sued f[...]

Federal Judge Orders $21.4M Judgment In Favor Of The Plaintiff In VA Medical Malpractice Case

April 12, 2015

A federal judge in New Hampshire entered an order on April 3, 2015, finding in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff in his Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States for the negligent medical care he received at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manchester, New Ham[...]

$6.6M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Heroin Addict Paralyzed By Hospital Negligence

March 21, 2015

On March 11, 2015, after five days of trial and two days of jury deliberations, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury found a local hospital responsible for a man’s permanent paralysis following his discharge from its Emergency Department in 2010. The man was a heroin addict when he went to[...]

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