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$2.5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Cauda Equina Syndrome

March 13, 2015

On March 10, 2015, in a conservative Maryland jurisdiction (Anne Arundel County, where Maryland’s capital, Annapolis, is located), a Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,535,869 in favor of the now 23-year-old female plaintiff. The plaintiff was 19 years [...]

Maryland Appellate Court Allows Testimony Of Defendant Doctor As To Her Habit/Routine In Treating Patients

February 2, 2015

In a case decided on January 28, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, it was held that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion when he allowed the Defendant emergency room physician to testify[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed After Limbs Amputated

January 6, 2015

On December 19, 2014, a 59-year-old woman filed a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit against The Johns Hopkins Health System (“Hopkins”) and others for allegedly negligent medical care that she received at a Hopkins-run hospital in a suburban county just west of Baltimore City that[...]

Wisconsin Lawmaker Seeks To Help Parents Of Adult Children Who Die As A Result Of Medical Malpractice

January 5, 2015

Wisconsin, like many U.S. states, specifies which relatives of those who die as a result of the negligence of others, including medical malpractice, may seek and obtain compensation for their losses. While it is said that there is no greater pain than the pain associated with the death of one&#[...]

Defendant Physician’s Medical License Problems Held Irrelevant In Kentucky Medical Malpractice Case

December 25, 2014

In its decision issued on December 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that the defendant physician’s medical license problems were not admissible in the case it was deciding because evidence of collateral misconduct to show a person’s pro[...]

Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Woman’s Death In ER

December 24, 2014

In October 2014, the family of a woman who died after being mistreated for a heart attack in a hospital emergency room in Louisiana filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the physician who had treated the woman in the emergency room and the hospital where the alleged medical negligence took p[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Loss Of Chance Of Better Outcome Case

December 2, 2014

On November 25, 2014, the Louisiana Court of Appeal Fifth Circuit (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in a Louisiana medical malpractice case that reversed a defense verdict, finding that the plaintiff had proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he had a chance of a better m[...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Protecting ED Physicians Have Had Little Effect On The Practice Of Medicine

October 25, 2014

In a research study published on October 16, 2014 in The New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that in three U.S. states that had passed medical malpractice reform legislation to require a greater showing of medical negligence in order for patients injured by emergency room physicians [...]

Medical Malpractice Reforms Have Gone Too Far – A Recent Wisconsin Case

October 8, 2014

A Wisconsin trial judge deciding post-trial motions filed by the parties in a Wisconsin medical malpractice case issued his October 3, 2014 Decision and Order finding that Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $750,000 is unconstitutional as it applies to this case, under [...]

New Mexico Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 24, 2014

In a written opinion issued by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (“New Mexico Supreme Court”) on September 18, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court reinstated a medical malpractice case that had ended in summary judgment being entered in favor of the defendant hospital because [...]

Nevada Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 23, 2014

In its decision dated September 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) reinstated a Nevada medical malpractice case that had been dismissed by the trial court because the plaintiff’s expert affidavit attached to her medical malpractice complai[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For 4-Year-Old’s Undiagnosed Ruptured Spleen

September 1, 2014

The parents of a four-year-old child filed a West Virginia medical malpractice case on July 16, 2014 against a physician, a radiology practice, and a local hospital, alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose their son’s ruptured spleen led to his serious injuries. The fam[...]

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