Emergency Room Malpractice Archives - Page 7 of 22

New York Appellate Court Revives Brain Hemorrhage Medical Malpractice Case

June 4, 2022

The decedent, who was 36 years old, arrived at the emergency department of the defendant Lutheran Medical Center (“Lutheran”) at 1:12 a.m. on July 5, 2012, complaining of a migraine headache lasting for one day. She was examined by the defendant David N. Barabe and discharged later that [...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Holds Hospital May Be Held Liable For Wrong CT Scan Being Ordered

April 7, 2022

In its opinion dated February 11, 2022, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Kentucky Appellate Court”) held that the trial court was wrong in granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital in a Kentucky medical malpractice case where the dispute was whether the proper CT[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Inappropriate Against Woman Who Lost Her Foot Due To Medical Malpractice

March 10, 2022

In May 2012, the plaintiff, Maryann Vichlenski (“plaintiff”), presented to the emergency department of the defendant Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (“hospital”) complaining of pain and numbness in her left foot. The injured plaintiff was seen by the defendant Adam Sch[...]

Emergency Department Medical Malpractice Statistics

February 24, 2022

A retrospective study of closed medical professional liability (MPL) claims involving adult patients cared for in emergency departments (ED) and urgent care settings from the Medical Professional Liability Association’s Data Sharing Project database from 2001 through 2015 identified 6,779 closed c[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Reverses Nonsuit Granted To Defendant Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case

January 6, 2022

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 27, 2021: “entry of a compulsory nonsuit is affirmed only if no liability exists based on the relevant facts and circumstances, with appellant receiving the benefit of every rea[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment In Failure To Diagnose Hip Fracture Medical Malpractice Case

December 9, 2021

The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third District (“Louisiana Appellate Court”), in its unpublished opinion dated November 3, 2021, stated that the Louisiana medical malpractice plaintiff’s expert’s affidavit submitted in opposition to the defendant hospital’s moti[...]

Iowa Emergency Room Physician Still Treating Patients Despite High Probability Of Risk To The Public

September 10, 2021

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on July 2, 2021: “An unidentified emergency room physician who allegedly caused the death of a patient in 2017 has continued to see patients with no restrictions on his license while posing a “high risk” to the public, according to the Iowa Board of Medic[...]

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Informed Consent Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2021

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion filed on July 12, 2021: “Viewed in the light most favorable to Davies, as we must, her experts agree that had she undergone a CTA, she would have been diagnosed with a verte[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Favor Of Drug Rehab Facility

July 28, 2021

A medical malpractice jury in Pennsylvania returned a defense verdict on June 8, 2021 in favor of the defendant drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility that had been sued with regard to the death of a 23-year-old, 316-pound male inpatient who had been admitted for Oxycodone and Xanax addictions. Th[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Emergency Room Doctor

July 24, 2021

In its decision dated July 2, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) reversed the directed verdict entered in favor of the defendant emergency room doctor and his employer in a Georgia medical malpractice case where the plaintiff had to have her leg amputated a[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital And Nurse In Heart Attack Medical Malpractice Case

July 20, 2021

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”) held in its Opinion filed on June 16, 2021: “there is evidence suggesting that the patient warranted care his treating physician did not provide to him. Experts testified that Moss should have been placed on the Level II t[...]

Confidential Settlement Reached In South Dakota Infant Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

July 11, 2021

It has been reported that the parents of an infant who died as a result of alleged medical malpractice at Avera McKennan Hospital in South Dakota have reached a confidential settlement of their claims. The settlement was reached during mediation that a court filing described as “a fair and rea[...]

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