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$875K Lasik Malpractice Verdict

May 28, 2016

On April 22, 2016, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $875,000 in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that her Lasik surgery was improperly performed, resulting in significant and permanent injury to her eyesight that causes visual problems. The plaintiff, who [...]

Plaintiff’s Facebook Postings Doomed Her Indiana Medical Malpractice Case

March 19, 2016

An Indiana woman sued her ophthalmologists, claiming that their care of her fell below the standard of care and resulted in her blindness. The 27-year-old plaintiff testified during the five-day Indiana medical malpractice trial that she became legally blind due to the defendants’ negligence.�[...]

$1.4M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Eye

March 17, 2016

On February 4, 2016, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in excess of $1.4 million for his loss of sight in one eye that he alleged was due to negligently performed eye surgery. The verdict includes $1.4 million in non-economic damages, which was [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

February 3, 2016

In its opinion filed on February 1, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the Indiana medical malpractice plaintiffs, while also affirming the trial court’s denial of the medical malpractice [...]

Vermont Supreme Court Discusses Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Cataract Surgery Malpractice Case

October 31, 2015

In its decision filed on October 9, 2015, the Vermont Supreme Court overturned the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant ophthalmologist, concluding that in the plaintiff’s medical expert’s opinion that (1) there was at least a fifty-one percent ch[...]

Mexico Medical Malpractice Claim: Toddler’s Wrong Eye Removed

July 12, 2015

Medical malpractice is not only prevalent in the United States, where many victims suffer devastating injuries as a result of medical negligence, but it appears that medical negligence also occurs throughout the world, causing avoidable injuries that forever change the lives of medical malpractic[...]

New York Appellate Court Sets Standard For Bringing Legal Malpractice Claim After Unsuccessful Medical Malpractice Claim

October 27, 2014

In its October 21, 2014 decision, the Court of Appeals State of New York (“Court of Appeals”), New York’s highest appellate court, ruled that prior to commencing a legal malpractice action, a party who is “likely to succeed” on appeal of the underlying medical malpract[...]

Ophthalmologist Malpractice Lawsuit Results In $1.5M Verdict

August 27, 2014

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury found against the defendant ophthalmologist after a trial that concluded on August 19, 2014 in which it awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $1.5 million for the total loss of his eyesight in his left eye, for which the ophthalmologist will be [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed For Repeated Discovery Abuses

June 8, 2014

The lawyer representing the medical malpractice plaintiff in a Maryland medical malpractice case was so dilatory in responding to the Defendants’ numerous discovery requests, including failures to abide by court orders requiring compliance with the discovery requests, that the trial judge dism[...]

Cleveland Clinic Neurosurgeon Wins $7.7M Medical Malpractice Verdict (Against Cleveland Clinic)

April 21, 2014

On March 20, 2014, after a two-and-a-half-week trial and one day of jury deliberations, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio medical malpractice jury awarded a former Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon $7.7 million in medical malpractice damages for the allegedly negligent eye surgery performed at the Cleveland Clini[...]

Nevada LASIK Appeal

January 8, 2014

Earlier this week, oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada with regard to the defense verdict entered in a LASIK surgery malpractice claim. The main issues on appeal are the defense’s focus during trial on the plaintiff’s alleged “drug abuseR[...]

Maryland LASIK Lawsuit Settled

September 18, 2013

A LASIK malpractice lawsuit against a Maryland LASIK surgeon was settled on September 11, 2013. The Maryland LASIK lawsuit had been filed on June 18, 2010 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the plaintiffs were a husband and his wife who live in Georgia but the LASIK su[...]

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