In early February 2021, a Florida medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $625,000 against a Florida hospital after a nurse removed a patient’s Foley catheter after only four days following surgery despite the fact that it… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Plaintiff’s Expert Was Qualified In Medical Malpractice Case
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) concluded in its non-precedential Memorandum decision filed on January 22, 2021 that the plaintiff’s subsequent treating neurosurgeon was qualified to provide a certificate of merit in her medical malpractice case, stating, “While… Read More
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Florida Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital Medical Malpractice Defendant Based On Apparent Agency
The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 5, 2021 that the medical malpractice defendant hospital (“Florida Hospital”) was not entitled to summary judgment for a… Read More
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New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Some Medical Malpractice Defendants In Gallbladder Surgery Case
The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 13, 2021, reversed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of some of the New York medical malpractice defendants in a… Read More
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$1.95M Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Buffalo VA Medical Center For Failure To Diagnosis Throat Cancer
On December 28, 2020, a federal judge ruled against the U.S. and in favor of a 76-year-old former Marine who had served in Vietnam in his medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a CT scan of his neck performed at… Read More
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Texas Heart Hospital And Its Management Company Agree To Pay $48M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 18, 2020 that Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest LLP, a partially physician-owned hospital in Plano, Texas, and its wholly owned subsidiary, THHBP Management Company, LLC (collectively, the “Heart Hospital”) have agreed… Read More
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Illinois Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Improper Closing Argument
The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed December 7, 2020 in an Illinois medical malpractice case: “the evidence in this case was closely balanced, making it highly probable that the repeated improper… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Provide Intervening/Superseding Cause Instruction
The Supreme Court of Mississippi in its opinion dated November 19, 2020 held: “Both Dr. Ilercil and Williams presented evidence that Nurse Howard was negligent by failing to contact Dr. Ilercil after she observed Williams’s rapidly declining condition, the signs… Read More
