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Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Punitive Damages Award In Medical Malpractice Case

May 10, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) affirmed the $1.45 million punitive damages award against the defendant hospital in a Kentucky medical malpractice case, finding that the hospital’s offensive conduct exhibited a gross in[...]

California Supreme Court Discusses Ordinary Negligence Versus Professional Malpractice

May 9, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of California (“California Supreme Court”) had to decide whether alleged negligence in the use and maintenance of equipment needed to implement a physician’s order concerning medical treatment sounds in professional negligence[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

May 8, 2016

In its decision filed on April 28, 2016, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendants in an Indiana medical malpractice case, finding that the Indiana medical malpractice defendants themselves “created a genuine issue of material fact[...]

$12M Connecticut Psychiatric Malpractice Verdict For Patient’s Suicide

May 3, 2016

On April 25, 2016, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant hospital and the defendant psychiatric advanced-practice registered nurse, holding them responsible for the suicide death of a former psychiatric patient who killed himself due to allegedly negligen[...]

$44.1M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Heparin

April 29, 2016

On April 27, 2016, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $44.1 million, after thirteen days of trial and nearly seven hours of jury deliberations over the course of two days. The plaintiff had suffered a catastrophic brain bleed alleg[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital’s Negligence Led To Child’s Brain Damage

April 28, 2016

A Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit filed on April 20, 2016 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleges that a Baltimore hospital’s negligence led to a 15-month-old child suffering permanent brain damage due to medical negligence while she was being treated in the PICU. The Baltimore m[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Overdosed Patient Leading To His Death

April 19, 2016

On April 15, 2016, the widow of a Tennessee police detective filed her Tennessee medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where her husband had a lethal level of narcotic pain medication (oxycodone) in his system at the time of his death. The widow was originally told that he[...]

More Than 25 Patients Are Suing Massachusetts Hospital For Medical Negligence Involving Colonoscopy Scopes

April 18, 2016

More than 25 patients who underwent colonoscopies at a Massachusetts hospital in 2012 and 2013 are suing the hospital for medical negligence, alleging that contaminated colonoscopy scopes used during their procedures were not properly sanitized. One former patient has alleged that he/she acquired an[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Jury Returns Compromised Verdict For The Plaintiff

April 12, 2016

The members of a Georgia medical malpractice jury apparently could not all agree whether to find for the plaintiff or the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice case, and therefore returned its verdict on February 29, 2016, after a nine-day trial and two days of deliberations, in favor of the[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Live Kidney Donor Death

April 11, 2016

The wife of a 40-year-old man who was a live donor of a kidney that was implanted into his 69-year-old father has filed a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the live kidney removal, and his medical practice, alleging that the defendant surgeon’s medical negli[...]

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies What Is A “Medical Record”

April 7, 2016

In its decision filed on March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio (“Ohio Supreme Court”) ruled that the physical location of the data is not relevant to the determination whether that data qualifies as a medical record in Ohio because the Ohio General Assembly did not limit the defini[...]

$5M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Bleeding After Robotic Surgery

April 2, 2016

An Illinois medical malpractice jury took four and a half hours over a two-day period to decide on March 24, 2016 to return its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in excess of $5 million, after a nine-day trial. The plaintiffs were the surviving husband and the three children of a woman who bled[...]

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