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Indiana Supreme Court Extends COVID-19 Immunity To Hospital Bed Sore Claim

May 2, 2026

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indiana and federal governments declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the virus. To protect healthcare workers at the frontlines, the Indiana legislature enacted statutes to immunize them from civil liability in certain cases where a patient’s[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Not Entitled To Default Judgment For Defendant’s Failure To Make Timely Evidentiary Submission

September 14, 2025

Dewight Allen received medical care from Anonymous Providers 1 and 2 and Anonymous Physician 1 (“Providers”) and subsequently submitted a proposed complaint for medical malpractice with the Indiana Department of Insurance (DOI) and filed a complaint in the trial court. After Providers fa[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Juror’s Misconduct

July 29, 2025

Background After losing her medical malpractice case against Dr. Margaret Inman, Amanda Ping learned that one of the jurors who returned the adverse verdict had not disclosed that she recognized the name of a defense expert witness. Ping soughta new trial, which the trial court summarily denied. Pin[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Holds Jury Should Decide When Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations Began To Run In Fraudulent Concealment Of Sperm Donor Claim

July 15, 2025

Anonymous Physician (“Physician”) used his own sperm to inseminate the mother of Anonymous Child I without her consent. Child was born in 1985. On May 26, 2022, Child filed a Proposed Complaint for Damages with the Indiana Department of Insurance (“IDOI”) against Physician and Anonymous Heal[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Revives Revocation Of Doctor’s Medical License

April 29, 2025

Indiana state officials filed an administrative complaint against Dr. James E. Jenison alleging that he had committed lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the delivery of services to the public on five occasions, that he had prescribed controlled substances without a valid Controlled Substance[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Win

April 15, 2025

On June 25, 2019, Georgia Ann Miller filed an Indiana medical malpractice action against Trinh Tran, M.D. and his medical practice alleging that Dr. Tran’s treatment caused her to sustain her tendon injuries and to also experience weight gain, depression, hair loss, and other symptoms. On November[...]

$50K Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Radiologist’s Failure To Diagnose Breast Cancer Shown On Mammogram

March 10, 2025

On August 30, 2024, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $50,000 for a woman whose breast cancer was allegedly not timely diagnosed by one of the defendant radiologists. The jury found in favor of the other defendant radiologist, and the jury did not award any da[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Act Applies In Class Action Lawsuit

February 26, 2025

The Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA”) generally requires a medical-review panel to first issue an opinion on a claimant’s proposed complaint before litigation in a trial court. But while the complaint is pending before the review panel, a claimant may file an action in court for [...]

$25.8M Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Report Cancer Blood Test Result

November 15, 2024

On August 22, 2024, an Indiana medical malpractice jury awarded a now 70-year-old man and his wife $25.8 million against St. Mary Medical Center for the failure to timely report a blood test indicating early cancer to the physician who ordered the test. The specialist had ordered the blood work in 2[...]

Can You Sue For Doctor’s Improper Access To Medical Records?

August 7, 2024

A doctor improperly accessed medical records of thirteen women who were not his patients but whom he had met or encountered in social settings, online, or at work. The women sued the medical clinic that employed the doctor, seeking to hold it vicariously liable for the doctor’s conduct under the d[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Anesthesia Machine Failure Claim Is Not Medical Malpractice Claim

August 1, 2024

While Robert Lewis (Robert) was undergoing surgery at Franciscan Alliance, Inc. d/b/a Franciscan Health Indianapolis (the Hospital), the anesthesia machine failed. Robert suffered complications and died about a week later. Roberta Miller, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Lewis, Decea[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Courts Cannot Order Claimants To Redact Their Medical Review Panel Submissions

July 15, 2024

The Indiana Medical Malpractice Act, which was enacted in 1975, grants authority over medical malpractice actions first to a medical review panel, which must render an opinion on a proposed complaint before a claimant can sue a healthcare provider in court. During this review-panel process, trial co[...]

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