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Indiana Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Loss In Stillborn Baby Case Upheld On Appeal

July 18, 2014

A woman whose baby died in the womb before birth filed an Indiana medical malpractice lawsuit against her physicians and their medical practice who had provided her with prenatal care, alleging that medical negligence during the month before birth while the fetus was viable led to the baby’s d[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Allege Unnecessary Implanted Cardiac Devices

May 11, 2014

A Lake County, Indiana cardiologist is facing two medical malpractice lawsuits by two former patients whom both allege that the cardiologist implanted unnecessary cardiac devices in them. A separate federal whistleblower lawsuit has also been filed against the cardiologist and the hospital where he [...]

Indiana Supreme Court Says FedEx Saved Medical Malpractice Claim

March 25, 2014

The Indiana Supreme Court held in its written opinion filed on March 10, 2014 that the commencement of a medical malpractice action occurs when a copy of the proposed complaint is deposited for mailing by registered or certified mail or by certain private delivery services, and that the plaintiff&#[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Says Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too Late

January 4, 2014

In its decision filed on December 27, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Court of Appeals”) determined that the trial judge was correct in entering judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendants where the plaintiff filed her medical malpractice claim more than two y[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Doctor Who Treated Woman Who Caused Car Accident

September 1, 2013

On August 8, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court revived a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured as result of a car collision that named as the medical malpractice defendant the personal physician of the other woman who had caused the serious, head-on collision (“the to[...]

$15M Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child Born With Cerebral Palsy

August 28, 2013

On August 23, 2013, an Indiana medical malpractice jury awarded $15 million to the family of a newborn who suffered severe brain damage and developed cerebral palsy allegedly as a result of medical negligence that occurred at a local hospital. The Indiana cap on damages in medical malpractice case[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Loss Based On Statute Of Limitations

August 7, 2013

The Indiana Supreme Court revived a medical malpractice claim that the trial court had determined to have been filed too late under the relevant Indiana statute of limitations. The Indiana Supreme Court began its written opinion by stating, “In this case, the parties have spent five years d[...]

$55 Million Settlement Approved For “Nose Doctor” Malpractice Lawsuits

June 30, 2013

On June 24, 2013, an Indiana judge approved a $55 million medical malpractice settlement involving 282 former patients of the self-proclaimed “Nose Doc.” The former Indiana surgeon allegedly performed unnecessary or fraudulent surgeries on patients so that he could bill insurance compani[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Holds Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Liable

November 20, 2012

In its decision rendered on October 31, 2012, the Indiana Supreme Court rejected the arguments of the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund in defending against a petition to recover excess damages arising out of a medical malpractice action when the Fund attempted to challenge the existence or[...]

Former Indiana Surgeon Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

October 20, 2012

On October 12, 2012, a former Indiana surgeon was sentenced by a federal judge to seven years in federal prison, twice the amount of time recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, as a result of his conviction for billing patients and their insurance companies for procedures that he had not per[...]

Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC

October 11, 2012

On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]

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