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Wisconsin Appellate Court Discusses Informed Consent For Surgery

June 19, 2024

Hubbard filed a Wisconsin medical negligence action against Dr. Neuman, alleging that Dr. Neuman breached her duty of care by failing to inform Hubbard of her presurgery recommendation to Dr. McGauley that he remove Hubbard’s ovaries during the February 2018 surgery. The complaint alleges that Dr.[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Related Specialties, Informed Consent, Internal Rule As Standard Of Care In Maryland Medical Malpractice Cases

May 15, 2024

In a published opinion of the Appellate Court of Maryland filed on March 1, 2024, the appellant was seen in the emergency room with complaints of her right foot being cool and pale, with symptoms increasing when leg elevated. The emergency medicine doctor found pedal pulses but ankle brachial index [...]

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Physician Who Recommended Surgery Performed By Another Surgeon May Be Held Liable For Medical Malpractice

March 14, 2024

In 2013, Veronica Yeakle went to the emergency room after a fall related to a problem with her right knee. At the hospital, Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani was called to consult on whether the problem could be neurological. After reviewing the CT scan of Ms. Yeakle’s back, Dr. Durrani diagnosed several [...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Informed Consent Doctrine Does Not Require Disclosure Of Physician’s Personal Life Factors

March 6, 2024

In a South Carolina medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant neurosurgeon negligently removed an excessive portion of the right L5/S1 facet joint and failed to install instrumentation and perform fusion to properly support the spine following the partial medial face[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Informed Consent And Assumption Of Risk Defense Not Relevant In Medical Malpractice Cases

December 23, 2023

In its Opinion filed on December 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In these appeals, we consider whether defendants to a medical malpractice action may defend by arguing, or otherwise present evidence concerning, the plaintiff s in[...]

Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Informed Consent Case

November 25, 2023

Renae Wetterling (“Wetterling”) appealed from a summary judgment dismissing all of her claims against Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and its insurer Preferred Professional Insurance Company. Wetterling argued that the circuit court erred b[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Liposuction Medical Malpractice Case

November 15, 2023

In March 2019, James Calloway met with Dr. Brarens, a podiatrist, to discuss pain that he was having in his foot and ankle. In April 2019, James decided to have foot surgery, which was scheduled for May 30, 2019. On May 29, 2019, James met with Dr. Peter McKenna, a plastic surgeon at CIPS, to [&hell[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Rules Defendant Surgeon’s License Revocation And Suspension Of Hospital Privileges Should Not Have Been Admitted During Medical Malpractice Trial

September 30, 2023

An Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit alleged medical negligence relating to four separate back surgeries performed by Defendant Dr. Abubakar Durrani on Plaintiff Patrick Stephenson. The Ohio medical malpractice jury found that Dr. Durrani, who had fled to Pakistan in 2013, was negligent in his care a[...]

New York Appellate Court Holds Informed Consent Claim Not Proper In Child Birth Malpractice Case

September 4, 2023

Underlying Facts Informed Consent Claim Not Proper In Child Birth Malpractice Case: Plaintiffs are the parents of an infant who died shortly after birth, and they commenced their New York medical malpractice action seeking to recover damages for emotional injuries that they allegedly sustained as a [...]

Arizona Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In LASIK Surgery Malpractice Case

August 30, 2023

The Underlying Facts Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In LASIK Surgery Case: In September 2017, Jay L. Schwartz, D.O. (“Schwartz”) performed bilateral LASIK surgery on Melanie Phillips (“Phillips”) and implanted in her right eye a device known as a Rain[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case For Jury To Determine Agency Issue

August 28, 2023

Appellate Court Remands Malpractice Case For Jury To Determine Agency Issue: The 56-year-old plaintiff underwent surgical removal of her parathyroid glands by Dr. Abdelkader Hawasli. According to Dr. Hawasli, he told plaintiff there was a possibility that he might also have to remove her thyroid gla[...]

$34 Million Maryland Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 4, 2023

$34 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On March 28, 2023, a Baltimore County Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of nearly $34 million for the catastrophic injuries suffered by a baby who allegedly was unnecessarily delivered at 23 weeks of preg[...]

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