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Virginia Appellate Court Limits Informed Consent Claims In Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Cases

March 4, 2023

Court Limits Informed Consent Claims In Misdiagnosis Cases: In its Opinion dated December 29, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Virginia stated: “This case presents two matters of first impression in Virginia medical malpractice law. First, can a claim that a physician proceeded without informed c[...]

Washington Supreme Court Holds Informed Consent Claim Cannot Be Based Solely On Misdiagnosis

August 26, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “This case addresses the difference between two claims that arose from the same accident and that were based on the same medical care: a medical malpractice claim and a failure [...]

$13.3M Maryland Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 4, 2022

$13.3M Birth Injury Verdict: A Maryland medical malpractice birth injury jury in a conservative Maryland jurisdiction (Harford County, Maryland) returned its verdict in favor of a now 18-year-old who suffered serious bleeding in his brain during his delivery in 2004. The Maryland medical malpractice[...]

$2.75 Million Michigan Dental Malpractice Verdict

June 28, 2022

$2.75 Million Michigan Dental Malpractice Verdict: After a three-day trial and ninety minutes of jury deliberations, a Michigan dental malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in mid-April 2022. The jury awarded $1.375 million for past pain and suffering and related damages, i[...]

$5M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 25, 2022

A Maryland medical malpractice jury in Howard County, Maryland has awarded the plaintiff in excess of $5 million for permanent damage sustained to her pancreas as a result of an allegedly botched diagnostic procedure that the defendant gastroenterologist had performed in 2014. The Maryland medical m[...]

Ohio Fertility Clinic Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Sperm Sample Mix-Up In 1991

March 18, 2022

A recently filed Ohio medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that in 1991, a mix-up of sperm samples at Summa Health’s Akron City Hospital during a intrauterine insemination procedure at the hospital’s IVF Center (fertility clinic) performed by Dr. Nicholas J. Spirtos, in which the husband’s [...]

Iowa Appellate Court Orders New Trial For Doctor Who Performed Vasectomy Instead Of Circumcision

January 12, 2022

In its opinion filed on November 23, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Iowa Appellate Court) held in an Iowa medical malpractice case where the non-English-speaking plaintiff alleged that the defendants performed a vasectomy on him instead of the intended circumcision, that several errors h[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

January 2, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) held in its November 18, 2021 opinion in an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death action arising out of the treatment a decedent received in the defendant hospital: “we conclude that the circuit court did n[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Pain Management Specialist Not Qualified To Testify Against Anesthesiologist

December 16, 2021

In its unpublished opinion dated November 4, 2021, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) held that “the trial court erred by failing to strike plaintiff’s expert witness, Dr. Savala, as he was not qualified to give standard-of-care testimony against [...]

We Are Investigating Filshie Clip Migration Claims

November 30, 2021

A Filshie clip is a silicone-lined, titanium occlusive device, originally designed for surgical contraception that was approved by the FDA in September 1996 for permanent contraception in women. The Filshie clip is placed with an applicator and designed to permanently occlude the mid-isthmic portion[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Proper Informed Consent Provided In Kidney Transplant Case

August 31, 2021

The Supreme Court of Kentucky held in its opinion rendered on August 26, 2021 in a kidney transplant malpractice case involving a clinical trial: “While the Kentucky General Assembly could have deferred to federal authorities such as the FDA in defining the informed consent duty in a clinical [...]

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Informed Consent Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2021

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion filed on July 12, 2021: “Viewed in the light most favorable to Davies, as we must, her experts agree that had she undergone a CTA, she would have been diagnosed with a verte[...]

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