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Colorado Orthopedic Surgeon Faces Five Medical Malpractice Claims, Serious Criminal Charges

May 2, 2017

A 63-year-old Colorado orthopedic surgeon who had been named as a defendant in three pending Colorado medical malpractice cases has now been named as a medical malpractice defendant in two more recently filed medical malpractice cases. He also has pending against him numerous felony charges that all[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Evidence Of Risks And Complications Of Surgical Procedure Irrelevant In Medical Malpractice Claim

April 16, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on March 29, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) ruled that it was error for the trial court to have allowed the defense to introduce evidence of the known risks and complications of a surgical procedure in a medical malpracti[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Defendant Failed To Preserve Issues For Appeal

March 18, 2017

In an Arkansas medical malpractice case decided by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on March 8, 2017, the Arkansas medical malpractice defendant argued that the plaintiff had failed to prove negligence during the trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to show that his failure to perform a[...]

Boston Medical Malpractice Jury Finds Spine Surgeon Wrong To Double-Book Surgeries But Awards No Damages

March 5, 2017

A man who became quadriplegic following spine surgery won a hollow victory in his medical malpractice lawsuit against his spine surgeon when the Boston medical malpractice jury hearing his case determined on January 30, 2017 that the spine surgeon was wrong for doing two spine surgeries at the [...]

Iowa Appellate Court Says Surgeon Did Not Have To Disclose His Inexperience

February 5, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 25, 2017 that the defendant heart surgeon did not have a duty owed to his patient to advise him regarding the surgeon’s lack of experience in performing the proposed surgery in order to obtain pro[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Judgment For Defendant OB On Informed Consent Claim In Maryland Birth Injury Case

December 13, 2016

In its unreported opinion filed on December 6, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court entering judgment in favor of the Defendant OB at the close of the plaintiff’s side of her medical malpractice case that alleged the lack o[...]

Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Case Alleges Hospital Doctor Fractured Patient’s Neck During Intubation

December 2, 2016

The family of a 62-year-old man who suffered a fractured neck during intubation that rendered him a paraplegic has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor, alleging that the intubation was unnecessary. When the man was advised that he was a paraplegic and that he would need to rely on[...]

California Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Give Informed Consent Instruction

November 1, 2016

In its unpublished opinion filed on October 24, 2016, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District Division One (“Appellate Court”) reversed a California medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial judge had erroneously failed to instruct the [...]

Hawaii Supreme Court Discusses Informed Consent Requirements In Medical Malpractice Case

September 7, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai’i (“Hawaii Supreme Court”) discussed the requirements for a Hawaii physician to obtain informed consent from a patient for medical treatment, stating that the standard for a physician’s duty to disclos[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Scope Of Informed Consent Is A Medical Malpractice Claim And Therefore Requires A Medical Expert’s Affidavit

August 2, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 28, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) held that in a medical malpractice claim, allegations raising the scope of informed consent rather than the absence of consent to a medical procedure, even when pleaded as a battery [...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Claim For Failed Sterilization Procedure

July 20, 2016

A married woman in Baltimore who had previously given birth to three healthy children discussed and agreed with her OB after the birth of her last child in 2015 that the OB would perform a sterilization procedure on her so that she would not get pregnant again. The woman’s decision was based o[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Interplay Between Medical Malpractice Claims And Wrongful Death Claims, And Releases

July 13, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 12, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held that Maryland’s wrongful death statute creates a new and independent cause of action for a decedent’s beneficiaries, and thus, a judgment on th[...]

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