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Texas Supreme Court Holds That Post-Mortem Fraud Claim Is A Health Care Liability Claim

June 7, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of Texas (“Texas Supreme Court”) determined that claims that the defendant hospital improperly obtained approval from the decedent’s widow for a private autopsy were health care liability claims. A Texas jury had decided that the [...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Tribunal Finds Fault In Maternal Death Case

May 25, 2016

A Massachusetts medical malpractice tribunal consisting of a judge, a lawyer, and a medical professional has determined that a hospital and six of seven named medical providers are responsible for the death of a woman during childbirth. The tribunal gave its blessing to the Massachusetts medical m[...]

Hawaii Supreme Court Discusses Expert Medical Evidence In Informed Consent Cases

May 19, 2016

In its opinion filed on May 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai’i (“Hawaii Supreme Court”) discussed the nature and source of expert medical evidence required to establish a prima facie case of negligent failure to obtain informed consent. Negligent Failure To Obtain [...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Informed Consent Doctrine Applies To Nonsurgical/Noninvasive Medical Treatment

May 7, 2016

In the case it was deciding, the plaintiff had swallowed a small nail on June 1, 2009 and went to a hospital’s emergency room where the defendant ER physician examined her and ordered an X-ray that showed a foreign body in her stomach, just below her diaphragm. The plaintiff was discharged wi[...]

$1.5M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lack Of Informed Consent

May 6, 2016

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.5 million on April 29, 2016, after five days of trial and almost six hours of jury deliberations, finding that the defendant ENT had failed to obtain the plaintiff’s informed consent for a m[...]

British Surgeon Performed Vasectomy On Wrong Patient

April 1, 2016

A British surgeon (urologist) faces professional discipline for allegedly performing a vasectomy on a patient in February 2014 who was supposed to have scar tissue removed. Instead, the surgeon performed a vasectomy on the patient. The patient evidently was taken to the operating room out of order [...]

$4.2M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputation

December 22, 2015

A Philadelphia medical malpractice jury found in favor of a woman whose leg had to be amputated following double knee replacement surgery after she developed a serious infection that was allegedly improperly diagnosed and treated. The $4.3 million medical malpractice verdict includes $2.13 million [...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Informed Consent In Medical Malpractice Cases

August 25, 2015

In its opinion filed on August 20, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) addressed whether the informed consent instruction given by the trial court in a Kentucky medical malpractice case correctly incorporated the applicable law so as to guide the jury accuratel[...]

California Superior Court Decision Protects Unrepresented Nursing Home Residents

July 7, 2015

In a written opinion filed on June 24, 2015, the Superior Court of the State of California County of Alameda (“Superior Court”) determined that a California law that nursing homes had been using since 1992 to justify making unilateral decisions regarding medical care and treatment pro[...]

Maryland Appellate Decision Regarding Informed Consent In Medical Malpractice Cases

June 28, 2015

In an unreported case from the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”) filed on June 22, 2015, one of the issues the Appellate Court had to decide was whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of informed consent in a medical malpractice case[...]

$1.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Tonsillectomy Resulting In Loss Of Sense Of Taste

June 21, 2015

On May 7, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.5 million after a three-day trial, for a restaurant owner’s loss of his sense of taste following a tonsillectomy. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, had sued the oral sur[...]

$1.57M Georgia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Perforated Bowel During Laparoscopic Surgery

June 17, 2015

On June 11, 2015, a Georgia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.57 million in favor of the plaintiff and against a gynecological surgeon and his medical practice. The verdict included $474,477.00 for the plaintiff’s past medical expenses and $1.1 million for her p[...]

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