The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that a 40-year-old surgeon has voluntarily surrendered his Iowa medical license seventeen months after his medical license was summarily suspended and two years after his clinical privileges were suspended at various medical facilities. During his… Read More
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Will Increased Use Of Telemedicine Result In Increase In Medical Malpractice Claims?
Telemedicine may be defined as the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants, or as the practice of medicine using technology to deliver care at a distance where a… Read More
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West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Chemo Drug Caused Patient’s Death
A West Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleges that a 41-year-old West Virginia man who had been recently diagnosed with rectal cancer was improperly treated with a chemotherapy drug that is known to worsen patients’ preexisting heart disease, causing… Read More
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New York Appellate Court Affirms Defendants Not Entitled To Summary Judgment In Vasectomy Malpractice Case
The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum and Order entered on December 23, 2020 that the medical malpractice defendants were not entitled to summary judgment… Read More
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New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Some Medical Malpractice Defendants In Gallbladder Surgery Case
The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 13, 2021, reversed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of some of the New York medical malpractice defendants in a… Read More
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More Than 40 Migrant Women Involved In Georgia Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Forced Medical Procedures At Immigration Detention Center
On December 21, 2020, female immigrants filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for alleged forced medical procedures that they were required to undergo at a Georgia immigration detention center. The… Read More
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New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Support Claim For Emotional Distress
In its published opinion dated December 29, 2020, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held: “plaintiff alleges emotional distress caused by the professional negligence of a surgeon who failed to remove surgical washers from his… Read More
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West Virginia National Guard Says 42 People Wrongly Given Antibody Treatment Instead Of COVID-19 Vaccine
The West Virginia National Guard issued a statement on December 31, 2020 stating that it learned on December 30, 2020 that an “error” resulted in 42 people receiving the Regeneron antibody product instead of the Moderna Vaccine. The 42 individuals… Read More
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Unmasked OB Spreads Devastating Infection To Mother During Baby’s Delivery
A medical malpractice claim has been filed against a Tel Aviv, Israel OB for allegedly spreading his group A Streptococcus (“Strep A”) infection to the patient whose baby he was delivering because he failed to wear a mask during the… Read More
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Texas Appellate Court Affirms That Patient’s Trip On Rug In Waiting Room Not Medical Malpractice
The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 27, 2020: “A psychiatrist challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss a patient’s claims under the Texas Medical Liability Act for… Read More
