Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Archives - Page 12 of 17

Federal Judge Awards Maximum Allowable Damages In West Virginia Medical Malpractice Case

November 30, 2016

On November 15, 2016, a federal judge ruled in favor of a woman and her husband in a federal medical malpractice case, finding that the woman’s physician, who was a federal employee, acted with reckless disregard to a risk of harm to the woman, thereby leading the judge to award the plaintiffs[...]

Second Florida Appellate Court Holds Caps On Noneconomic Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases Unconstitutional

November 23, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 26, 2016, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Appellate Court”) agreed with the 2015 opinion of the District Court of Appeal of Florida Fourth District that held that the section 766.118 caps on noneconomic damages are unconstitutiona[...]

What Is President-Elect Donald Trump’s Position On Medical Malpractice Tort Reform?

November 16, 2016

Now that Donald Trump is the President-Elect of the United States, the innocent victims of medical negligence whose lives have been disrupted and whose hopes and aspirations for the future have been destroyed, and the medical malpractice attorneys who represent them, are wearily wondering the effect[...]

Buying North Carolina Appellate Judges For North Carolina Medical Malpractice Reforms?

November 7, 2016

On the November 8, 2016 ballot in North Carolina is a North Carolina Supreme Court incumbent justice seeking to retain his appellate court position and his challenger who is seeking to unseat him. During this election cycle, there is only one North Carolina Supreme Court justice position in play. If[...]

$11.5M Nebraska Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury

November 2, 2016

A Nebraska medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.5 million in favor of a severely injured child who suffered brain damage during his delivery due to medical negligence. The Omaha medical malpractice jury reached its verdict on October 24, 2016 after a trial that lasted m[...]

$19M Michigan Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $729,000 Due To Cap

October 22, 2016

A Michigan medical malpractice jury recently awarded $19 million to the family of an infant who died due to medical negligence. However, due to Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, the Michigan medical malpractice jury’s verdict will be reduced to $729,000[...]

$2M Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Morphine Overdose Death While In Hospital

October 21, 2016

Earlier this month, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a widow whose husband died as a result of an overdose of morphine while he was recovering from surgery in an Indiana hospital. The jury took two and a half hours of deliberations to return its verdict regarding [...]

$4M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologist For Wrongful Death

October 10, 2016

On September 30, 2016, a Baltimore County medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of nearly $4 million against the defendant cardiologist for the wrongful death of a man as a result of the cardiologist’s negligence that the jury determined cau[...]

$1.1M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misread CT Leading To Unnecessary Surgery

October 5, 2016

On September 23, 2016, a Maryland medical malpractice jury in a conservative Maryland county returned its verdict in the amount of $1.1 million in favor of the plaintiff, who had his CT scan misread by the defendant radiologist, which led to unnecessary surgery that has left the man with severe chro[...]

$10M Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced By More Than 90 Percent

September 30, 2016

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a widow and her eight children in the amount of $10 million on September 22, 2016, due to the medical negligence of the medical malpractice defendants that led to the husband/father’s death, but the Baltimore medical malpra[...]

This Is Our 2,000th Consecutive Daily Blog Post

August 11, 2016

It is with great pride and satisfaction that we post our 2,000th consecutive daily blog today. While our accomplishment is a major milestone in our mission to assist victims of medical malpractice gain knowledge and assistance in achieving fairness and justice for the harms they suffered, it is s[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Overturns $12M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Applies $3M Cap

June 17, 2016

In its one-hundred-forty-one page decision filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) overturned the $12 million medical malpractice verdict reached by an Oregon medical malpractice jury against the State of Oregon and its employees, and inst[...]

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