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New York Medical Malpractice Insurer Allegedly Paid Over $100K To Indicted Senator’s No-Show Son

June 6, 2015

In an Indictment filed on May 28, 2015 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York State Senate Majority Leader/President Pro Tem of the New York Senate (up until three weeks ago, that is), and his son, it is alleged that the defendants engaged i[...]

Connecticut Court Grants Additur In Medical Malpractice Case

June 5, 2015

The Connecticut Superior Court Judicial District of Hartford has granted the plaintiff’s motion for additur in a Connecticut medical malpractice case, adding $20,861.57 in economic damages to the jury’s verdict, because the jury failed to award the stipulated costs of medical care and f[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations For Minors

June 2, 2015

In its decision filed on May 19, 2015, the Rhode Island Supreme Court had to decide issues involving the application of Rhode Island’s statute of limitations in medical malpractice cases to the respective claims of a minor child who was injured allegedly as a result of medical negligenc[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Defense Verdict

May 29, 2015

In its May 18, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court of Tennessee (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) overturned a defense verdict in a Tennessee medical malpractice case, holding that the trial court had erred by excluding the plaintiff’s expert testimony regarding undisclosed medical risks i[...]

Indiana Inmate Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Ruled Untimely

May 28, 2015

In its decision filed on May 26, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant health care providers in a medical malpractice wrongful death case filed on behalf of an Indiana prison inmate who died allegedly due to medica[...]

Florida Supreme Court: Medical Malpractice Cap Does Not Apply Retroactively

May 24, 2015

In its decision dated May 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) held that Florida’s cap on noneconomic damages in Florida medical malpractice cases does not apply to a cause of action that arose before the cap became effective on September 15, 2013. The[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Orders New Trial Where Medical Malpractice Jury Found Liability But Awarded No Damages

May 8, 2015

In its written opinion filed on April 30, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District affirmed a trial court’s granting of a new trial on liability and damages after an Illinois medical malpractice jury found that the defendant physician was negligent and that his negligence caused [...]

California Appellate Court Says Fall On Wet Floor Not Medical Malpractice

May 3, 2015

In a case decided on April 23, 2015, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“Appellate Court”) determined that a hospital patient’s claim of negligence involving her slip and fall on a recently mopped floor that lacked warning s[...]

Florida Supreme Court Overturns Award Of Defendants’ Attorneys Fees In Medical Malpractice Case

April 21, 2015

In a written opinion dated April 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida (“Florida Supreme Court”) overturned an award of attorneys fees and costs to the medical malpractice defendants, finding that the defendants had failed to strictly comply with the statutory requirements in order to [...]

Texas Doctor Alleges Claim Against Him For Injuries Caused By His Cow Is A Medical Malpractice Claim

April 14, 2015

A retired Texas doctor whose cows escaped from his property and caused serious injuries to a man whose motor vehicle struck the doctor’s cows on a public roadway alleges that the claim against him is a medical malpractice claim and therefore is subject to Texas’ medical malpractice l[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Informed Consent Irrelevant In Medical Negligence Claim

April 10, 2015

In its decision dated March 25, 2015, the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Middle District (“the Court”) held that in a medical malpractice case where the plaintiff has not raised a lack of informed consent claim, informed consent evidence is irrelevant to the issues to be decided by th[...]

California Appellate Court Remands For Proper Calculation Of Medicaid Lien On Medical Malpractice Settlement Proceeds

April 9, 2015

In its published written opinion filed on April 2, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District Division One State of California (“Appellate Court”) held that the methodology employed by the trial court in determining a claim for reimbursement made by California’s State D[...]

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