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Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiologist In Medical Malpractice Case

April 2, 2015

In its opinion dated March 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) had to decide whether the Kansas medical malpractice plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence of causation to survive summary judgment in a case where it was alleged that the defen[...]

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com Celebrates Its 1,500th Consecutive Daily Blog

March 30, 2015

medicalmalpracticelawyers.com, a free website that connects medical malpractice victims with medical malpractice lawyers in the United States, celebrates its 1,500th consecutive daily blog posting. When we began posting daily blogs more than four years ago that discuss current medical malpractice [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Orders New Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 24, 2015

By its written opinion approved for publication on March 17, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) ordered a new trial for the medical malpractice plaintiff, holding that the trial judge had committed reversible error when the judge prevented th[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Overturns Dismissal Of Defendant Physician

March 20, 2015

By its decision entered on March 11, 2015, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Appeals Court”) overturned the dismissal of one of the defendant physicians in a medical malpractice case, finding that the dismissal of the defendant physician was prejudicial error because the [...]

North Carolina Judge Corrects Medical Malpractice Trial Error

March 18, 2015

A Henderson County, North Carolina judge entered an order earlier this month that restored a North Carolina medical malpractice jury’s original calculation of noneconomic damages for a medical malpractice plaintiff in the amount of $516,161 that the jury had reduced to $1 due to a faulty jur[...]

Pending Proposal Would Triple Maryland Cap On Noneconomic Damages For Catastrophic Injuries

March 17, 2015

A bill pending in the Maryland House of Delegates, if approved and signed into law (a big “if” in Maryland), would triple Maryland’s limit on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases for catastrophic injuries. House Bill 398 defines a catastrophic injury as death, or per[...]

New York Supreme Court: Dueling Expert Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case Precludes Summary Judgment

March 14, 2015

In a February 11, 2015 Decision and Order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Clinton County (“Court”), the Court held that summary judgment is not appropriate in a medical malpractice action where there exist conflicting medical expert opinions because credibility issues[...]

Tennessee Circuit Court Judge Holds Tennessee Cap On Noneconomic Damages Unconstitutional

March 12, 2015

In a written decision filed on March 9, 2015 by a Tennessee Circuit Court judge (trial court judge) involving claims for personal injury damages arising out of a traffic collision, the court held that the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011 (“Tort Reform Act”), which applies to all Tenn[...]

Today Begins Our 5th Year Of Daily Blog Postings

March 6, 2015

When we began posting daily blogs on March 5, 2011, we never imagined that we would be posting blogs every day, without missing a single day, for more than four years. We never considered whether we would run out of news or topics of importance to medical malpractice victims, medical malpracti[...]

Maryland Senate Bill Would Require Pre-Suit Notice Before Filing Maryland Medical Malpractice Claims

March 5, 2015

A bill filed in the Maryland Senate during the 2015 Session (the Maryland Legislature is currently in session) would require, if passed and signed into law, that Maryland medical malpractice victims provide a written notice to the allegedly negligent health care provider(s) of their intention to f[...]

South Dakota Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages Hurts Victims

February 27, 2015

Back in 1976, South Dakota imposed a $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice claims, no matter the amount of the pain and suffering that the victim of South Dakota medical malpractice experienced in the past, or would have to suffer for many years into the future. The cap has n[...]

$1.2M Oklahoma Nursing Home Verdict For Abuse Of Resident Caught On Video

February 23, 2015

On February 13, 2015, a federal jury in Oklahoma found in favor of the plaintiff in a nursing home abuse case and awarded $1.2 million in compensatory damages for emotional distress and an additional $10,000 in punitive damages. The case involved the abuse of a 96-year-old nursing home resident who[...]

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