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Emergency Medicine Malpractice Laws In The United States – Protecting Physicians But Harming Patients

November 5, 2019

The American Medical Association states on its website, “A physician who specializes in Emergency Medicine focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in[...]

Find Medical Malpractice Lawyers Near Me

November 4, 2019

“Find medical malpractice lawyers near me” is a search term used by many victims of medical malpractice throughout the United States because they do not know a medical malpractice lawyer near them at their time of need. Most victims of medical malpractice never thought they would be harm[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses Loss Of Household Services Claim In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

November 3, 2019

In its reported opinion dated November 1, 2019, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, discussed what is necessary to prove a loss of household services claim in a medical malpractice wrongful death case. A Ma[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Medical Care Availability And Reduction of Error Act’s 7-Year Statute Of Repose Is Unconstitutional

November 2, 2019

In its opinion dated October 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”) stated: “In this appeal by allowance, we consider whether the seven-year statute of repose in Section 1303.513(a) of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Because Juror Said He Could Not Award Noneconomic Damages

October 31, 2019

In its opinion dated October 4, 2019, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) reversed the defense verdict reached by the jury in an Indiana medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit, stating, “We have little trouble concluding that a stated refusal to particip[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Discusses “Same Or Related Specialty” Requirement In Medical Malpractice Case

October 30, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion dated October 25, 2019 that “a licensed nurse practitioner, even one who is a Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator, is not “in the same or related specialty” as a board-cer[...]

New York Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Impermissible Habit Testimony

October 28, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on October 16, 2019, stated: “The issue on this appeal is whether a physician performing a surgical procedure who has no written record nor[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms General Verdict In Favor Of Medical Malpractice Defendants

October 20, 2019

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Appellate Court”) on October 7, 2019 affirmed a general verdict in favor of the Illinois medical malpractice defendant, University of Chicago Medical Center, stating that when a jury returns a general verdict where more than one theory of [...]

Missouri Appellate Court Upholds $12.8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failire To Timely Diagnose Mesenteric Ischemia

October 14, 2019

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division Four (“Missouri Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on October 1, 2019, affirmed a Missouri medical malpractice jury’s verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $14,245,545 that was reduced to $12,820,990 because the jury[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Claim By Ambulance Passenger For Injuries After Driver Fell Asleep And Crashed Was Not Medical Malpractice Claim

October 9, 2019

The Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on September 12, 2019 that the claim of the mother of a minor child who was accompanying her child in an ambulance and was injured when the driver fell asleep, the ambulance left the roadway, and the [...]

Virginia Supreme Court Reverses And Remands Plaintiff’s Verdict In Nursing Home Rape Case On Respondeat Superior Issue

October 7, 2019

In its opinion filed on August 30, 2019, the Virginia Supreme Court held that the trial court had made erroneous evidentiary rulings regarding the admissibility of expert testimony in a nursing home negligence case where the plaintiff contended that the defendant nursing assistant molested and raped[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Expert Testimony Was Necessary In Stroke After Angiogram Medical Malpractice Case

October 3, 2019

The Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 29, 2019: “we conclude that the res ipsa loquitor exception is inapplicable herein and expert opinion evidence is therefore required to establish causation. The expert testimony in this cas[...]

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