Florida Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Wrongful Birth Verdict
January 10, 2014
On January 8, 2014, in a split decision, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District overturned a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful birth case. A wrongful birth claim is a medical malpractice claim in which the parents give birth to an impaired or deformed child and alle[...]
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Hawaii Inmate Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld
January 9, 2014
On December 31, 2013, the Intermediate Court of Appeals for the State of Hawaii (“Appellate Court”) issued its opinion in which it held that prison doctors are not shielded from personal liability for medical malpractice claims by the doctrine of qualified immunity. The Appellate Court h[...]
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Nevada LASIK Appeal
January 8, 2014
Earlier this week, oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada with regard to the defense verdict entered in a LASIK surgery malpractice claim. The main issues on appeal are the defense’s focus during trial on the plaintiff’s alleged “drug abuseR[...]
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$3.1M Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Verdict Upheld
January 5, 2014
A New York appellate court has upheld a $3,150,000 verdict against an obstetrician-gynecologist involving the negligent delivery of a newborn that led to the baby suffering a brachial plexus injury that resulted in Erb’s palsy. The baby’s shoulder got stuck in her mother’s pubic [...]
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$55M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injuries
December 24, 2013
On December 23, 2013, a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded $55 million to the family of a now 4-year-old child who did not have sufficient oxygen during the birthing process, resulting in the child being severely developmentally delayed, having cerebral palsy, and having pr[...]
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Massachusetts $2M Nursing Home Verdict For Sexual Assault
December 19, 2013
On December 17, 2013, a Middlesex Superior Court (Massachusetts) jury returned its $2,014,000 verdict in favor of an 87-year-old nursing home resident, who suffers from dementia and Huntington’s disease, for her alleged sexual assault that occurred in July 2011. The verdict was against the[...]
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Maryland Federal Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict
December 15, 2013
On November 22, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Maryland rendered it verdict in favor of a Maryland neurosurgeon whom the plaintiff alleged had negligently performed spinal surgery on her. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on November 16, 2011 by the West Virginia plainti[...]
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