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Mississippi Appeals Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

February 15, 2013

By its decision filed on February 5, 2013, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) upheld a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case. The Mississippi medical malpractice jury decided the case in favor of the plaintiff’s physician on October 13, 2010[...]

$1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Four Holes Made In Patient’s Intestine

February 12, 2013

On January 25, 2013, a New York medical malpractice jury awarded $1.5 million to a patient against his former gastroenterologist and his former laparoscopic surgeon after almost eight weeks of trial, finding that the gastroenterologist was 60% responsible and that the laparoscopic surgeon was [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Jury Verdict For Paralysis Leading To Death

January 23, 2013

On January 17, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in a conservative jurisdiction in Maryland returned a verdict in favor of the surviving daughter of a patient and the patient’s estate for the alleged unnecessary paralysis and subsequent death of a 77-year-old woman who had arrived at a hospita[...]

Indiana Supreme Court Decides That Successful Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Forfeited His Right To Challenge Medical Malpractice Damages Cap

January 21, 2013

On January 15, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court decided an appeal where the medical malpractice plaintiff received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $8.5 million that was reduced to $1.25 million pursuant to the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“Act”). The Act provides in releva[...]

Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 19, 2013

On January 8, 2013, the Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio issued its written decision in which it held that a settlement a plaintiff received from a non-state defendant in a medical malpractice case was not a “benefit” that must be offset from the amount of damages the plaintiff may reco[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice $1.42 Million Verdict For Wrong Site Surgery

January 16, 2013

On January 14, 2013, a Baltimore City medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.42 million for a surgeon’s wrongful removal of the woman’s right ovary and right fallopian tube when the surgeon was supposed to remove the woman’s dise[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $390,000 Verdict For Misdiagnosed Stroke

January 12, 2013

On September 11, 2012, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) affirmed a judge’s verdict in the amount of $390,000 in favor of James Taylor, who was 57-years-old when he suffered a stroke that a physician in a hospital emergency room failed to timely [...]

Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Claims

January 3, 2013

Many people are under the impression that Lyme disease is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States and that Lyme disease misdiagnosis cases are also of recent vintage. However, Lyme disease misdiagnosis claims have been around for over a decade and appear to us to be increasing in frequency,[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Reduces $10 Million Jury Award To $300,000 For Paralyzed Man

January 2, 2013

A 36-year-old man was left paralyzed from the chest down due to medical malpractice, as determined by a Colorado medical malpractice jury that awarded him $10 million for the noneconomic damages that he sustained as a result of medical negligence after a three-week trial. The total medical malprac[...]

Florida Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Florida’s Medical Malpractice Cap Soon

December 31, 2012

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments in February, 2012 in a case that may determine the constitutionality of Florida’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that was enacted in 2003 (the cap is $500,000 or $1 million under certain circumstances, depending on the[...]

Nurse’s Negligence Leads To Hospital Patient’s Paraplegia And Death

December 25, 2012

On the night of May 11, 2000, an insulin-dependent diabetic patient was admitted into a Louisiana hospital due to abdominal pain, back pain, and vomiting leading to his dehydration. His admitting physician diagnosed him with diabetic ketoacidosis (a condition that occurs in diabetics when the bo[...]

Arizona Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Late-Diagnosed Perforated Bowel

December 14, 2012

On August 29, 2012, an Arizona medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.875 million in favor of the surviving family of a woman who died as a result of the late diagnosis of her bowel perforation. The woman had chronic Crohn’s disease (a form of inflammatory bowel dis[...]

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