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$5.7M Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital’s Failure To Diagnose Suicide Risk

March 27, 2018

Earlier this month, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $215,000 for economic damages and $5.5 million for noneconomic damages (pain and suffering) against a hospital that allegedly failed to properly diagnose and treat a suicidal p[...]

Washington Appellate Court Allows Prior Drug Use Testimony In Medical Malpractice Case

March 9, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 20, 2018 in a Washington medical malpractice wrongful death case that testimony regarding the decedent’s prior drug use was properly admitted into eviden[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

March 1, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 9, 2018 in a Tennessee medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her claim on the basis of the expiration of the statute of limitations and the[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Finds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Offer Of Proof Sufficient

February 19, 2018

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (“Massachusetts Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on February 6, 2018 that the plaintiff’s offer of proof in a Massachusetts medical malpractice case was sufficient to raise a legitimate question appropriate for [...]

$43M Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital And Its Doctor On Probation

February 14, 2018

A Texas medical malpractice jury awarded $43.32 million against a hospital and a doctor at the hospital who had been placed on probation by the Texas Medical Board, because the doctor allegedly misdiagnosed and mistreated a hospital patient, causing the plaintiff to suffer severe harm. The Texas med[...]

New York’s “Lavern’s Law” Signed Into Law

February 2, 2018

On January 31, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law “Lavern’s Law,” which changes the medical malpractice law in New York so that the two-and-a-half year statute of limitations in New York medical malpractice cancer cases begins to run on the date of discovery of th[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendant

January 21, 2018

The State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”) earlier this month affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant emergency room physician in a Louisiana medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff had failed to pr[...]

New York Appellate Court Finds Sufficient Evidence Of Causation In Misdiagnosis Of 9-Year-Old’s Appendicitis

December 20, 2017

In its Memorandum and Order filed on December 7, 2017, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held that the New York medical malpractice plaintiffs had submitted sufficient evidence during trial with regard to causation and damages t[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Responsible For Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency

December 13, 2017

In its opinion filed on November 8, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) affirmed that the defendant hospital was responsible for a share of the $750,000 verdict the Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned in favor of the plaintiff, holdi[...]

Texas Freestanding ER Sued For Medical Malpractice For Death Of 4-Year-Old

December 4, 2017

On November 8, 2017, the distraught parents of a four-year-old child who died shortly after being seen in a Texas freestanding emergency room filed a Texas medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the for-profit corporate owner of the facility, alleging that the medical misdiagnosis of the[...]

$15.9M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rheumatologist For Amputations

November 27, 2017

A Florida medical malpractice jury awarded a woman $15.9 million last month for the medical malpractice injuries she suffered in 2008 when she was 26-years-old. The Florida medical malpractice defendant is a rheumatologist who allegedly failed to properly treat the plaintiff in the hospital that wou[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Quest Diagnostic’s Standard Operating Procedures Are Confidential In Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

November 25, 2017

In a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleges that Quest Diagnostics misdiagnosed the decedent’s cancer, the non-precedential decsion of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) filed on October 3, 2917 stated: “the evide[...]

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