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$21.6M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delay In Breast Cancer Diagnosis

May 28, 2017

A 47-year-old former emergency room nurse recently obtained a $21.6 million Florida medical malpractice verdict against an ultrasound technician and the doctor who was interpreting the ultrasound for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose her breast cancer. The judge in the Florida [...]

$460K Baltimore Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Leading To Death

May 22, 2017

A Baltimore medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $460,000 in favor of the wife and six adult children of a 79-year-old man whose lung cancer was misdiagnosed for years until it was at stage IV. The man died two years after he was finally diagnosed, which was five years after a [...]

$600K California Medical Malpractice Settlement For Flesh Eating Bacteria Death

April 21, 2017

In February 2017, a Santa Barbara, California hospital reportedly settled a California medical malpractice wrongful death claim by paying $600,000 to the family of a 43-year-old woman who died five years ago as a result of necrotizing fasciitis (better known as flesh eating bacteria) that the hospit[...]

$28.9M Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Wilson’s Disease

March 24, 2017

On March 3, 2017, a Missouri medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against her primary care physician in the amount of $28,911,000.00 after a nine-day trial of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim that the defendant physician negligently failed to dia[...]

Washington Supreme Court Applies “But For” Causation Analysis In Loss Of Chance Of Better Outcome Medical Malpractice Case

March 14, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 2, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held that a “but for” causation analysis, and not a “substantial factor” causation analysis, was appropriate in a loss of chance of a better outcome[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $11.3M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Toddler’s Meningitis

March 9, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 28, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgment in the amount of $11,391,640.08 that was entered in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff, who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on her own behalf a[...]

$45M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Child Abuse

February 27, 2017

On February 17, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury awarded a now 12-year-old child $45 million against two emergency room physicians for their failure to diagnose his femur fracture in the then 2-month-old infant that was caused by physical abuse by his father. The New Jersey medical malpra[...]

Washington Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

February 22, 2017

On February 14, 2017, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division Three (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court granting summary judgment to the medical malpractice defendants, finding that the affidavit of the plaintiff’s medical expert that was submitted in oppo[...]

New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case Alleges 13-Year-Old Died From Undiagnosed Brain Tumor

February 8, 2017

A New Hampshire medical malpractice lawsuit filed on January 17, 2017 against a New Hampshire hospital, three physicians, and other health care providers allege that the plaintiffs’ 13-year-old daughter died on May 7, 2016 after being removed from life support after suffering irreversible[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict

February 7, 2017

In its decision dated January 20, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) affirmed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury’s verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of the plaintiff that found that the two defendant radiologists had breached the standard o[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Discusses Whether ER Physicians Were Independent Contractors

February 6, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Appellate Court”) analyzed whether two emergency room physicians who had treated the plaintiff were agents or employees of the hospital or were independent contractors for whom the hospital would not be liable [...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Judgment

January 26, 2017

In its decision filed on January 12, 2017, the New York Appellate Division, First Department (“Appellate Court”) decided that the New York medical malpractice plaintiff’s expert’s affidavit raised a material issue of fact as to whether the defendant physician and defendant ho[...]

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