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Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Kaiser For Late Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

August 20, 2015

On August 11, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Northwest Permanente, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, and an Oregon physician, alleging that their negligence led to the unreasonable delay in diagnosing the plaintiff’s pro[...]

$12.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis Following Misdiagnosis

August 18, 2015

On August 7, 2015, after an almost two-week medical malpractice trial and four hours of jury deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) and against two defendant physicians for the delayed diagnosis of the husband’[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Open The Door” Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2015

In its decision filed on July 28, 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court discussed the “open the door” doctrine in the context of a Connecticut medical malpractice defense verdict, concluding that the defendant emergency room physician’s testimony was not admissible as expert tes[...]

Arkansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed After Arrestee’s Death

July 15, 2015

On July 8, 2015, a medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in Arkansas against a hospital emergency room physician, alleging that the physician’s medical negligence led to the drug overdose death of an Arkansas man who had been brought to the emergency room for evaluation after being arrested fo[...]

$4.2M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Shoulder Injury

July 9, 2015

On July 1, 2015, after a two-and-a-half week medical malpractice jury trial in the Superior Court in Connecticut, the six-person jury awarded the 58-year-old plaintiff $4.2 million against the defendant surgeon and other defendants for the permanent, debilitating injuries he suffered as a result of [...]

Misdiagnosis Of Ectopic Pregnancy

June 30, 2015

An ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition in which the pregnancy occurs outside of the uterus (the womb). In a normal pregnancy, the fertilized egg travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus. However, if the movement of the egg is slowed or blocked through the fallopian tube, an e[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Teenager’s Required Heart Transplant

June 16, 2015

On May 8, 2015, a Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on behalf of a now 16-year-old former student athlete who was required to have a heart transplant, and may need further heart transplants in the future, allegedly due to the negligent failure of [...]

Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Radiologist In Medical Malpractice Case

April 2, 2015

In its opinion dated March 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) had to decide whether the Kansas medical malpractice plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence of causation to survive summary judgment in a case where it was alleged that the defen[...]

Federal Appeals Court Affirms District Court’s Refusal To Amend Medical Malpractice Pretrial Order

March 11, 2015

In a federal appellate court decision filed on February 10, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the district court’s refusal to allow a medical malpractice defendant to amend a final pretrial order after the other medical malpractice defendants settled the c[...]

California Appellate Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Verdict In Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

March 2, 2015

In its decision rendered on January 29, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, District One, State of California, upheld a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case involving the misdiagnosis of breast cancer in a woman who had an extensive family history of b[...]

MDVIP Hit With $8.5M Verdict

February 14, 2015

On February 10, 2015, MDVIP, the largest concierge medicine practice firm in the United States, was hit with a $8.5 million verdict by a Palm Beach County, Florida jury that found it liable for the medical negligence of one of its MDVIP-affiliated physicians that led to a patient having her leg am[...]

Appellate Court Affirms Colorado Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

December 31, 2014

In an unpublished opinion filed on December 24, 2014, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a Colorado medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that any error in the jury instructions regarding comparative negligence and mitigation of damages that were given by the trial judge was harmless erro[...]

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