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Illinois Appellate Court Allows Wrongful Death Claim For Aborted Fetus

May 17, 2020

In its opinion filed on March 31, 2020, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division (“”Illinois Appellate Court”) stated, “we answer no to the certified question that asked whether section 2.2 of the Wrongful Death Act bars a cause of action or recovery unde[...]

Oncology Medical Malpractice Claims Statistics

May 10, 2020

The Doctors Company, the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurance carrier in the United States, reviewed medical oncology claims that closed between 2012 and 2018. The March 2019 analysis found 101 medical oncology claims and two surgical oncology claims. The Doctors Company excluded th[...]

Texas Appellate Court Reverses New Trial Order In Cancer Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Case

May 4, 2020

The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas (“Texas Appellate Court”), in its Memorandum Opinion filed on February 25, 2020, held: “we conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus and direct the trial court to (1) vacate its order granting a new trial and (2) deny[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict Due To Jury Misconduct Involving Premature Deliberations

April 26, 2020

The South Carolina Supreme Court, in its opinion dated March 11, 2020, stated, “it is clear Killian’s [a juror’s] conduct severely hampered the fundamental fairness of the trial, and that the circumstances here demonstrate prejudice. Carmichael [another juror] testified that Killia[...]

What Medical Malpractice Claims May Arise From The Coronavirus Pandemic?

March 19, 2020

At the time this is being written, the designation of the coronavirus outbreak as a world-wide pandemic is less than a week old. How the coronavirus pandemic will affect the world population, world economies, and the everyday lives of everyone, whether infected with the coronavirus or not, is a big [...]

Virginia Supreme Court Determines Trial Court Erred By Granting Judgment To Defendants Mid-Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 5, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on February 13, 2020 in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case, “On a motion to strike at the conclusion of Shareef’s case-in-chief, the circuit court was required to view all of his evidence in the light most favorable to him,[...]

$1,275,000 New Jersey Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement For Misdiagnosed Stomach Cancer

January 22, 2020

A New Jersey medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was recently settled for $1,275,000 for the death of a 34-year-old woman whose stomach cancer allegedly was not diagnosed in time and resulted in her death in 2016. The woman died of stage IV cancer on August 29, 2016. The defendants included a[...]

New York Judge Strikes $10M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Doctor For Patient’s Suicide

January 12, 2020

A New York trial judge has stricken the almost $10 million medical malpractice verdict against a prominent primary care physician that a jury had determined breached the standard of care in his treatment of his patient, which led to the patient’s suicide during the night of June 6 to June 7, 2[...]

$1.25M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Fatal Brain Hemmorhage

January 1, 2020

On November 26, 2019, an Erie, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.25 million against a primary care physician and his medical practice whom the jury found to have been negligent in failing to investigate the cause of a 45-year-old woman’s persistent [...]

How Do I Know If My Injury Is Due To Medical Malpractice?

December 7, 2019

“How do I know if my injury is due to medical malpractice?” This is a question we receive often. Our usual response is if you have reason to ask the question, you have reason to explore whether someone is responsible for causing your unanticipated or unexpected harm suffered as a result [...]

Misdiagnosis Of Testicular Cancer Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Against Kaiser Permanente

November 15, 2019

A Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against Kaiser Permanente has reportedly been settled for a confidential amount. The Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in October 2017 by a 25-year-old man’s widow alleged that Kaiser Permanente and two [...]

$4.7M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict Against PCP For Missed Diagnosis Of Infection Leading To Death

November 1, 2019

On October 11, 2019, after about three hours of deliberations, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiffs in the amount of $4.7 million against a primary care physician who failed to timely diagnose his pati[...]

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