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Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon Sues Another Maryland Orthopedic Surgeon For His Injury Sustained During Simultaneous Knee Replacement Surgeries

February 28, 2019

One Maryland orthopedic surgeon sued another Maryland orthopedic surgeon for the injuries he sustained while they were simultaneously performing two knee replacement surgeries on the same patient. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to stay on his side of the surgical table and thereby c[...]

Maryland’s Highest Appellate Court Finds No Error In Instructing Medical Malpractice Jury As To General Negligence

February 9, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on January 25, 2019 that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it gave standard general instructions on negligence and foreseeability in addition[...]

“Butt Butcher” Cosmetic Surgeon Has His New York Medical License Revoked

January 30, 2019

On January 9, 2019, the New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct revoked the medical license of a 55-year-old Brooklyn, New York gynecologist who performed liposuction and other cosmetic surgery procedures on patients at night in his Manhattan office. The doctor was[...]

Wrongful Pregnancy Medical Malpractice Claims

September 22, 2018

A wrongful pregnancy medical malpractice claim, which is sometimes called a wrongful conception claim, is brought by “parents of a normal but unplanned child [seeking] damages either from a physician who allegedly was negligent in performing a sterilization procedure or abortion, or from a pha[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Erred In Allowing Medical Malpractice Jury To Consider Plaintiff’s Alleged Pre-Treatment Negligence

April 27, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) discussed in its reported opinion dated April 26, 2018 whether the purported negligence of a plaintiff, which precedes the medical treatment by the defendant, may be raised by the defendant as contributory negligence i[...]

$1.8M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Timely Re-Intubate After Untimely Removal From Ventilator

April 3, 2018

The family of a 30-year-old woman who died after she suffered profound and irreversible brain damage because she was removed from a ventilator too soon following surgery, and attempts to re-intubate her were too late and unsuccessful, have agreed to settle their North Carolina medical malpractice cl[...]

Texas Appellate Court Discusses “Wilful And Wanton Negligence” Requirement In Emergency Care Medical Malpractice Cases

March 29, 2018

The Court of Appeals Second District of Texas Fort Worth (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion delivered on March 8, 2018 that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment on the Texas medical malpractice defendants’ no-evidence motion for summary judgment [...]

Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient

March 17, 2018

Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into the delicate operation, when the neurosurgeon was unable to [...]

$6M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Paramedic For Wrongful Death

October 13, 2017

On September 26, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury awarded over $6 million to the estate of a 20-year-old woman who died seven days after giving birth to a premature baby, after finding that the paramedic who transported the woman from home to the hospital failed to properly intubate her o[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Physician In Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

September 30, 2017

The South Carolina Court of Appeals stated in its opinion filed on September 14, 2017, “In this highly technical field, where there may not be clear markers indicating by what method a cancer spreads, it was an error of law to direct a verdict in favor of Respondents because Dr. Singer [the [...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Loses For Failure To Timely Update Expert’s Report

September 5, 2017

The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (“New Mexico federal court”) on August 8, 2017 granted summary judgment to the New Mexico medical malpractice defendants in its Memorandum Opinion and Order that stated that the plaintiff had the burden to prove through expe[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiff’s “Wrong Breast” Surgery Medical Malpractice Win

August 15, 2017

In its opinion filed on July 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) reversed and remanded the Virginia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, who alleged that the defendant surgeon operated on both of her breasts after she withdrew[...]

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