$7.9M Michigan Hospital Medical Malpractice Verdict
June 15, 2014
A Michigan medical malpractice jury recently determined that a Michigan hospital, an anesthesiologist practice, and a physician should pay $7.9 million in compensatory damages to the survivors of a woman who allegedly died due to medical malpractice. The defendant hospital immediately expressed its [...]
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Michigan Radiologist Held Liable For Newborn’s Death
March 29, 2014
Earlier this week, a Grand Rapids, Michigan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against a deceased radiologist and his medical practice in the amount of $1.25 million, finding in favor of the parents of a newborn baby girl who died three days after her birth in June 2009. The Michigan med[...]
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Does Church Doctrine Lead To Medical Malpractice?
December 8, 2013
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Catholic bishops regarding the care (or lack of care) that women receive at Catholic hospitals. The Michigan lawsuit alleges that a pregnant woman who miscarried at 18 weeks was denied appropriate medical treatment by the only hospital in her county because t[...]
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New Michigan Medical Malpractice Reform Law
January 26, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the Governor of Michigan signed into law the so-called (and grossly misnamed) “Patients First Reform Package” that “clarifies” that loss of society or companionship constitutes noneconomic damages subject to Michigan’s noneconomic damages limit, provides how [...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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