Missouri Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 5 of 8

Missouri Nursing Home Tube-Fed Resident Died From Overfeeding

October 7, 2017

The Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted from a survey of a Missouri nursing home that was conducted on August 14, 2017 stated that a resident died from overfeeding through t[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Discusses Juror Bias Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

August 19, 2017

The Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”), in its opinion issued on August 1, 2017, affirmed a Missouri medical malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to strike for cause prospective juror 24 because she allegedly[...]

$17.6M Opioid Malpractice Verdict

July 26, 2017

A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $17.6 million on June 27, 2017 after a seven-day trial in a medical malpractice case against the plaintiff’s former primary care physician who was alleged to have prescribed ever-increasing amounts of opioids for the plaintiff’s [...]

Missouri Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Jury’s Improper Consideration Of Informed Consent

June 18, 2017

In a case that the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) stated was a case of first impression in Missouri, the Missouri Supreme Court held, “This Court joins the chorus of other state supreme courts and holds that evidence of alleged informed consent is irrelevant a[...]

$110M Missouri Talc Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

May 6, 2017

On May 4, 2017, a Missouri talcum powder jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $110 million against Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”), finding that J & J failed to adequately warn the woman about the risk of cancer associated with use of talc-based pr[...]

$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[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Case Alleges ER Misdiagnosis Led To Quadriplegia

January 29, 2017

A Missouri medical malpractice case has been filed on behalf of a man and his wife, alleging that the defendant hospital and defendant physician negligently failed to properly diagnose the man when he was treated in the defendant hospital’s emergency room, which resulted in him developing perm[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Says Frozen Pre-Embryos Are Property, Not Children

November 24, 2016

In its opinion filed on November 15, 2016, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (“Appellate Court”) held that the parties’ pre-embryos that had been frozen as part of an in vitro fertilization process when they were married were marital property of a special character, an[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Denies Post-Judgment Interest On Medical Malpractice Verdicts

October 17, 2016

In its opinion filed on October 4, 2016, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) held that the plaintiff was not entitled to post-judgment interest on the Missouri medical malpractice verdict in his favor in the amount of $883,000 (the Missouri medical malpractice jury a[...]

$507K Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Needle Left In Patient During Trigger Point Injection

September 17, 2016

A Missouri medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $507,000 after a four-day trial. The defendants were a physician and her medical practice that operated a pain management clinic where the 62-year-old plaintiff sought pain management treatment due to[...]

$17.6M Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Opioid Abuse

July 22, 2016

After a one-week medical malpractice jury trial in St. Louis, Missouri that ended in a verdict for the plaintiffs on June 28, 2016, the jury awarded the plaintiff husband $1.4 million and the plaintiff wife $1.2 million against a physician and his employer, finding that they were negligent in prescr[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Wrongful Death Claims

April 23, 2016

In its opinion filed on April 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Missouri (“Missouri Supreme Court”) upheld a constitutional challenge to Missouri’s cap on noneconomic damages in wrongful death claims, holding that the statutory limit does not violate the state constitutional right to [...]

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