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Nevada Supreme Court Holds Negligent Decision To Discharge Patient Is Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

January 30, 2026

Scott Freeman was discharged in the middle of the night from Renown Regional Medical Center after being treated for mere hours. Scott’s wife, Melissa Freeman, was traveling at the time, and thus, there was no adult in the home to receive Scott or provide him with care following his discharge. [...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Medical Provider May Be Liable For Patient’s Suicide

August 6, 2025

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada stated in its Opinion filed on June 12, 2025: “In the instant medical malpractice action alleged that a medical provider’s negligence in treating his patient caused the patient to die by suicide. The district court granted summary judgment in favo[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Hospitals Do Not Owe A Fiduciary Duty To Their Patients In Connection With Medical Treatment

May 30, 2024

LaQuinta Whitley-Murray passed away at Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center during a sickle cell crisis. Respondent, on behalf of LaQuinta’s estate and heirs, filed a negligence action against appellant Valley Health Systems, which operates Centennial Hills. A Nevada medical malpractice wr[...]

$2.6M Nevada Nursing Home Fall Verdict

May 28, 2024

On March 11, 2024, a Nevada nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in an amount in excess of $2.6 million for a 66-year-old man who fell in a nursing home five times during the just over two-week period he was a resident of the defendant nursing home. Kurtis Roberts was admitted to Silver[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Informed Consent And Assumption Of Risk Defense Not Relevant In Medical Malpractice Cases

December 23, 2023

In its Opinion filed on December 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In these appeals, we consider whether defendants to a medical malpractice action may defend by arguing, or otherwise present evidence concerning, the plaintiff s in[...]

Nevada Enacts Law Allowing Cameras In Nursing Homes

August 2, 2023

Law Allows Cameras In Nursing Homes: On June 7, 2023, Governor Joe Lombardo of Nevada signed into law Assembly Bill No. 202, which is described as “AN ACT relating to medical facilities; authorizing a patient in a facility for skilled nursing or his or her representative to request the install[...]

$47M Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Locked-In Syndrome

February 13, 2023

A Nevada medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who suffered locked-in syndrome due to the medical negligence of the defendants after a five-week trial that ended last week. Because the verdict included $35 million for the woman’s unimaginable pain and suffering (non[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Remands Nursing Home Claim To Determine If It Was For Medical Negligence

January 18, 2023

Nursing Home Claim: Was It Medical Negligence? – In its opinion dated October 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In this opinion we both clarify the relationship between Nevada’s professional negligence statutes, NRS Cha[...]

Doctor At Nevada Medical Spa Has License Suspended For Alleged Propofol Misuse

September 4, 2021

The Investigative Committee (IC) of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners (Board) has summarily suspended the licenses to practice medicine of Maryanne DeForest Phillips, M.D., and Tammy Lynn Hankins, PA-C, related to numerous alleged violations of Nevada’s Medical Practice Act that have tak[...]

$29.5M Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligently Treated Anaphylaxis Leading To Brain Damage

May 1, 2021

On April 9, 2021, a Nevada medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $29.5 million, which included $15 million in compensatory damages for past and future pain and suffering, $12.5 million for future medical expenses, and $2 million for the plaintiff[...]

Nevada Plastic Surgeon Sued For Necrotizing Fasciitis After Procedure Done In His Office

December 8, 2020

A Nevada plastic surgeon with several pending medical malpractice cases against him is being sued by a 23-year-old woman who suffered scarring on 40% of her body due to necrotizing fasciitis that she alleges she acquired during procedures the plastic surgeon performed in his office. The plastic surg[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Nurse’s Negligence In Administering Drug To Wrong Patient Is Ordinary Negligence

August 20, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated in its opinion filed on July 9, 2020: “we consider whether a nurse’s mistake in administering a drug to one patient, when the drug was prescribed to a different patient, as well as the alleged failure to[...]

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