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What Is Tennessee’s Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict?

August 9, 2024

The largest Tennessee medical malpractice verdict was a May 2024 Davidson County jury’s award of almost $47 million ($46,993,500) for now five-year-old Vivian Boughton, who suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of the failure of a hospital to timely deliver her in 2018. Vivian’[...]

New York Appellate Court Rules Employer Not Responsible For Alleged Negligence Of RN For Cosmetic Procedure In Private Home

July 29, 2024

In October 2018, the defendant Inna Gordon, a registered nurse, performed a cosmetic procedure on the plaintiff’s chin at Gordon’s private home. The plaintiff subsequently developed cellulitis on her chin where the procedure was performed, which led to scarring. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed a[...]

Pennsylvania Nurse Charged With Giving Excessive Doses Of Insulin To 17 Patients

January 11, 2024

The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced on November 2, 2023 dozens of new charges have been filed against Heather Pressdee, 41, a western Pennsylvania nurse, who was previously charged with homicide and attempted murder for patients in her care. Pressdee allegedly administered lethal doses of in[...]

Pennsylvania Nursing Home RN Charged With Killing Two Residents And Intentionally Drugging A Third

September 17, 2023

Nursing Home RN Charged With Killing Two Residents: Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on May 25, 2023 criminal charges filed against a western Pennsylvania registered nurse accused of administering lethal doses of unnecessary medication that resulted in the death of two patients[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Holds Physician Not Qualified To Testify As To Nursing Standard Of Care

August 23, 2023

Underlying Facts Court Holds Physician Not Qualified To Testify As To Nursing Standard Of Care: In October 2013, Marie Smaha had surgery at The Medical Center of Central Georgia to remove her left kidney. Several days later, while recovering in the hospital, Smaha suffered from internal bleeding and[...]

$15.7M Arkansas Verdict Against Troubled Nursing Home Chain

April 10, 2023

$15.7M Verdict Against Troubled Nursing Home Chain: In February 2023, an Arkansas nursing home malpractice lawsuit resulted in a verdict in the amount of $15,706,166 against an Arkansas nursing home that included $4,706,166 in compensatory damages ($206,167 in medical expenses, $1.5 million for the [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms LPN Not Subject To Affidavit Of Merit Statute

January 29, 2023

LPN Not Subject To Affidavit Of Merit Statute: The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion dated November 9, 2022 that a licensed practical nurse (“LPN”) is not a “licensed person” as defined in [...]

Indiana Appellate Court Rules Claim For Sexual Assault By Hospital Nurse Is Not Covered By Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act

December 11, 2022

Court Rules Claim For Sexual Assault By Hospital Nurse Is Not Covered By Malpractice Act: After a hospital patient who was sexually assaulted by her nurse settled her claims against the hospital, she filed a claim under the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA”) to obtain compensation f[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Ohio Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Resident Died After Tracheostomy Tube Removed

October 22, 2022

Lawsuit Claims Resident Died After Tracheostomy Tube Removed: After caring for her husband at home for more than 20 years after he suffered three strokes and an aneurism two years after they were married in 1990, Luana Mowery could no longer provide her husband with the level of care he needed and t[...]

Nursing Malpractice Statistics

September 16, 2022

Nursing Malpractice Statistics: In its report entitled “A Dose Of Insight: A Nurse’s Crucial Role In Patient Safety: Through The Lens Of Malpractice Claims” dated September 9, 2022, Coverys evaluated 4,634 events that closed between 2018 and 2021 and identified 850 specific events [...]

Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Nursing Home Malpractice Claim

September 12, 2022

If you’ve been injured by a health care provider due to negligence, you’ve experienced some form of Medical Malpractice. The Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Maryland can make sure you get the compensation you deserve. Turn to us when you don’t know where to turn. Call us toll free in the Un[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Reverses Defense Summary Judgment In Post-Surgical Pulmonary Embolism Death Case

September 8, 2022

Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Pulmonary Embolism Case: In a Georgia medical malpractice wrongful death case in which the plaintiffs alleged that defendants Piedmont Henry Hospital, Thomas R. Fitzsimmons, M.D., and others violated the standard of care after Mary Patricia Conyers allegedly died f[...]

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