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Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

December 14, 2017

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) narrowly affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital by the trial court in an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death case, in its opinion filed on December 1, 2017. The Alabama Supreme Court found dispositive the [...]

Michigan Nurses Sue Detroit Hospital, Alleging Too Few Nurses Threatens Patient Safety

November 22, 2017

The Michigan Nurses Association filed a lawsuit on November 2, 2017 against Detroit Medical Center’s 158-bed Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (“the hospital”), alleging that the for-profit corporate owner of the Detroit Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, has instituted cost-c[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Decides Claim Involving Injury To 86-Year-Old In ICU Caused By Hot Coffee Was A Health Care Liability Claim

October 31, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on September 28, 2017 that the trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging that an 86-year-old patient who was recovering from surgery in the intensive [...]

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[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Responsible For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

August 30, 2017

An Oregon woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oregon during early August 2017 against the hospital where she gave birth and a nurse who was involved with her care, alleging that their negligence led to the woman accidentally suffocating her newborn when she rolled over onto her newborn who [...]

New Jersey Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed Due To Lack Of Proper Expert Opinion

August 28, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of a New Jersey birth injury medical malpractice case in an unpublished opinion on July 14, 2017 because the plaintiffs did not produce any expert report to articulate the standard of care appl[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Undisclosed Testimony Of Nurses

August 27, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) filed an opinion on August 7, 2017 that overturned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a woman suffering an unforeseen allergic reaction to a medication she received during labor that resul[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Rules Hospital Fall Injury Claim Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 13, 2017

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) ruled in its July 20, 2017 unreported decision that the plaintiff’s claim for damages for the injuries he sustained when he fell while walking to the bathroom in his hospital room was a claim for medical negligence[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Affirms Evidence Of Causation In Hospital Medical Malpractice Case Was Too Speculative

June 1, 2017

In its decision filed on May 5, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Sixth Appellate District Lucas County (“Ohio Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant hospital in a medical malpractice claim involving a patient’s fractured hip [...]

Washington Supreme Court Says Nurse May Be Qualified To Testify As To Proximate Cause In Medical Malpractice Case

April 28, 2017

In its decision filed on April 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held that ARNPs (advanced registered nurse practitioners) may be qualified to testify regarding causation in a medical malpractice case if the trial court determines that t[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case That Named Wrong Defendant

April 4, 2017

In its unpublished opinion rendered on March 3, 2017, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s medical malpractice case, finding that the plaintiff could not meet the requirement of mistaken identity of the proper[...]

$250K Massachusetts Wrongful Death Verdict For Hospital Patient’s Death

January 9, 2017

A Massachusetts medical malpractice jury awarded $250,000 to the family of a 78-year-old hospital patient who died as a result of alleged hospital negligence. The Massachusetts wrongful death verdict was rendered on December 20, 1016, after a two-week trial and after fifteen hours of jury deliberati[...]

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