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Texas Appellate Court Holds Expert’s Report Sufficient In Claim Against Ophthalmologist

August 29, 2022

The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion filed on February 15, 2022 in a Texas medical malpractice lawsuit filed a claim against an ophthalmologist for alleged medical negligence in diagnosing a seven-year-old’s occipital tumor,[...]

New York Appellate Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Ophthalmologist Involving Cataract Surgery

May 13, 2022

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision dated March 1, 2022 in a New York medical malpractice case against an ophthalmologist that alleged medical negligence led to the plaintiff’s subsequent blindn[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Medical Negligence Led To Teenager’s Blindness

January 30, 2022

A Montana medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that Glacier Eye Clinic and Kalispell Regional Medical Center negligently failed to refer a teenager to a neurosurgeon over the period of one month when the now 18-year-old was suffering from increasing cerebral spinal fluid in his brain that was putting[...]

New York Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Ophthalmologists

July 26, 2021

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision dated July 1, 2021: “Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiff, a triable factual question exists regarding whether the notation in Twin Tiers’ [...]

Medical Malpractice Statistics For Retinal Surgery

July 20, 2020

In an article posted on June 8, 2020 entitled “Malpractice Litigation in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina” that was designed to report and analyze the causes and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina malpractice litigation concluded: “The complexity of treati[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Where Certificate Of Qualified Expert And Report Were Untimely Filed

December 5, 2019

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), in its unreported opinion dated November 27, 2019, affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Maryland medical malpractice lawsuit where the plaintiff failed to timely file the required Certificate of Qualified E[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Affirms $3.1M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Eye

June 11, 2019

In its unpublished opinion filed on May 28, 2019, the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) affirmed a Minnesota medical malpractice verdict in favor of a woman who lost her eye allegedly as a result of the failure to adhere to sterile procedures before and du[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff Based On Respondeat Superior

May 2, 2018

In its opinion filed on April 27, 2018, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, held that for a defendant health care provider to be liable for medical negligence based on respondeat superior, i.e., for being t[...]

Defense Verdict In Georgia Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Loss Of Eye

May 1, 2018

A Fulton County, Georgia medical malpractice jury returned a defense verdict on April 18, 2018 in a Georgia medical malpractice case in which the father of a minor alleged that the medical negligence of the defendant ophthalmologist resulted in his son losing his eyesight in his right eye. The Georg[...]

Large Health Insurer Announces It Will Not Pay For Anesthesia Services For Many Cataract Surgeries

March 8, 2018

Anthem, Inc. (“Anthem”) is one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States. Anthem is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Ham[...]

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Verdict For Premature Infant’s Blindness

October 20, 2017

In its opinion delivered on September 29, 2017, the Supreme Court of Texas upheld a Texas medical malpractice jury’s finding in favor of a premature infant for the permanent blindness she suffered as a result of the alleged medical negligence of the defendant medical providers, holding that th[...]

$13M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency For Patient’s Blindness

October 8, 2017

A Florida medical malpractice jury awarded $13 million on August 31, 2017 to an 80-year-old man who suffered blindness in his right eye after an ophthalmologist injected the wrong medication into his eye after cataract surgery at the defendant medical center. The Florida medical malpractice jury fou[...]

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