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Indiana Appellate Court Says Parent’s Contributory Negligence Cannot Be Imputed To Child In Medical Malpractice Cases

November 25, 2016

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Appellate Court”) held in a case it decided on November 18, 2016 that the contributory negligence of the parent of a child cannot be imputed to the child in the child’s medical malpractice claim against a health care provider. In general, Indiana c[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Medical Malpractice Settlement On Subsequent Defendants

September 15, 2016

In its decision filed on August 31, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) was faced with the issue whether the New Jersey medical malpractice defendants were entitled to a pro tanto credit for the amount that the plaintiffs had obtained by way of [...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Pediatrician’s Negligence Led To Child’s Vegetative State

July 18, 2016

A West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a 7-year-old child who is in a permanent vegetative state alleges that the defendant pediatrician’s medical negligence on numerous occasions in failing to timely and properly diagnose the child’s true medical condition l[...]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

July 5, 2016

In its opinion filed on June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (“Wisconsin Supreme Court”) held that in a medical malpractice claim based on unnecessary and improper treatment of inappropriate touching, the “physical injurious change” occurs at the time of the touching[...]

Oregon Appellate Court Recognizes Parents’ Wrongful Birth Claim

January 22, 2016

In its decision filed on December 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissing the wrongful birth claim of the parents of a boy born with muscular dystrophy, holding that the trial court erred in dismissing the pare[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds JNOV For Medical Malpractice Defendant

September 14, 2015

In its decision filed on September 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) upheld the trial court’s granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in favor of one of the medical malpractice defendants following a mistrial after the Mississip[...]

$4.1M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

August 27, 2015

In its decision filed on August 26, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida (“Appellate Court”) overturned a Florida medical malpractice jury’s award of damages in the amount of $4,101,776 to a young child and her parents. The Florida medical malpractice jury h[...]

$6.2M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of 2-Year-Old

May 25, 2015

On May 20, 2015, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned a plaintiffs’ verdict in the amount of $6.2 million, after almost four weeks of trial, against the defendants pediatric surgeons, hospital, and health care systems arising out of the death of a two-year-old child in 2009. The[...]

$8M Louisiana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Child’s Death Due To Swine Flu

February 17, 2015

In late January 2015, a Louisiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8 million in favor of the mother of an 8-year-old child who was infected with the H1N1 virus (also known as the swine flu) that was misdiagnosed and mistreated by her pediatricians, leading to her dea[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Refuses to Hold Hospital Responsible For Former Employee’s Future Conduct

October 6, 2014

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued its written opinion on October 1, 2014 in a case where it had to decide whether a Massachusetts hospital owes a legally cognizable duty of care to future patients of a doctor who was previously employed at the Massachusetts hospital and later [...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney Says Jurors Are Stupid

December 9, 2013

After a Maryland medical malpractice jury found his physician-client to have been negligent and that the physician’s negligence caused a newborn to suffer a severe and permanent brain injury for which the jury returned a multi-million dollar verdict, the defendant physician’s attorney i[...]

1,402 Victims Of Delaware Pedophile Pediatrician Advised Of Their Settlement Payments

December 3, 2013

In one of the most egregious and disgusting cases of a pediatrician abusing his defenseless patients, a former Delaware pediatrician reportedly filmed himself raping about 100 children, including babies, and abused hundreds of others. The pediatrician abused his young patients (the average age o[...]

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