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Nursing Home Infection Rates Rising In Pennsylvania

September 9, 2026

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest patient safety data repository of its kind in the United States, containing over 5.8 million reports, including more than 473,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reports. A study entitled Long-Term C[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Reinstates Emergency Room Mental Health Malpractice Case Against Hospital

August 29, 2026

On January 5, 2024, Alexandro DaSilva went to the emergency room at the defendant hospital and stayed into the next day. The nursing staff evaluated him and noted his unusual behavior and him making very odd statements. When Alexandro’s nurse left him to care for another patient, Alexandro walked [...]

$5 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict For Loss Of Colon, Hand, Thumb, And Toe

May 22, 2026

A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on May 14, 2026 in favor of a 78-year-old woman who lost most of her colon, her left hand, thumb, and big toe as a result of medical malpractice. The jury awarded $2.5 million in non-economic damages, $2.5 million [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration Of Nursing Home Claim

February 5, 2026

The defendant nursing home filed preliminary objections in the nature of a petition to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s nursing home claims. It attached an alleged arbitration agreement between the nursing home and plaintiff Jane Doe. According to the nursing home, Ms. Doe “willingly an[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Grants New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Where Settling Defendants Not Dismissed Before Trial

February 4, 2026

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania stated in its non-precedential decision filed on December 15, 2025: “[T]he entitlement for settling defendants to remain as parties to an action in order to establish their status as joint tortfeasors, and then have a jury apportion liability among those part[...]

$35M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Misdiagnosis Leading To Unnecessary Full Hysterectomy

January 17, 2026

On November 24, 2025, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $35 million against Penn Medicine and Main Line Health. The jury found Penn Medicine and physician Janos Tanyi liable for 35% ($12.25 million) of the total verdict. The plainti[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Grants Immunity To Hospital That Provided Medical Care For A Physical Ailment Of A Patient Admitted For Mental Health Treatment

January 2, 2026

Section 114 of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act (“MHPA”) provides protection, absent willful misconduct or gross negligence, from civil and criminal liability to institutions and individuals “who participate[] in a decision that a person be examined or treated” under the Act. Se[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Improper Opening Statement Requires New Trial

November 26, 2025

On April 6, 2021, 72-year-old Ronald Lewis underwent open vascular surgery at Reading Hospital for the purpose of repairing abdominal aortic aneurisms. Dr. Robert Q. Luo performed the surgery, and soon after it was completed,Lewis reported severe pain, swelling, and discoloration in his left foot th[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Limits Of Patient Safety Records Privilege In Medical Malpractice Case

October 26, 2025

Chapter 3 of the MCARE Act relates to patient safety and was enacted to reduce medical errors for the purpose of ensuring patient safety. 40 P.S. § 1303.301. Chapter 3 requires medical facilities to develop, implement, and comply with a patient safety plan and establish internal reporting systems f[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Holds Release In Underlying Medical Malpractice Case Also Released Claims Of Fraudulent Inducement

October 10, 2025

On April 18, 2008, Sean and Amy West (the Wests) filed a medical malpractice action claiming damages due to the mismanagement of Amy West’s labor and delivery resulting in the rupture of her uterus and catastrophic brain injuries to her child, Juliana West. A jury trial commenced on January 8, 201[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nonsuit During Medical Malpractice Trial

September 18, 2025

In March 2017, Dr. Gregory J. Roscoe, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, performed surgery on Tammy G. Simbeck to remove her right submandibular saliva gland, which is one of the three saliva glands. In the subsequent six weeks, Simbeck regularly reported to the emergency room of the hospital, whe[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Upholds $14M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against CHOP

September 13, 2025

Freddy Munoz took his four-year-old son, S.M., to the Einstein ED on June 7, 2015, for treatment of a fever. S.M. had been treated at the same facility for pneumonia in January of 2015. At the conclusion of the June 7 visit, S.M. was discharged with a diagnosis of a herpes lesion on his lip, [&helli[...]

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