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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reinstating Failure To Diagnose Lyme Disease Case

October 20, 2018

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Middle District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 17, 2018, “we respectfully find that the Superior Court erred by concluding, as a matter of law, that Plaintiffs knew or should have known sometime between July and[...]

Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Death Of Premature Baby Who Contracted Virus In NICU

September 21, 2018

A medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit reportedly was filed in August 2018 against Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”), alleging that a premature baby treated at the hospital in 2016 was one of 23 infants who contracted a virus while being treated in the hospitalR[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Spilling Of Acid On Child Would Be Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 3, 2018

The August 9, 2018 non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) ruled that the plaintiff’s allegation that a dermatology physician’s assistant’s (“PA”) alleged spilling of acid on a seven-year-old’s s[...]

Pennsylvania House Of Representatives Rejects Proposal To Limit Punitive Damages Against Nursing Homes

August 31, 2018

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 103 to 91 in late June against a proposal that would have limited punitive damages verdicts against Pennsylvania nursing homes to 250% of the compensatory damages awarded, by applying the cap contained in the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms New Trial Order In Medical Malpractice Case Where Defense Repeatedly Asked Improper Questions

August 13, 2018

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) on July 10, 2018 affirmed an order for a new trial in a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case where the jury returned a defense verdict following the defense attorney repeatedly asking improper questions of witnesses dur[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Claim Against Mental Health Professionals Where Patient Killed Neighbor

August 5, 2018

In its opinion filed on June 29, 2018, the Pennsylvania Superior Court (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) ruled that the lower court had properly allowed the wrongful death claim against the defendant mental health professionals to proceed where a homicidal and suicidal mental health patie[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Orders New Medical Malpractice Trial Where Judge Did Not Personally Observe Voir Dire

June 18, 2018

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its May 14, 2018 decision that the medical malpractice plaintiff was entitled to a new trial because “[a] judge personally witnessing the original voir dire is essential, because it justifies our — and a [...]

$4M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Baby’s Death Due To Undiagnosed Pertussis

June 5, 2018

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the mother of a 32-day-old baby who died eight years ago from undiagnised pertussis (whooping cough). The mother’s Pennsylvania medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that was filed in 2016 alleged that the d[...]

$7.5M Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sexual Assault Verdict

May 24, 2018

A Pennsylvania nursing home sexual assault jury returned its verdict against a Pennsylvania nursing home in the amount of $7.5 million in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following a nearly two-week trial. The May 3, 2018 verdict assigned 85% responsibility to the defendan[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Settles Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death of 11-Month-Old, For $6.5M

April 25, 2018

On April 13, 2018, a Pennsylvania judge signed off on a $6.5 million medical malpractice settlement involving the death on an 11-month-old child whose serious intestinal condition went undiagnosed and untreated by a Pennsylvania hospital until it was too late to save his life. The toddler’s pa[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Resident’s Negligence Claim Not Subject To Arbitration

April 12, 2018

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its March 29, 2018 Memorandum opinion that “we find no error in the trial court’s finding that there was no agency, and hence, no binding agreement to arbitrate [the plaintiff’s nursing home neglige[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Peer Preview Privilege Did Not Apply In Medical Malpractice Case

April 11, 2018

In its majority, 4-to-3 opinion filed on March 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”) ruled that the Pennsylvania Peer Review Protection Act, 63 P.S. §§ 425.1-425.4 (“PRPA”), which provides a narrow evidentiary privilege [...]

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