Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 3 of 21

Federal Appellate Court Rules Pennsylvania Legislature Can Raid State Medical Malpractice Insurer’s $300 Million Surplus

February 11, 2025

Nearly fifty years ago, in response to a purported medical malpractice insurance “crisis” in the state, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established the Joint Underwriting Association (“JUA”). The JUA’s primary function is to act as a professional liability [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Expert’s Notes Not Discoverable In Medical Malpractice Case

February 6, 2025

Plaintiffs in a Pennsylvania medical lawsuit alleged that the defendant hospital and others negligently monitored the plaintiff while providing anesthesia during a surgery on August 28, 2017. They further alleged that the defendants failed to monitor and maintain the plaintiff’s blood pressure[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms $8M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital

February 5, 2025

On October 19, 2014, the Plaintiffs filed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice action against the defendant hospital, under a theory of respondeat superior, to hold the hospital vicariously liable for the alleged negligence of its physicianemployees, Kanli Jiang, M.D. Victoria Myers, M.D., Amanda Rhod[...]

$11 Million Dental Malpractice Verdict In Pennsylvania

January 19, 2025

On February 22, 2024, a Lancaster Pennsylvania dental malpractice jury returned its verdict in the total amount of $11 million against the defendant dentist who allegedly failed to investigate a sore on a patient’s tongue that was cancerous. The dental malpractice jury’s award included $[...]

$14 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failed Intubation Leading To Death Of 4-Year-Old

December 11, 2024

On December 11, 2023, a Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $14 million for the death of a 4-year-old due to a botched intubation at the now closed Einstein Medical Center in Elkins Park. The jury reportedly held Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), t[...]

$7.1M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologist For Blindness

December 10, 2024

On September 27, 2024, an Erie County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury determined that a 23-year-old woman’s blindness was due to the medical negligence of the radiologist who allegedly misread her head CT scan in November 2020. The woman had gone to the hospital and was admitted for thr[...]

$43.5M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Former Eagles Football Player Affirmed

October 29, 2024

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a $43.5 million Pennsylvania medical malpractice verdict in favor of a former Eagles football player who alleged that medical negligence in the treatment of his game-related knee injury led to the end of his football career. The plaintiff had alleged in hi[...]

$45M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Philadelphia Hospital

October 11, 2024

In early August 2024, a Philadelphia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $44,894,877.70 against Temple University Hospital and in favor of a nineteen-year-old man for the allegedly negligent medical treatment he received at the hospital in 2020, after he was shot in his ne[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Same Law Firm Cannot Represent Both Medical Malpractice Defendant Physician And Nonparty Treating Physician

August 22, 2024

Background Facts On August 16, 2017, Bobbi Ann Mertis filed a Pennsylvania medical malpractice action against Dr. Dong-Joon Oh, North American Partners in Anesthesia (Pennsylvania), LLC (NAPA), Wilkes-Barre Hospital, and Commonwealth Health. The complaint alleged Dr. Oh negligently administered a fe[...]

Charges Filed Against Man Accused Of Assaulting Women While Posing As Nurse At Pennsylvania Urgent Care Facility

June 26, 2024

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy announced on April 12, 2024 that 24 felony and misdemeanor criminal charges involving 12 additional victims have been filed against Ramon Garcia, 33, of Philadelphia. The 24 charges relate to assaul[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Orders Disclosure Of Patient Safety Records In Medical Malpractice Case

March 8, 2024

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in a non-precedential decision filed on December 15, 2023, held: “based on our interpretation of section 311(a) and the record in this appeal, we hold that a party claiming a document is protected under section 311(a) need not demonstrate a patient safety co[...]

Pennsylvania Nurse Charged With Giving Excessive Doses Of Insulin To 17 Patients

January 11, 2024

The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced on November 2, 2023 dozens of new charges have been filed against Heather Pressdee, 41, a western Pennsylvania nurse, who was previously charged with homicide and attempted murder for patients in her care. Pressdee allegedly administered lethal doses of in[...]

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