Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 8 of 21

Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Expand COVID-19 Immunity Protections

December 19, 2020

On November 30, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania vetoed House Bill 1737, which “would have undermined COVID-19 mitigation efforts and endangered the public health by enacting overly broad immunity protections from civil liability due to the pandemic.” Governor Wolf issued the foll[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Trial Court Erroneously Granted Nursing Home Mistrial Sua Sponte

September 30, 2020

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”), in its Opinion filed on July 21, 2020, stated: “There are instances in which a party detects, but fails to preserve, an error that could result in a mistrial. In today’s decision, we again recogniz[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Filed After Two-Year Statute Of Limitations Expired

September 11, 2020

In its opinion dated July 30, 2020, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated, “In its order granting the Conaboy Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the trial court held that because Mrs. Whitman died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and the[...]

Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Medical Center Acknowledges Fault When Settling Infection Death Claims Involving Three Preemies

September 4, 2020

Geisinger Medical Center (“Geisinger”) in Dansville, Pennsylvania reportedly settled in mid-July 2020 the wrongful death claims involving three premature babies, for undisclosed sums. As required by the settlement, Geisinger accepted full responsibility for the deaths and agreed to ackno[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Vacates Defense Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Instruct Jury Regarding Res Ipsa Loquitur

September 1, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated July 20, 2020, vacated the jury’s verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist and remanded the case for a new trial, because the trial court erred to refusing to instruct the jury with [...]

$10.8M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Injury From MRI Contrast Dye

August 30, 2020

A Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury awarded the total amount of $10.8 million to a man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury from an allergic reaction to the contrast dye used during an MRI. The complaint alleged that the MRI technician negligently failed to timely notify the doctor who could[...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Mental Health Provider’s Liability For Psychiatric Patient’s Harm To Others

August 27, 2020

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District (“Pennsylvania Supreme Court”), in its Opinion filed on July 21, 2020, stated: “We consider the duty of mental health treatment providers to warn individuals who may be the subject of their patient’s threats. In the present appea[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Overturns $40M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 22, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on July 16, 2020, overturned a Pennsylvania birth injury medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $40,258,000 because the trial court erroneously permitted the Plaintiffs’ lawyer to cross-[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Enforces Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

June 9, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Opinion dated April 16, 2020 with regard to the plaintiff in a nursing home injury case attempting to circumvent arbitration of the claim, “our review of the record indicates that this is not[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms New Trial For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff For Defense’s Improper Cross-Examination Question

June 4, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its Memorandum Opinion dated April 14, 2020, affirmed the trial court’s grant of a new trial to the Pennsylvania medical malpractice plaintiff because the defense counsel asked an improper and prejudicial quest[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Claim Because Trial Court Erroneously Precluded Expert Testimony

May 30, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on March 27, 2020, held: “Because Plaintiffs introduced sufficient competent expert testimony that Dr. Galinsky breached the standard of care and Plaintiffs’ failure to prove causation was c[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Revives Legal Malpractice Case Arising From Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 14, 2020

In a legal malpractice case decided by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) on March 30, 2020, the defendant Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer and his law firm had represented the plaintiffs in two Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuits: one as a r[...]

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